First Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Africa under COVAX arrive in Rwanda

By Reuters,

The first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 shots to be dispatched to Africa under the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme arrived in Rwanda on Wednesday. ...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , covax , kagame , moderna , Pfizer , Rwanda , vaccine

First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

1.02 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi on Tuesday night. The vac...

coronavirus , kagwe , vaccine

Qatar Airways marks 15 years of Nairobi-Doha operations

By Kepha Muiruri,

Gulf carrier Qatar Airways has marked 15 years of operations on the Nairobi-Doha route this week having begun flying on the route in 2005. The carr...

Qatar Airways

OPINION: Aviation distress, KQ in familiar territory

By Joseph Bonyo,

The resumption of international flights in and out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from Saturday, August 1 is welcome. This shows that amids...

Kenya Airways , kq

Five international airlines to resume flights in and out of Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

Five major airlines are set to resume flights in and out of Kenya following the easing of international travel restrictions by President Uhuru Kenyatt...

Air France , British Airways , CS Najib Balala , Emirates , international travel , KLM , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Qatar Airways

Hundreds of KQ staff set to be fired as carrier right sizes operations

By Kepha Muiruri,

Hundreds of Kenya Airways (KQ) employees are expected to lose their jobs as the firm commences a right sizing exercise as the company deals with the f...

Allan Kilavuka , COVID-19 , job cuts , Kenya Airways

Mwendwa pleads with Uhuru to save Qatar WC dream

By Jacob Icia,

Effective March 24, 2020, another countdown begun towards yet another deadline to pay former Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche his Sh. 109 million, t...

Adel Amrouche , Amina Mohammed , Bobby Williamson , CAS , FIFA , FKF , Nick Mwendwa , Qatar , Sam Nyamweya , Uhuru kenyatta , WC

Liberia VP commends President Kenyatta for efforts to wipe out FGM

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has been commended for spearheading the national campaign to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kenya and the region. ...

FGM , Liberia VP Jewel Taylor , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Who’s fooling who? Kenya women netball team stranded in SA?

By Citizen Reporter,

The alleged plight of the Kenya women netball team continues to draw mixed reactions after claims emerged of them being stranded in Cape Town, South A...

kenya women netball team

Pomp, colour as Team Kenya returns to a heroic welcome

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Song and danced rented the air early Monday afternoon when Kenya’s heroic team, returning from an impressive performance at this year’s World Athl...

Amina Mohamed , Doha , jkia , returns , team kenya , World Championships

Kenya bids to host 2025 IAAF World Championships

By Philip Muchiri,

Philip Muchiri in Doha, Qatar Kenya has placed a bid to host the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi, an attempt that could see the country...

2025 IAAF World Championships , kenya , Nairobi

Tuwei: Poor transition from track to road races derailing Kenya

By Stanley Mativo,

Athletics Kenya (AK) President Jackson Tuwei has urged athletes to embrace well planned gradual transition from track to road races, if they are to ma...

African Games , athletes , Athletics Kenya president Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei , Kamworor , kenya , road , track

Echesa hands over the mantle to Amina in low key event

By Stanley Mativo,

The immediate former Sports Cabinet Secretary Rashid Echesa on Tuesday quietly handed over the Ministry Of Sports, Culture and Heritage to incoming Am...

Amina Mohamed , hand over , Ministry of Sports , Rashid Echesa , Uhuru Keyatta

Parliament approves Serem appointment as China envoy despite Duale threat

By Ian Omondi,

Majority Leader Aden Duale's threat to teach Sarah Serem "a lesson” seems to have been just that, a threat, after Parliament approved all nine amba...

Ambassador nominees , Manoah Esipisu , Ndegwa Muhoro , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Sarah Serem

Former DCI boss Ndegwa Muhoro nominated Ambassador to Malaysia

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss Ndegwa Muhoro has been nominated Kenya's ambassador to Malaysia, while State House spokesperson Man...

Manoah Esipisu , Ndegwa Muhoro , Sarah Serem

President Kenyatta to launch portal tracing Jubilee achievements

By Citizen,

  President Uhuru Kenyatta is tomorrow (Monday) set to launch the Public Information Portal that will enable Kenyans to trace the Jubilee Admi...

jubilee administration , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenyatta and Ruto came to power in 2013 under a cloud of the “choices have consequences” stance taken by Western powers

By Citizen,

Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto came to power in 2013 under a cloud of the "choices have consequences" stance taken by Western powers especially the U...

There is no doubt that Kenyan sportsmen are the country’s best ambassadors abroad

By Citizen,

  The belting out of the national anthem as our athletes win gold at international events provide some of the proudest moments for any patriot...

Kenya shopping for dope test labs outside South Africa

By Waihiga Mwaura,

The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) is exploring partnering with other testing labs outside South Africa to shorten the turn-around time of obtaini...

ADAK , athletics , doping , south africa

No money was lost in ‘Eurobond saga’- CS Rotich

By Maureen Murimi,

The National Treasury has maintained that no money from Eurobond was lost as has been widely alleged by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD)...

CORD , DPP , Eurobond , Henry Rotich , kenya , Keriako Tobiko , Rotich , Tobiko , Treasury