PROFILE: Jane Gitau, opening doors for other women

By Guest Writer,

Jane Gitau is the Head of Corporate Communication at the Kenya Seed Company and the Chair of Greenbelt Movement, Kenya. She is a Chevening Scholar ...

greenbelt , maathai

Renee Ngamau leads fight to save Nairobi’s playgrounds and public spaces

By Reuters,

It's hard to keep up with Renee Ngamau. From mentoring women entrepreneurs to campaigning against police brutality, the Kenyan lawyer, businesswome...

Amnesty International Kenya , jamhuri estate , renee ngamau

Kenyans urged to take part in the ‘plant your age’ tree campaign

By Citizen Reporter,

Environmentalists, political leaders and community members gathered in Kajiado County on Monday to plant hundreds of trees as part of an initiative se...

Green Africa Foundation , Kajiado

Abdulrazzaq Hussein is third winner of Unsung hero campaign

By Citizen Reporter,

The Wangari Maathai Foundation has announced the third winner of the Unsung hero campaign as Abdulrazzaq Hussein. The 27-year-old young change-make...

Abdulrazzaq Hussein , coronavirus , Unsung hero campaign , Wangari Maathai Foundation

KFS leads planting of over 2,000 trees at Kibiku Forest block

By Agencies,

The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) on Tuesday hosted Principal Secretary for Cooperatives Ali Noor Ismail at Kibiku Forest block in Ngong for a tree plant...

Kenya joins the world in marking Earth Day 2020

By Agencies,

The Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Mr. Julius Kamau, together with the Wangari Maathai founded Green Belt Movement Kenya, joined the rest of the w...

Earth Day , Kenya Forest Service , Wangari Maathai

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

By Citizen Reporter,

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. He has been recognized for his work in bringing to an end more than 20 year...

Abiy Ahmed , Nobel Peace Prize

‘Your days are numbered,’ unbowed Sarah Wairimu tells Tob Cohen’s killers – VIDEO

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Slain businessman Tob Cohen’s widow Sarah Wairimu has vowed to fight back and seek justice for the brutal murder of her husband. Wairimu, who was...

sarah wairimu , Tob Cohen

Uhuru: MTRH, Kenyatta University Hospital to be upgraded to handle cancer cases

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced plans to set up additional chemotherapy and radiology labs countrywide in renewed fight against cancer. Spea...

cancer , Laboso , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya overcomes Indian side in historic hockey friendly

By Norbert Oduor,

The Kenya national men’s field hockey team thumped Sports Authority of India (SAI) 3-1 to emerge winners in a historic friendly match for hockey ast...

Kenya hockey , SAI

Mutua defends Mzee Kenyatta’s image on new currency

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua has dismissed the ongoing push against the inclusion of former President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's image on the new curr...

Alfred Mutua , Central Bank , machakos , New currency

Teacher Tabichi: How I will spend Ksh.100M Prize money

By Ian Omondi,

Kenyan teacher Peter Mokaya Tabichi has become a national hero after recently bagging the 2019 Global Teacher Prize that brought with it $1 million (...

Global Teacher Prize , Jeff Koinange Live , Peter Mokaya Tabichi

Awash with plastic bottles and lacking a law, Kenya struggles to recycle

By Reuters,

As global concern over plastic pollution rises, corporate giants such as Coca-Cola and Unilever are pumping cash into a recycling initiative in Kenya ...

plastic pollution

Uhuru, Nyusi push for more trade between Kenya and Mozambique

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi have challenged the private sector to exploit what they term as a huge trade pote...

Filipe Nyusi , Mozambique Kenya relations

Top photos of Obama in Kenya before he became U.S. President

By Rachel Ombaka,

Former U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Kenya on Sunday, July 15. He will land in Nairobi and later proceed to his hometown in...

obama , Obama in Kenya , Obama in Siaya

DP Ruto’s police outrider dies in a road crash

By Citizen Reporter,

Deputy President William Ruto's police escort died following a road accident that occurred on Saturday 13th morning. The outrider was riding ahead ...

burial , Deputy President William Ruto , elite presidential escort , Githunguri , kiambu , outrider , police escort

Kenyans come up with list of people ‘more deserving’ of State commendation

By Ian Omondi,

Kenyans are still angry after it was revealed that Martin Kamotho, aka Githeri Man was one of the recipients of the Head of State commendation. Ot...

Ben Githae , chief paediatric surgeon Dr. Fred Kabuni , Dennis Itumbi , Goldalyn Kakuya , Joyciline Jepkosgei , Lairuba Day Secondary School Principal Mr. Along’o George Mutwiri , Mary Mokaya , Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua , Pauline Njoroge , police officer James Ngugi Chege , Prof Nimrod Mwang’ombe , robert alai , Rufftone , Thomas "Big Ted" Kwaka , Umra Omar , University of Nairobi’s head of neurosurgery

Moi Girls School fire rescue hero, Mary Mokaya, honoured

By Faith Cheptile,

Mary Mokaya, the teen hero who paid the ultimate sacrifice while rescuing her fellow students during the deadly fire that killed girl girls at Moi Gir...

Mary Mokaya , Mashujaa day , PRESIDENT UHURU , Prof Ali Mazrui , uhuru park heroes , Wangari Maathai

LOC positive as Nairobi WU18 renovations hit top gear

By Charity Wanja,

Engineering works at the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani have been projected to be complete by Thursday, paving way for the installation of t...

athletics , IAAF World Under 18 Championships , LOC , Mwangi Muthee , Nairobi 2017 , Nairobi 2017 World Under 18

KIRUKU: Nature is so unforgiving, we are paying for the sins of our fathers

By Anne Kiruku,

The words of the late Nobel laureate Prof Wangari Maathai – that Mother Nature was generous but also unforgiving – must be ringing a bell in the m...