FKF committee appraises refurbished Nyayo ahead of CAF inspection

By Citizen Reporter,

Football Kenya Federation’s International Matches Organizing Committee (IMOC) on Wednesday carried out an appraisal of the refurbished Nyayo Nationa...

CAF inspection , FKF committee , International Matches Organizing Committee (IMOC) , nyayo stadium

How businesses in East Africa can emerge stronger from COVID-19 pandemic – Report

By Citizen Reporter,

Governments in the East African region are being advised to come up with additional measures including incentives to enable businesses capitalize on o...

Boston Consulting Group

Kayange, Kipyegon to lead Kenya in Olympic Day celebrations

By Agencies,

Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon and former Kenya Sevens captain Humprey Kayange will lead other Kenyan stars in marking the International Olympi...

Asked repeatedly to say ‘Black lives matter,’ Mike Pence says ‘all lives matter’

By CNN,

Vice President Mike Pence declined to say the words "Black lives matter" during an interview with an ABC affiliate in Pennsylvania on Friday, instead ...

Black lives matter

Players take a knee as Premier League restarts

By Reuters,

Aston Villa and Sheffield United players and referee Michael Oliver took a knee at kickoff in support of the “Black Lives Matter” movement as the ...

Aston Villa , Black lives matter , Sheffield United

DIAZ: 2020/2021 Kenya budget a short in the arm for local industry in advent of COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

In spite of having featured as one of the four thematic development pillars for Kenya over the medium, manufacturing has been seen by many observers t...

budget , coronavirus , kicotec , PPEs

Liz Guantai among 117 young African leaders selected for Women Deliver program

By Citizen Reporter,

Liz Guantai, a 28-year-old Kenyan lawyer, is one the 117 young leaders selected for the Women Deliver program that focuses on gender equality and the ...

liz guantai , Menstrual health , Women Deliver

8 truck drivers from Tanzania denied entry into Kenya after testing positive for Covid-19 at Namanga

By Citizen Reporter,

Eight truck drivers from Tanzania have been denied entry into Kenya after they tested positive for Covid-19 at the Namanga border. Health CAS Mercy...

coronavirus , Namanga , TRUCK DRIVERS

Factbox: Who will be inside stadiums when Bundesliga returns

By Reuters,

The Bundesliga season restarts on May 16, making it the first major European league to resume amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the German Football Leag...

Covid-19 pandemic , German Bundesliga

Namanga put on high-risk list after 25 truck drivers test positive for Covid-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Namanga in Kajiado County has been put on the list of high-risk zones after 25 truck drivers in Namanga tested positive for coronavirus According t...

coronavirus , Kajiado , longido , Namanga

Covid-19: Gov’t cites an Islamic Hadith to calm down Eastleigh, Old Town residents

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government has now taken the religious route to calm down residents of Eastleigh and Old Town areas in Nairobi and Mombasa who have been angered b...

Prophet Muhammad , QURAN

Mwatate promoted to National Super League

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Mwatate United has been promoted to the National Super League (NSL) after Football Kenya Federation announced an end to all leagues in the country. ...

FKF , Mwatate United , NSL

Mass testing for COVID-19 begins in Kawangware

By Citizen Reporter,

Mass testing for COVID-19 kicked off in Kawangware, Nairobi on Friday morning. The Health Ministry said mass testing is essential for tracking down...

coronavirus , mass testing

Higher food, transport costs pushes April inflation to 5.62 percent

By Kepha Muiruri,

The inflation rate in April rose marginally to 5.62 percent up from 5.51 percent in March as higher food, transport costs increased pressure on consum...

Inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statics (KNBS)

Kenya’s economic growth slows to 5.4pc as formal job creation shrinks

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya's economic growth slowed down to 5.4 percent across 2019 from 6.3 percent in 2018, new data shows. The data from the Kenya National Bureau of...

economic growth

Coronavirus case detected at workers’ quarters in India’s presidential palace

By Reuters,

About 500 people entered self-isolation at the Presidential House in the Indian capital on Tuesday after a worker’s relative tested positive for cor...

coronavirus. india

In 1911, another epidemic swept through China. That time, the world came together

By CNN,

In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, ...

china , Lockdowns , Quarantine , The Great Manchurian Plague , who

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

A group from Nairobi travelled to Homa Bay with an empty coffin, now one has tested positive for Covid-19

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Saturday narrated an incident where a group of Kenyans violated movement restrictions by travelling from Nair...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe , Homa Bay , nairobi county

India has closed its railways for the first time in 167 years. Now trains are being turned into hospitals

By CNN,

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown on March 25, Indian Railways took the unprecedented move of suspending passenger tra...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Indian Railways , Narendra Modi