Universal Health Coverage tops agenda as Uhuru meets Japan PM Abe

By Ian Omondi,

The ongoing roll out of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) programme and the development of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Dongo Kundu dominated ta...

Japan PM Shinzo Abe , President Uhuru Kenyatta , TICAD 7 conference , Universal Health Coverage

Qwetu residences developer gets nod for Kenya’s first Ksh.5B green bond

By Kepha Muiruri,

Qwetu students’ residences developer Acorn Holdings Africa has received the green light to raise a total of Ksh.5 billion in investing funds by way ...

Acorn Holdings Africa , Capital Markets Authority (CMA) , green bond , Qwetu residences

‘The print button on my desk is disabled,’ CBK Governor Njoroge says over demonetization

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) now says that the ongoing circulation of new currency notes will have minimal impact on both inflation and the macroec...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , demonetization , new notes , patrick njoroge

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Kenya, Botswana open new chapter of cooperation with three key pacts

By PSCU,

Kenya and Botswana on Tuesday signed three key agreements, opening a new chapter of cooperation between the two African countries. The agreements w...

Botswana , DP William Ruto , President Mokgweetsi Masisi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state visit

CS Rotich to spend night in police custody

By Benjamin Muriuki,

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich and Principal Secretary Kamau Thugge will spend Monday night in police custody. This is after they...

Arror and Kimwarer Dam , Henry Rotich

CS Rotich surrenders after DPP Haji orders for his arrest over Arror-Kimwarer dams scandal

By Ian Omondi,

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich on Monday presented himself to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) hours after an order for his a...

Arror and Kimwarer dams , corruption , CS Henry Rotich , DCI , DPP Noordin Haji

Uhuru opens Lake Turkana wind power farm, Africa’s largest

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday commissioned the Lake Turkana Wind Power farm, Africa’s largest wind power project, with an installed capacity of...

Lake Turkana Wind Power

BWIRE: Why Africa must face climate change head on

By Citizen,

By Victor Bwire Accelerated effects of climate change including prolonged droughts are taking a toll on the economies of people in the Great Horn o...

Nairobi to host first Africa Business Ethics Conference

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi is expected to play host to the inaugural Africa Business Ethics Conference in June this year. The two-day conference will run from June 25...

Africa Business Ethics Conference , CIPE , KEPSA , Milestones Resource Solutions

BWIRE: Access to information essential to achieve right to health

By Victor Bwire,

Provision of universal access to health and related planned access to the same remain a major commitment of the Government and forms big part of the B...

Big four agenda , Healthcare , NHIF

KURA in new Ksh.13.2B deal to revive stalled roads plan

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) has closed a Ksh.13.2billion deal for road construction in Western and Central Kenya. The two Private Public Par...

James Macharia , Kajiado-Imaroro road , KURA , Ngong-Kiserian-Isinya road

Kenya to upgrade old railway track to Uganda at Ksh.21B

By Reuters,

Kenya plans to modernise an old railway track to link a newer line to neighbouring Uganda at a cost of $210 million (Ksh.21.3billion). According to...

Kenya Railway , SGR

After data scandals, Australia faces an election under heavy profiling

By Reuters,

Australian political parties are using voter email addresses to find matching social media profiles then combining them with the country’s compulsor...

Australia , Australian Information Commissioner , Glenn Kefford , NationBuilder

Chinese Economic Outreach in Latin America Draws US Concerns

By VOA,

For generations, the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean have been dominated by trade with the United States. In recent years, though, a g...

Women still bear greatest brunt of online harassment, World Press Freedom summit told

By Rachel Ombaka,

Female journalists are more visible than ever in the digital era making them easy targets for online harassment, the World Press Freedom Day summit wa...

digital rights , Female Journalists , Online Harassment , world press freedom day

Uhuru welcomes resolution by world leaders to form Digital Silk Road Initiative

By PSCU,

World leaders attending the second Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Beijing China have agreed to form a Digital Silk Road Initiative to bridge the co...

Belt and Road Initiative , china , Digital Silk Road Initiative , LAPSSET , President Uhuru Kenyatta , SGR

Uhuru signs Ksh.67 billion loan with china for project delivery

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday witnessed the signing of two project delivery agreements amounting to Ksh.67 billion through a concessional financi...

china , Konza Data Center , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)

SGR construction to end in Naivasha as China loan bid flops

By Citizen Reporter,

The Government has made a surprise admission that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will actually end in Naivasha from where the old railway will conti...

raila , SGR naivasha , Uhuru

Moi Stadium Kisumu faces two-year-closure in Ksh.90M facelift plan

By Allan Obiero,

The Kisumu County Government has announced plans to close the Moi Stadium to pave way for renovations. Speaking to Citizen Digital, the county spok...

Moi stadium kisumu