Former Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae to be buried on Monday next week

By Ian Omondi,

Former Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae will be laid to rest at a private ceremony next week on Monday, February 15, 2021 at his home in Nyosia Village...

Charles Nyachae , Kisii County , Simeon Nyachae

Former Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae dies at 88

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Cabinet Minister Simeon Nyachae has died at 88 years. His family issued a statement on Monday saying he died at the Nairobi Hospital after a...

Nyachae

South Africa coronavirus cases decline, but new variant spreading quickly

By VOA,

South Africa is reporting both good and bad news in the battle against the coronavirus, seeing a decline in confirmed cases along with the spread of a...

coronavirus , south africa

OPINION: Economy is politics, so no one should be surprised by ‘hustler’ politics

By Guest Writer,

By Harrison M. Ikunda Every sane and right thinking human being desires and deserves to live a good life. Good life is embedded in the state of ...

economy , hustler , ruto

Women left out as news sources, newsroom leadership still ‘reserved’ for men: study

By VOA,

A new study into the representation of women in media says news organizations should do more to include female perspectives. The first step to achi...

Female Journalists , MCK , Women in news

BWIRE: BBI; Let the signature collection begin

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire Its done! Signature collection on the proposed constitutional review through a referendum as recommended by the Building Bridges In...

BBI , Signature collection

Ethiopia denies talks on conflict after African Union names envoys

By Reuters,

Ethiopia denied on Saturday that talks on the growing conflict in its northern Tigray region were imminent, just hours after three African former pres...

Ethiopia

Pomp and color as Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika weds Sam Mburu

By Citizen Reporter,

It was a glitz and glam affair as Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika wedded her longtime boyfriend Sam Mburu in a traditional ceremony. The bride who was ...

kihika

‘Black gold’: How global demand for hair products is linked to forced labor in Chinese camps

By CNN,

For the past decade, Mikayla Lowe Davis has been braiding and styling hair for her customers. “The first thing people see a lot of times is our h...

braids , hair , synthetic hair , weaves

Raychelle Omamo, Sylvia Mulinge among 100 most influential African women

By Citizen Reporter,

Raychelle Omamo and Sylvia Mulinge are among 100 most influential women in Africa in 2020. Omamo is Kenya's Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary and M...

graca machel , Raychelle Omamo , Sylvia Mulinge

OPINION: Telling Africa’s story: the future is podcasts

By Guest Writer,

Adelle Onyango was feeling fearful. It was March 2019 and she had just quit a high-profile radio presenting job to launch her own podcast. She reac...

Adelle Onyango , Kim Chakanesta , podcasts

Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80

By CNN,

John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a toweri...

John Lewis

The dire effects of Covid-19 on Kenya’s sports journalists

By Isaac Swila,

SPECIAL REPORT      Isaac Swila Under normal circumstances, Jacob Icia, Gilbert Kiprotich, Ernest Mkalla, Geoffrey Mwamburi, Godfrey Ashiali, Luqm...

Coronavirus impact , COVID-19 , Effects on sports journalists , kenya , RMS , Sports Journalim

Beijing is promoting traditional medicine as a ‘Chinese solution’ to coronavirus

By CNN,

Xiong Qingzhen, a drone engineer in the central Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, spent more than two weeks in a makeshift hospital in February receiving t...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Traditional Chinese Medicine , wuhan

Lupita, Graça Machel among Forbes most powerful African women

By Rene Oswere,

Lupita Nyongo is among 50 women listed as the most powerful in Africa, according to Forbes Magazine. In the list are women in business, politics, m...

forbes , Lupita

Opinion: Turnover Tax will expand the tax-base, and ease the tax burden

By Citizen Reporter,

Thursday 20th February 2020, made history as Kenya joined other African countries in successfully taxing the informal sector through the first collect...

Turnover Tax (TOT) , Turnover tax kenya

OPINION: Let’s hail Moi for continental peace effort, Uhuru for national

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos About a week ago, a man who straddled the political landscape of this country like a colossus for over half a century, bowed o...

Abiy Ahmed Ali , Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi , Eliud Kipchoge , peace , President Uhuru Kenyatta , raila odinga

OPINION: How to boost Africa and South East Asia cooperation

By Citizen Reporter,

By Joel Okwemba Considered one of humanity’s great early achievements is the crossing of early man from Asia to Australia. Archeological, geneti...

KPL: The rise and fall of sugar belt clubs

By Paul Ombati,

Since its inception in 1963, the Kenyan Premier League has been dogged by sweet and bitter memories. Sadly, it's the latter which sticks like an eyeso...

Charles Odera , Chemilil Sugar Fc , Evans Kadenge , James Nandwa , KPL , Nick Yakhama , Nzoia Sugar FC , Sony Sugar FC , sugar belt

SWILA: Moral lessons for Mariga in Kibra defeat

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila The budding dream of Kenya’s soccer star MacDonald Mariga of following into the footsteps of Senator Chris Obure of leaping from the fo...

McDonald Mariga