Bahati, manager Weezdom testify against Peter Blessing in Ksh.2M fraud case

By Agnes Oloo,

The court tussle between musicians Kevin Mbuvi Kioko aka Bahati and his ex-signee Peter Mwanyalo aka Peter Blessing on Tuesday went a notch higher as ...

Bahati , EMB Records , fraud , Magistrate Bernard Ochoi , Peter Blessing , Weezdom

Murigi leads strong field for Mountain Running Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

A stellar line up is expected for the Athletics Kenya (AK) Mountain Running Championships slated for Sunday in Naivasha. Two-time Mountain Running ...

Athletics Kenya , Joyce Njeru. , Mountain Running Championships , NAIVASHA , Viola Jelagat

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

CoG seeks to be enjoined in case challenging Crops (Tea Industry) Regulations 2020

By Dzuya Walter,

The Council of Governors has filed an application seeking to be enjoined in the case challenging Crops (Tea Industry) Regulations 2020. The main pe...

KTDA , tea farmers

High Court paves way for KTDA-managed factories to hold elections

By Citizen Reporter,

54 tea factories of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited can now proceed and hold director elections. This after the High Court...

KTDA , tea factories

Governors oppose proposed tea sector reforms, threaten to move to court

By Kepha Muiruri,

Governors from tea growing areas have rejected new sector proposals by the Ministry of Agriculture lamenting the side-lining of the devolved units in ...

Council of Governors (CoG) , Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) , Peter Munya , Tea

LSK files a petition seeking to quash transfer of Kenya Meat Commission to the Ministry of Defence

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has moved to court, seeking in an urgent application, orders to halt the transfer of the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) to...

KMC

President Kenyatta tasks military to run struggling Kenya Meat Commission

By Citizen Reporter,

The unprecedented directive to move the struggling Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) to the Ministry of Defence is official. This after Agriculture Cabin...

KDF , kenya meat commission , military , Peter Munya , president kenyatta , Zimbabwe's army chief says military has no role in Mugabe successor

World records under threat in Brussels

By World Athletics,

The King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels will be empty of spectators for Friday night’s Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting but brimming with amb...

Brussels , Faith Kipyegon , King Baudouin Stadium , Wanda Diamond League , World records

Agriculture CAS Anne Nyaga to chair interim team for leasing of five State-owned sugar mills

By Citizen Reporter,

Ministry of Agriculture CAS Anne Nyaga will Chair the Interim Committee for the leasing of five State-owned sugar mills. This follows the de-gazett...

annae nyaga , Chemelil , Miwani , Muhoroni , Nzoia , Sonysugar , sugar mills

Handshake harvest: NASA bags 7 National Assembly committees

By Francis Gachuri,

The reconstitution of National Assembly committees is now complete, with the minority side - NASA, bagging 7 chairmanship slots. In what defines th...

National Assembly

Court blocks implementation of Munya’s gazette notice for tea reforms committee

By Citizen Reporter,

The High Court in Nairobi on Friday issued orders stopping the implementation of a Gazette Notice by Agriculture CS Peter Munya. CS Munya sought to...

KTDA , Munya

Embu residents now forced to eat locusts since the govt’ has abandoned them- MCAs say

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Embu Ward Representatives have expressed disappointment with the National Government’s saying it has completely abandoned the fight against desert l...

Desert locust , Embu locusts

Ksh.230M spent to fight locusts, Ksh.300M more allocated as swarms spread to 26 counties

By Elphas Lagat,

The government has so far spent Ksh.23o million to fight the locust invasion that has hit various parts of the country. Addressing the media on Tue...

locusts , Peter Munya

A walk in the football world: The life story of Evance Kadenge

By Citizen Reporter,

Famous Irish poet and playwright Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde once said, 'the truth about the life of a man is not what he does, but the legend whic...

Evance Kadenge , Nzoia Sugar FC

Kenya shuts slaughterhouses over loss of donkeys to Chinese who use skins for anti-ageing medicine

By Reuters,

Agriculture CS Peter Munya has ordered donkey slaughterhouses to be shut down as concerns rise over the theft of the animals by gangs seeking their sk...

ageing , donkeys

CS Munya: Stop sending us photos of locusts, we are using science

By Tonny Ndungu,

Newly appointed Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Peter Munya has outlined the government's plan in battling the locust menace. His first order of ...

CS Peter Munya , Locust invasion , locusts

Kirinyaga County jubilant over Kiunjuri ouster

By Johnson Muriithi,

Led by their deputy Governor Peter Ndambiri, residents of Kirinyaga county have heaped praise on President Kenyatta for CS Kiunjuri's ouster. The c...

CS Kiunjuri , Kirinyaga counties

Full list: Uhuru’s new appointments to Cabinet, reshuffle

By Citizen Reporter,

This is the full list of the Cabinet reshuffle and new appointments as announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday: Cabinet Secretary nominati...

Kiunjuri out! President Uhuru Kenyatta reshuffles Cabinet

By Citizen Reporter,

Mwangi Kiunjuri has been dropped as Agriculture Cabinet Secretary. President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the new raft of changes on Tuesday morning. ...

kiunjuri