Major water shortage hits Nairobi CBD

By Teddy Otieno,

The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company has cut off water supply to the entire Nairobi Central Business District to allow for repairs. The company sai...

JKIA-Westlands expressway , Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris holds talks with AU Chair Tshisekedi

By Agencies,

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke with President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday. The Vice President congratula...

AFRICAN UNION , kamala harris , tigray , Tshisekedi

President Kenyatta urges Nairobi residents to support BBI

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged Kenyans to back the Building Bridges Initiatives (BBI), saying it will increase the amount of development resources...

BBI , Uhuru

Japan PM vows to press ahead with Olympics despite virus surge

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed on Monday to forge ahead with preparations to hold the Tokyo Olympics this summer, in the face of growing public o...

JAPAN , olympics , Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga , Tokyo

Isiolo school grapples with water shortage as over 200 pupils yet to report back

By Moses Mwenda,

Over 200 pupils at Waso Primary School in Isiolo County are yet to report to school two days after resumption of learning, as the school grapples with...

isiolo

Ethiopia says forces fired on U.N. team in Tigray region

By VOA,

The Ethiopian government says its forces shot at United Nations staff members in the country’s embattled Tigray region on Sunday after the staffers ...

Ethiopia , tigray

OPINION: Isolated poverty: Africa bearing burden of climate change in the Commonwealth

By Guest Writer,

By Mohamed Adow There is no region that is as badly affected by climate change like Africa. Whether it is droughts in the Sahel, coastal storms lik...

africa , CLIMATE CHANGE , Commonwealth , COVID-19 , Emmanuel Macron

Over 300K Turkana residents urged to move to safer grounds over potential Turkwel Dam spill over

By Citizen Reporter,

Residents in Turkana County have been urged to move to safer grounds due to potential Turkwel Dam spill over. The Water Resources Authority said at...

Turkwel

Magoha says Ksh.1B needed to buy masks for schools

By Citizen Team,

The debate on re-opening of learning institutions raged on as Education CS George Magoha revealed that it would cost Ksh. 1billion to acquire masks fo...

coronavirus , magoha , schools reopening

Coronavirus infections accelerate in Africa

By Tonny Ndungu,

The spread of the coronavirus in Africa has lagged much of the globe, but it’s picking up speed. Health authorities say the highly infectious virus ...

coronavirus

Water shortage in Nairobi raises COVID-19 risk

By VOA,

Water shortage in Nairobi has persisted for weeks, after a landslide destroyed a water pipe, making frequent hand washing for coronavirus prevention a...

coronavirus

Nairobi water crisis: Claims of water cartels controlling supply as shortage bites

By Gatete Njoroge,

Taps in most parts of Nairobi County will remain dry for two more weeks as the Athi Water Works Development Agency begins the process of repairing the...

Nairobi Water , sasumua

Garissa County launches solar powered boreholes

By Citizen Reporter,

After close to 30 years without reliable source of water, residents of Danyere Ward in Balambala, Garissa County can heave a sigh of relief. This i...

Australia declares emergency, warns coronavirus crisis could last six months

By Reuters,

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday declared a “human biosecurity emergency” and said the country’s citizens should abandon al...

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Coronavirus: Murkomen proposes low interest loans, VAT refunds, tax breaks to cushion Kenyans

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen wants the government to come up contingency measures to cushion Kenyans from the economic impact of the coro...

coronavirus

Acute water shortage hits parts of Embu town

By Anthony Ndwiga,

An acute water shortage has hit some parts of Embu town with residents being forced to dig deeper into their pockets to buy the precious commodity. ...

water

Americans rush to stock up on essentials as coronavirus stokes fears of shortages

By Reuters,

From Jersey City on the East Coast to Los Angeles on the West Coast, American shoppers picked grocery store shelves clean on products. They range f...

coronavirus

BWIRE: Disaster preparedness shows cracks as floods ravage Budalang’i

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Budalangi is at it once more with flooding and staring at a humanitarian disaster because of failure by Kenyan authorities to proac...

‘I’m trapped’: Africans in China lockdown see no escape as coronavirus spreads

By VOA,

The normally bustling supermarket in Wuhan was deserted, looking more foreign than ever. Khamis Hassan Bakari walked the aisles and saw just two ot...

coronavirus

Body retrieved hours after student drowned in Konyona Dam

By George Juma,

The body of a Form Four student from Osogo Secondary School in Uriri has been retrieved from Konyona dam. West Kanyamkago location Chief John Ojwan...

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