COVID-19 in South Africa: How inequality, poverty undermined country’s response

By Reuters,

When coronavirus patients started arriving at South Africa’s government-run Thelle Mogoerane Hospital, workers scrambled to set up isolation wards t...

coronavirus , south africa

Former FIFA president Blatter calls for Infantino to be suspended

By Reuters,

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for his successor, Gianni Infantino, to be suspended by the global soccer body after criminal proceeding...

corruption , FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Sepp Blatter

Large U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now

By Reuters,

The first two COVID-19 vaccine trials in the U.S. will not be tested in pregnant women this year, raising questions about how this vulnerable populati...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine , pregnancy

Criminal proceedings launched against FIFA boss Infantino

By Reuters,

A special prosecutor looking into dealings between Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber and FIFA President Gianni Infantino has launched criminal pro...

FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber

Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not ‘highest bidder’

By Reuters,

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called for COVID-19 drugs and an eventual vaccine to be made available to countries and people that need them mo...

bill gates , coronavirus

Kenya’s 1.5% digital services tax for Netflix, Uber to take effect in January

By Kepha Muiruri,

The operation of the 1.5 percent digital services tax levied on gross sales by online businesses such as Netflix and Uber is set to take effect early ...

Finance Act 2020 , Netflix , online businesses , uber

Amukowa throws weight behind Musonye’s FKF bid

By Godfrey Ashiali,

Nicholas Musonye, has been backed by former Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Western Branch chairman Andrew Amukowa to lead the country's football body...

Nicholas Musonye

Trump threatens permanent freeze of WHO funding, review of U.S. membership

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to permanently halt funding for the World Health Organization (WHO) if it did not commit to improveme...

Donald Trump , who

Ex-CECAFA boss Musonye joins race for top FKF seat

By Jacob Icia,

Jacob Icia Veteran football administrator Nicholas Musonye has thrown his hat into the multi-way race for the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) preside...

FKF elections , Nicholas Musonye , Nick Mwendwa

South Sudan, a country of 12 million people, has only 4 ventilators

By CNN,

Covid-19 cases have topped 2.2 million globally and countries around the world are scrambling to buy life-saving equipment as the pandemic places ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , south sudan , ventilators , who

South Africa records two coronavirus deaths

By Ian Omondi,

South Africa on Friday recorded the first deaths resulting from Covid-19, the country’s Health Minister Dr. Zwelini Mkhize has announced. Dr. Mkh...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Dr. Zwelini Mkhize , President Cyril Ramaphosa , south africa

South African President announces three-week lockdown over coronavirus

By Reuters,

South Africa will enforce a three-week lockdown over coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. In a televised address to the nation,...

coronavirus , lockdown , south africa

‘This is why Uhuru sacked me!’: Ex-CS Mwangi Kiunjuri speaks out

By Stephen Letoo,

Former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri has spoken out for the first time since he was sacked from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cabinet o...

BBI , Mt Kenya region , Mwangi Kiunjuri , President Uhuru Kenyatta

The rise and fall of Mwangi Kiunjuri

By Tonny Ndungu,

In October last year, ex-Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri convened a presser attended by over 40 MPs. Ther MPs who are allied to DP Ru...

Mwangi Kiunjuri

Miguna claims Lufthansa red alert is to bar his return as Gov’t speaks out

By Tonny Ndungu,

Miguna Miguna has reportedly been barred from boarding a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt, Germany throwing his return to Kenya into uncertainty. Sp...

Lufthansa , miguna

What next for Nairobi County? Speaker says county assembly to seek AG’s advisory

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Nairobi County Government is now grappling with a constitutional quagmire after Governor Mike Sonko was on Wednesday barred from accessing office ...

The rise and fall of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko

By Sam Gituku,

The arrest and expected arraignment of Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko could spell the beginning of the fall of a man who has courted controversy si...

Sonko

Luxury jets whisk VIPs to their destinations in flying palaces

By CNN,

A contemporary-style bedroom with a touch of classical elegance, complete with king-size bed and designer furniture, Champagne at the ready and magnif...

Airbus A330 , boeing , Private jet

Kirinyaga Woman Rep Ngirici speaks out after road rage incident

By Citizen Reporter,

Kirinyaga Woman Rep Wangui Ngirici has broken her silence a day after a video of an irate man reprimanding her for breaking traffic rules emerged. ...

ngirici

Mariga joins politics, says Kibra has ‘special place in my heart’

By Erick Owenga,

It's now official. Kenya's football star MacDonald Mariga has finally come out of the woods to declare his interest in politics. 'Big Mac' as he is...

Jubilee Party , Kibra Parliamnetary seat , MacDonald Mariga