SGR revenues fall by 9 per cent in six months

By Kepha Muiruri,

Earnings from the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) passenger and freight service declined by 9.2 per cent in the first half of the year to Ksh.5.9 billion...

COVID-19 , Madaraka Express , SGR

Three rogue DCI detectives who robbed gas company of Ksh.370,000 arrested

By Ian Omondi,

Three detectives from the Special Service Unit (SSU) of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) who turned rogue and were connected to a robb...

Baraka Gas Company , DCI , Special Service Unit

Two chiefs among 16 to be charged for incitement over Mariashoni clashes

By Maryanne Nyambura,

Two chiefs are among 16 people in police custody for allegedly fueling violence in Mariashoni, Nakuru County, leading to inter-ethnic clashes in the a...

George Natembeya , inter-ethnic clashes , Mariashoni , Nakuru County

George Natembeya: 5 killed, 3008 displaced during the Mau clashes

By Robert Maina,

Five have been killed and 3008 others displaced in the ongoing Eastern Mau clashes, Rift Valley Regional Coordinator George Natembeya has said. 16 ...

mau clashes

UK,France and Qatar added to list of countries allowed to fly into Kenya from August 1

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya has added 7 more countries to its list of countries whose passengers will be allowed into the country when international flights resume on Augus...

coronavirus

China, Zimbabwe among 11 countries to be allowed air travel to Kenya starting August 1

By Citizen Reporter,

The Government has announced that international flights will resume starting August 1 with China and Zimbabwe among countries allowed air travel to Ke...

air travel , china , coronavirus

Kenyans pile on Sakaja after Uhuru speech

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday announced a ban on alcohol in restaurants and eateries and Kenyans on social media platform Twitter are an angry lo...

‘Spare no mheshimiwa,’ President Kenyatta orders police as he extends curfew

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday extended the 9pm to 4am curfew for a further 30 days as part of efforts to help in mitigating the spread of COVID-1...

COVID-19 , curfew , Police , President Uhuru Kenyatta

President Kenyatta bans sale of alcohol in restaurants, bars remain closed indefinitely

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has banned the sale of alcoholic drinks in all restaurants in the country and directed that all bars remain closed indefinite...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , president kenyatta

200 arrested drinking inside notorious Avery Lounge in Utawala during curfew

By Citizen Reporter,

Two hundred people were on Friday night arrested in a police operation in Utawala area of Nairobi for violating the 9pm to 4am curfew imposed as a mea...

Avery Lounge , COVID-19 , curfew

Panic as 53-year-old patient goes missing at KNH

By Tonny Ndungu,

A 53-year-old patient went missing at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) on Monday, the facility has said in a statement. The Hospital explained ...

KNH

Senator Sakaja fined Ksh.15,000 following his arrest at a city bar during curfew

By Tonny Ndungu,

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has been fined Ksh.15,000 or a 3-month jail term for flouting COVID-19 rules. Sakaja appeared before the Kasarani op...

Johnson Sakaja

418 more people test positive for coronavirus in Kenya, total at 13,771

By Citizen Reporter,

418 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya raising the country's case load to 13,771. Health CAS Rashid Aman said the latest pos...

coronavirus

‘I’m sorry,’ Sakaja now says, resigns from Senate COVID-19 team

By Tonny Ndungu,

Nairobi Senator Johson Sakaja has resigned from the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the COVID-19 situation in country. The decision came just days after...

Johnson Sakaja

Sakaja spends night in police custody after he was found drinking at Kilimani bar during curfew

By Ian Omondi,

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja was early Saturday morning freed after spending the night in police custody following his arrest for violating COVID-19...

COVID-19 , curfew , Nairobi , Senator Johnson Sakaja

Excitement building for Nairobi’s Kip Keino Classic

By World Athletics,

Excitement is fast building up in Africa as Nairobi prepares to host a round of the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series on 26 Sep...

‘Kip Keino Classic’

CS Amina set to receive report on sports resumption plan

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Advisory Committee that was set up by the Ministry of Sports to draw up protocols required for the resumption of sporting activities in the countr...

Covid-19 pandemic , CS Amina Mohamed , sports

Diaz: Common sense must prevail despite ease in COVID-19 restrictions

By Guest Writer,

His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta made a positive move to compromise in re-opening the country while setting tough measures to manage the number...

coronavirus

Concerns grow for Wilson Kipsang’s well-being

By Agencies,

Concerns are growing from friends and the public for the well-being of Kenyan marathon ace Wilson Kipsang. The former marathon world record holder ...

ban , Elias Kiptum , Wilson Kipsang

Nairobi-Mombasa SGR passenger services to resume on Monday

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has announced that the Madaraka Express passenger service will resume on Monday, July 13 following the lift...

Mombasa , Nairobi , SGR