WHO Official: Coronavirus probably can’t be eliminated under current conditions

By VOA,

The World Health Organization’s emergencies program chief said Friday that the new coronavirus probably could not be eliminated if current global co...

coronavirus , Mike Ryan , world health organization

‘U.K. still has no coherent strategy for engaging with Africa,’ House of Lords Committee says

By Citizen Reporter,

The House of Lords International Relations and Defense Committee has slammed the lack of a coherent UK strategy to its engagement with Africa saying t...

house of lords

Push for SRHR policies, legal frameworks to protect the vulnerable amid COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Initially, the awareness on women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) was more focused on the distribution of sanitary towels to youn...

coronavirus , sexual and reproductive health , SGBV , SRHR

Shedu tips Bandari to challenge Gor for the KPL gong next term

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

The former head coach of Bandari FC Rishadi Shedu expects the team to do well next season in the Kenya Premier League (KPL) as well as on the internat...

Bandari FC , GOR MAHIA , KPL , Mbaraki Sports Club , Rishadi Shedu

Pique embraces Barcelona city campaign, cycles to derby match with Espanyol

By Reuters,

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique embraced the city’s campaign to get people cycling again for the good of the environment in the coronavirus era by r...

Barcelona defender , Cycling campiagn , Espanyol , Gerard Pique

OPINION: The future of new cities in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The unfolding troubles bedeviling some large scale developers of residential houses in the country provide an important reali...

US officially withdrawing from WHO

By CNN,

The Trump administration has notified Congress and the United Nations that the United States is formally withdrawing from the World Health Organizatio...

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‘No new projects to be initiated without my express authority,’ Uhuru tells ministers

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held a virtual meeting at State House, Nairobi with senior ranks of the Executive including Cabinet Secretaries, C...

COVID-19 , executive , President Uhuru Kenyatta , state house

Covid-19: Ailing economy forces Uhuru’s hand in re-opening country

By Kepha Muiruri,

Caught between a rock and a hard place in reviewing existing COVID-19 mitigation measures, President Uhuru Kenya inclined on easing the pressure place...

COVID-19 , Kenya's economy , President Uhuru Kenyatta

BWIRE: Food security crucial amid Covid-19

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's focus has been on the containment of the outbreak, and with nearly all sect...

COVID-19 , food security

OPINION: Who would have thought that one global crisis would forever change the way humans worked?

By Guest Writer,

By Kagwe Kibugu Ever since COVID-19 ushered people into their respective homes and away from offices, work has rapidly shifted from desks and cubic...

Treasury to propose reintroduction of betting tax

By Matthews Mutai,

Treasury CS Ukur Yatani will propose reintroduction of the 20% betting tax within six months after claiming that the excise tax was removed through th...

Betting tax , CS Ukur Yatani , gambling

No room for politics in Kazi Mtaani program, Uhuru warns

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has warned against political interference in the forthcoming national roll out of the Kazi Mtaani youth employment program.Th...

Kazi Mtaani , Uhuru

Locust kebab or cannibalism? How to rid East Africa of the destructive insects

By Reuters,

Eat them, poison them, and use scent to drive them to cannibalism - as a second wave of locusts threatens to devour East Africa’s crops, scientists ...

locust , locust kebab

Russia misses deadline to pay doping fine

By Reuters,

Russia’s suspended athletics federation said on Thursday it had missed a July 1 deadline to pay Sh533 million of a fine to World Athletics, jeopardi...

doping , RUSADA , World Athletics

David Ansell retires as Equity Group Board Chair, Prof. Isaac Macharia takes over

By Citizen Reporter,

The Equity Group Board has appointed Prof. Isaac Macharia Equity Group Holdings Board Chairman to take over from David Ansell. Ansell did not offer...

David Ansell , Equity , munga

Premier League, EFL, PFA bid to boost BAME coaching opportunities

By Reuters,

An initiative aimed at increasing the number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) coaches in English football has been launched by the Premier L...

BAME , EFL , PFA , Premier League

Covid-19 takes out Ksh.54 billion from KRA’s tax basket

By Kepha Muiruri,

The ensuing Covid-19 pandemic has seen the tax basket shrink by Ksh.54 billion or an equivalent 16.1 percent between March and May this year. Accor...

COVID-19 , Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Chinese boss gets attempted murder charge for shooting two black employees

By CNN,

The shooting of two Zimbabwean workers by a Chinese boss shows the "systematic and widespread" abuse that locals face in Chinese mining operations, sa...

attempted murder , chinese , Zimbabwe

‘It would be foolish to say the worst is behind us,’ CBK Governor Njoroge says on economy

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has remained pragmatic on economic prospects to Kenyans this year even as the green light flashes on a potential recov...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Kenya's economy