USAID, Musoni Microfinance in ksh.940M loan guarantee deal

By Ruth Leonorah,

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a Ksh.940million loan guarantee with Musoni Microfinance Limited. Through...

Musoni microfinance limited , USAID

Melania Trump spotlights USAID reading program in Malawi

By Reuters,

US First Lady Melania Trump brought soccer balls and books to a school in Malawi on Thursday to highlight a USAID scheme to support African schools, o...

Malawi , US First Lady Melania Trump , USAID

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump lands in Kenya

By Rachel Ombaka,

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump has arrived in Kenya. Her plane touched down at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at around 9pm. She was rec...

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Melania Trump visits slave castle in Ghana

By VOA,

Melania Trump visited a former slave holding facility on Ghana’s coast , terming it  as very emotional and really something that people should see ...

Melania Trump , USAID

Matching skills to bridge unemployment

By Kepha Muiruri,

Reconciling youth unemployment in the country is perhaps one of the most trivial of subjects today. According to the 2017 United Nations Human Deve...

employment , Generation Kenya , Human Development Index report , Leila Ibrahim , Technical and Vocational Educational Training Institutions , United Nations

Balala accuses ex-KWS boss Leakey of intimidating board

By Mbuthia Bashir,

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala has accused former Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) chairperson Dr. Richard Leakey of intimidating officials of the...

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) , KWS Chairman Dr. Richard Leakey , KWS Director General Julius Kimani , Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala , Translocated rhinos dead

Kenya, U.S. sign deals worth Ksh.10B in trade summit

By PSCU,

Kenya Government officials, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta, have negotiated deals worth Ksh.10 billion at a trade conference in Nairobi. A 60-memb...

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Abortions on the rise in Kenya as Trump cuts Marie Stopes funding

By CNN,

Health workers in Kenya have revealed that the number of backstreet abortions have increased since the United States cut aid to family planning progra...

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Marie Stopes in trouble as U.S. stops funding

By Reuters,

Marie Stopes which offers free contraception, advice on family planning, sexual health and sometimes abortion, may have to stop some of its Africa ope...

abortion , marie stopes

BWIRE: Devolution Conference 2018; Media should avoid theatrics

By Victor Bwire,

As Kakamega County prepares to host the 5th Devolution Conference later this month, and as expected, a battery of journalists attend and give us the h...

Constitution of Kenya 2010 , Devolution Conference , KAKAMEGA , Media Council of Kenya.

Food shortage looms as armyworm strike again

By Dennis Otieno,

Another food shortage looms in the country as armyworms re-emerge in Kenya’s breadbasket regions: Uasin Gishu and Nandi counties. Farmers are now...

agriculture , army worms , farmers , losses , Maize production , Nandi , spread , Uasin Gishu

How U.S spent Ksh.10M teaching Kenyan farmers how to use Facebook

By Ian Omondi,

Bundles charges are pretty much the only cost many of us agree to spend to access Facebook and even that is begrudgingly. But the United States, sp...

2017 Festivus Report , Citizen T.V Kenya , facebook , Google , Kenyan farmers , Shamba Shape Up , Simu Shape Up: Edutainment to Shape Up Cell Phone use Among African Rural Farmers program , The United States Agency for International Development , US Senator Rand Paul , USAID

How America’s attempts to tackle terrorism in Kenya through art flopped

By Citizen Reporter,

Details are emerging of how the United States of America has spent billions of shillings in a controversial counter-terrorism program in Kenya. Acc...

Al Shabaab , america , BuzzFeed , Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya , somalia , US , USAID , Waayaha Cusub

Idadi ya wanaorandaranda mitaani yaongezeka Kapenguria

By Collins Shitiyabayi,

Idadi ya vijana wanaorandaranda mitaani imeongezeka marudufu katika mji wa Kapenguria Kaunti ya Pokot Magharibi. Wadau katika sekta mbali mbali wameli...

US donates Sh3.3b to address drought in northern Kenya

By Elizabeth Kibor,

The US government has donated Ksh3.3 billion ($32.6 million)  funding for humanitarian assistance to address Kenya’s drought in northearn Kenya bri...

Drought , kenya , Northern Kenya , Robert F. Godec , U.S , U.S. Ambassador to Kenya , USAID , World Humanitarian Assistant Day

Narok women want sex education in curriculum

By Ruben Mutochi,

Women leaders and those vying for political positions in Narok County on Monday, July 3 advocated for sex education to be incorporated in the primary...

Boy child , early marriage , early pregnancy , female genital mutilation , Girl-Child , Narok County , primary school , secondary school , sex education , USAID

Mgomo baridi wa madaktari na wauguzi waendelea

By Citizen Reporter,

Baraza la magavana imetaja kuwa iko tayari kutia sahihi mkataba wa kutambuliwa na madaktari kumaanisha kuwa madaktari wote watakuwa chini y amamlakaya...

Why US suspended direct funding to Ministry of Health

By Citizen Reporter,

The Ministry of Health will no longer receive direct assistance from American aid agency USAID – the US Embassy in Kenya has announced. Citing co...

Kenya kushirikiana na Brazil kukabiliana na viwavi

By Citizen Team,

Waziri wa kilimo Willy Bett amesema serikali imealika wataalamu kutoka Brazil kusaidia kupambana na tatizo la viwavi.

Armyworm , chakula , kilimo , viwavi

Viongozi wa NASA wakutana faragha Pwani

By Citizen Reporter,

Vinara wa muungano wa NASA wanatarajiwa kukubaliana au kubadili uamuzi wa kamati maalum za mrengo huo ambazo duru zinaarifu zilipendekeza Raila Odinga...