Musicians, actors to get Ksh.5K each from Uhuru’s Ksh.100M Covid-19 ‘gift’

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday opened a can of worms when he announced that the government had set aside Ksh.100 million to cushion local musician...

Actors , artists , Mike Strano , Milka Kulati , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Fear of the unknown: Locked-down athletes face mental health challenge

By Matthews Mutai,

When Olympic swimming champion Kyle Chalmers completed what he knew would be his final training session before the coronavirus shutdown, his overwhelm...

coronavirus , Emma Coburn , Mental Health

‘Prepare for the worst,’ CS Kagwe tells Kenyans as Covid-19 cases rise

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Tuesday warned Kenyans to prepare for a possible worst-case scenario in regards with the Covid-19 outbreak in...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , mutahi kagwe

Coronavirus pandemic ravages KTTA 2020 calendar

By Agencies,

Kenya Table Tennis Association (KTTA) in close consultation with stakeholders, has decided to postpone its 2020 calendar activities until the current ...

coronavirus , KTTA , Table Tennis

West Ham ‘make contact’ with United outcast Sanchez

By Reuters,

West Ham 'have been in contact with Alexis Sanchez's agent' over a potential move for the Chilean winger this summer. Sanchez is currently on loan at...

Alexis Sanchez , Inter Milan , Manchester United , West Ham

FIFA postpones meeting with FKF, SDT to May 2020

By Citizen Reporter,

The much anticipated meeting between the Sports Ministry, Football Kenya Federation, Sports Disputes Tribunal and world football governing body Fifa t...

FIFA , FKF , postpones meeting , SDT , Tribunal

Jack Ma now donates ventilators, more testing kits to African countries

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has made a second round of donations of protective and medical equipment to combat the coronavirus ...

Kagwe: Any person visiting an open area must wear a mask

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Kagwe has directed that anyone visiting an open area including supermarkets must wear a mask. Speaking on Saturday when he revealed 4 mor...

coronavirus , mask

Kenya confirms an additional 4 cases of the coronavirus, total at 126

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya has confirmed an additional 4 cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the tally to 126. The four were in a cluster of 372 people who were te...

Coronavirus in Kenya , mutahi kagwe

Kenyan business conditions fall to their worst since 2017 election

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s private sector activity fell to its lowest level since the last general elections held in October 2017 as domestic businesses conditions det...

coronavirus crisis , Kenyan economy , Stanbic PMI

Court of Appeal delivers judgments via Skype

By Citizen Reporter,

The Court of Appeal has for the first time delivered decisions through video link enabled by Skype following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Kenya. The...

coronavirus , Skype

NCBA projects GDP to drop to 2.3% this year due to coronavirus

By Citizen Reporter,

NCBA Bank is projecting the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to decelerate sharply to 2.3% in 2020. This is if the COVID-19 pandemic persis...

NCBA

Can China’s coronavirus recovery numbers be trusted?

By CNN,

As the United States and much of the rest of the world locks down over the novel coronavirus pandemic, China appears to be cautiously opening back up....

coronavirus

Safaricom rolls out ‘Bonga For Good’ to help customers deal with COVID-19 impact

By Citizen Reporter,

Safaricom has rolled out Bonga For Good, an initiative that will see customers use Bonga Points to pay for essential goods and services. This campa...

bonga points , Safaricom

Makueni pastors want churches listed as essential services

By Enock Muswii,

Church heads in Makueni County want to be listed as providers of essential services in the fight against coronavirus. The clergymen accused the gov...

churches , coronavirus

Wimbledon cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

By Reuters,

The Wimbledon tennis championships were cancelled for the first time since World War Two as the coronavirus pandemic wiped another blue-riband sports ...

coronavirus , Wimbledon , Wimbledon tennis championships

Top players donate, lower tier counts cost of coronavirus shutdown

By Reuters,

While top players donate to coronavirus relief efforts and post cooking and workout videos online, lower level professionals are counting the cost of ...

coronavirus

‘We don’t work, we don’t eat’: Informal workers face stark choices as Nigeria shuts down over coronavirus

By CNN,

Many countries in Africa are imposing lockdowns on their citizens as they race to curb the spread of coronavirus. But it has further highlighted th...

coronavirus , Nigeria

Belarussian President Lukashenko says hockey, vodka and sauna can cure coronavirus

By CNN,

As countries close their borders and hospitals struggle with a surge in coronavirus cases, some of the most repressive societies in the former Soviet ...

Tanzania confirms first coronavirus death, health minister says

By Agencies,

Tanzania confirmed its first coronavirus death on Tuesday, health minister Ummy Mwalimu said in a statement. The 49-year-old Tanzanian man had been...

coronavirus , Mloganzila Hospital