Italian ambassador to DRC, policeman killed in attack on U.N. convoy

By Reuters,

Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and two other people were killed on Monday in an attack on a United Nations convoy in eastern C...

Italian ambassador , Luca Attanasio

CA kicks off project to avail telcom services to 17 marginalised counties

By Citizen Reporter,

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has awarded contracts to five companies to roll out telecommunications cellular mobile network infrastructu...

Communications Authority of Kenya , Safaricom

CS Magoha rubbishes KNEC report suggesting mass failure by KCPE candidates

By Elphas Lagat,

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has dismissed a report by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) that suggested that candidat...

Embu Governor Martin Wambora elected Council of Governors chairman

By Citizen Reporter,

Embu Governor Martin Wambora has been elected Council of Governors chairman. Also Read: Wambora, the ‘Governor with 9 lives’ says impeachment a...

Council of Governors chairman , Wambora

KEMRI projects spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths in March

By Citizen Reporter,

With schools having reopened and Kenya recording a test positivity rate of below 5% consistently in the past two weeks, it may seem the country is bor...

coronavirus

Govt says it is in control of desert locust swarms

By Dennis Otieno,

Since the beginning of September last year, the East African region was facing an acute food security following a second wave of desert locust invasio...

Weatherman warns of rainy weekend, strong winds in 27 counties

By Teddy Otieno,

The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned of strong winds and heavy rainfall from January 22 to January 23 in some parts of the country. The ra...

flooding

FKF picks six-member team to manage football in Tana River pending elections

By Dadu Ngumbao,

Football Kenya Federation has formed a committee of six-members to manage football in Tana River County after the mandate of the previous interim offi...

FKF , Gabriel Mgendi , Six-member Committee , tana river county

‘Era of ethnic politics and personality cults overtaken,’ DP Ruto says

By DPPS,

DP William Ruto has said the era of ethnic politics, personality cults and political parties bondage has been overtaken by people-centred politics. ...

ruto

First wave of desert locust swarms invades Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

On 21 December, immature desert locust swarms from the north first arrived in northeast Kenya where they were seen southwest of Mandera. In the fol...

desert locusts

OPINION: Restoring girls dignity through proper menstrual hygiene management 

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi Since Kenya ratified the Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) policy in May 2020, this important milestone has attracted investors s...

menstrual hygiene management , MENSTRUATION , Safepad , sanitary towel

Over 300 families in Starehe to lose homes as demolition set for Tuesday

By Dorcas Wangira,

Close to 360 families in Starehe who reside in government housing units are facing eviction to pave way for a housing upgrading project. Earlier on...

Eviction , starehe eviction

Year in review: Pandemic puts Safari Rally’s return on hold

By Alex Kinyua,

@Alex_Kins It has been over a year since the Federation of International Automobile (FIA) sports announced the return of the Safari Rally to the Worl...

Safari Rally

Hamilton wins Sports Personality of the Year award

By Agencies,

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020. One of F1's all-time great drivers, he equalled M...

2020 , BBC , Formula 1 , Lewis Hamilton , sports personality of the year

Kenya’s coronavirus caseload hits 93K as 552 more test positive

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya's coronavirus caseload has hit 93,405 after 552 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours. The new cases are from a sample size of 7,0...

coronavirus , vaccine

COVID-19: Kenya records 548 new cases, 4 deaths, 1,017 recoveries

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The number of COVID-19 cases in Kenya has risen to 91,526 after 548 people tested positive for the virus, from a sample size of 6,953 tested in the la...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Seven more succumb to COVID-19 in Kenya, death toll hits 1,552

By Citizen Reporter,

Seven more patients have succumbed to COVID-19 in Kenya raising the death toll to 1,552. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said the country's caseload is now ...

coronavirus , covid-19 in kenya , covid-19 vaccine

Kenya’s COVID-19 infections rise to 87,984 as 735 new cases recorded; 12 dead

By Ian Omondi,

The Ministry of Health on Sunday announced that 735 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 7,671 tested in the last 24 hours, bring...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe , ministry of health

Raila rejects calls by DP Ruto to postpone BBI referendum to 2022

By Stephen Letoo,

Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila odinga on Friday received a total of 5.2 million signatures collected from several parts of the country ...

BBI , DP William Ruto , raila odinga , Referendum

Kenya records 866 new COVID-19 cases, 6 more deaths

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has recorded 866 new COVID-19 cases from a sample size of 7,815 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 87,249 the number of confirmed positive...

coronavirus , COVID-19