Wangari Maathai Day: Her life in pictures

By CNN,

Africa Environment Day is celebrated in conjunction with Wangari Maathai Day in order to pay tribute to the late Nobel Laureate's green legacy. It ...

maathai

Kenya gets international recognition for promotion of clean cooking

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya has been recognized by Solar Cookers International (SCI) for its progressive effort in promoting and expanding the use of clean cooking as an al...

clean cooking , Keter , Solar Cookers International

COVID-19 tax reversals to complicate tax filings for companies: KMPG

By Kepha Muiruri,

The reversal of COVID-19 tax cushioning measures is expected to lead to complications in accounting for company tax filings for the year. This is a...

coronavirus , KPMG , taxes

Stabex International rolls out LPG brand in Kenya and Uganda

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Stabex International (STABEX), one of largest oil marketers in Uganda and fast growing petroleum company in Kenya, is rolling out its Liquefied Petrol...

Stabex International

Ksh.500M released for 14 counties in off-grid solar project

By Citizen Reporter,

Residents from 14 counties will now have access to solar and clean cooking products following the release of Ksh. 500million from the Kenya Off-Grid S...

Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project , Keter

India records 1 million cases of COVID-19… and it’s the poorest who are hardest hit

By CNN,

India passed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, after its health ministry reported a record 34,956 new infections in just 24 hours. As...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , India

Yatani’s normal budget in abnormal circumstances

By Kepha Muiruri,

Drawing from a popular anecdote by Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, experts have termed the 2020/21 budget statement as normal in abnormal circu...

2020/2021 budget , CS Ukur Yatani

The 2020/21 budget winners and losers

By Kepha Muiruri,

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani’s maiden budget statement delivered a mixed bag of fortune for Kenyans in a quest to strike a balance in net ...

2020 Finance Bill , 2020/21 budget , National Treasury

Budget day: Yatani’s budget of pain

By Kepha Muiruri,

In just a few hours, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani is expected to walk down the steps of the planning ministry to head into the National Asse...

2020/2021 budget , CS Ukur Yatani , National Treaasury

Meet 1-year-old Chef Kobe with 1.3M followers on Instagram

By CNN,

A 1-year-old chef is cooking up a storm on social media, with more than a million followers on Instagram tuning in to "Kobe Eats" to enjoy his baby-fa...

Chef Kobe , instagram

Kipchoge: The humble home life in rural Kenya behind remarkable athletic success

By Agencies,

In the lush green gardens of Eliud Kipchoge's training retreat in the Kenyan highlands, the greatest distance runner of all time is describing the dus...

Eliud Kipchoge

Serena Williams to spend the next 6 weeks in solitude due to coronavirus

By CNN,

Serena Williams is taking precautions against contracting the coronavirus. The tennis champ revealed on Instagram that she will be spending time wi...

coronavirus , Serena Williams , solitude

Safari Supa Gas, PayGo Energy partner to provide Kenyan homes with affordable gas 

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyans can now pay for cooking gas in small amounts from as little as Ksh.1. Safari Supa Gas, in partnership with PayGo Energy (‘PayGo’), have...

PayGo Energy , Safari Super Gas

BWIRE: Insincere leaders require a hostile media

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire It’s time the media decided; in spite of the freedom of expression provided for all Kenyans, those who thrive on giving alternati...

BWIRE: Let us have clean energy-powered festivities

By Victor Bwire,

Its holiday time and as Kenyans troop to the villages, eating will be a major menu on the schedules. As it were, goats, chicken and bulls will be slau...

BWIRE: Solar energy is the option to lighting Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Players in the solar energy sector are raising challenges in the industry that government needs to relook as a matter of priority. ...

Smart gas cooking seeks to break African cities’ dirty charcoal habit

By VOA,

The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 kilometers away, scientist Sebastian Ro...

charcoal , digital platform , forests , mobile money , pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system , Smart gas

The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick in Ghana

By Reuters,

A few years after coming as a teenager to this town in Ghana to prospect for gold, Yaw Ngoha had made enough cash to marry his sweetheart and build a ...

Ghana , Gold Mining

If not for women, there would be no tequila

By CNN,

Located 45 miles northwest of Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, the town of Tequila is known as the birthplace of the drink that bears its...

tequila

Cholera cases reported as hunger, disease stalk African cyclone survivors

By Reuters,

Cholera cases were reported on Friday in the Mozambican city of Beira, adding a risk of deadly illnesses for hundreds of thousands of people who are s...

africa , cholera , Cyclone