TECNO, UNHCR to support education for African refugee children

By Citizen Reporter,

Leading smartphone brand TECNO has announced a new partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that will provide qualit...

Tecno , UNHCR

Burundi’s First Lady Denise Nkurunziza returns home as officials deny coronavirus ‘rumours’

By Agencies,

Burundi's First Lady Denise Nkurunziza has returned home from Kenya where she had been hospitalised for almost a fortnight. Local media reported th...

coronavirus , Denise Bucumi Nkurunziza , denise nkurunziza

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

Stanbic Bank quarterly profit falls to Ksh.1.5 billion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Stanbic Bank Kenya has announced a reduced Ksh.1.5 billion profit for the period running January 1 to March 31 ,2020. The 35 percent slack in earni...

Stanbic Bank Kenya

Stanbic Bank inks deal with Rotary for 700 sanitation stations in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

Stanbic Bank’s flagship women’s proposition DADA has announced a partnership with the Rotary District 9212 that will see the bank invest in 700 sa...

dada , Rotary District 9212 , Stanbic Bank

Africa CDC and AU must offer dignified, inclusive focus on women & girls in COVID-19 response

By Guest Writer,

Without the full participation and inclusion of women within the COVID-19 pandemic response, Africa’s efforts to flatten the curve and/or wipe-out t...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , femnet , GBV

Plan International, Inua Dada team up to create safe spaces for women, girls during COVID-19 pandemic

By Citizen Reporter,

Plan International Kenya has partnered with Inua Dada Foundation in a bid to supplement government’s efforts in creating safe spaces for women and g...

GBV , inua dada , Plan International

In Africa, COVID-19 crisis puts squeeze on millions who rely on remittances

By VOA,

When the coronavirus began hitting Western economies, it hurt the economies of African countries, too – not only because of a loss in trade and tour...

coronavirus , covid

Police question 11 MPs over ‘secret’ mission to Somalia

By Hassan Mugambi,

Eleven Members of Parliament from North Eastern Kenya were held and questioned by police on Sunday over their secret mission to Somalia. Citizen Di...

North Eastern MPs , somalia

Rember us when planning, cyclists and pedestrians tell government

By Citizen Reporter,

Cyclists in red took to the streets of Nairobi on Valentine’s day to call on the government to include pedestrian and cycling lanes when planning an...

Three arrested as contraband chewing gum found in bus’ secret compartment

By Ian Omondi,

Police officers manning the Garissa-Thika highway on Thursday arrested the driver and two conductors of a bus plying the route after contraband goods ...

contraband , Garissa-- Thika Highway , IG Hilary Mutyambai

NTSA suspends Northern E Coach Travelers Sacco license

By Ian Omondi,

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has suspended the Northern E Coach Travelers Sacco over national security concerns. The authorit...

George Njao , license , Northern E Coach , NTSA

Garissa stares at teaching crisis as non-local teachers begin moving out

By Raquel Muigai,

Garissa County is staring at a teaching crisis after non local teachers began moving out of the area after three of them were killed in a dawn terror ...

garissa

Garissa Al Shabaab attack ringleader identified

By Ian Omondi,

Police have identified Maulid Bilal as the ringleader of an Al Shabaab militant group that staged an attack at a primary school in Garissa County. ...

Al Shabaab , Garissa County , Maulid Bilal , Saretho

Central Kenya leaders to defy Uhuru if BBI proposes Parliamentary system

By Citizen Reporter,

A section of leaders from Mt. Kenya region have continued to express their reservations over the content of the long awaited Building Bridges Initiati...

BBI , central mps , kiunjuri

American boxer Day dies following brutal knockout

By Reuters,

American boxer Patrick Day died on Wednesday in Chicago as a result of the traumatic brain injury he suffered during his fight on Saturday, where he w...

Charles Conwell , Patrick Day

Families in Kirinyaga mourn officers killed in Dadaab attack

By Johnson Muriithi,

Families in Kirinyaga county are mourning their loved ones who were killed in the Dadaab attack on Saturday. The are among 11 officers who died aft...

IED

President Kenyatta mourns 11 GSU officers killed in IED attack

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned 11 General Service Unit (GSU) officers killed when a vehicle they were travelling in ran over an Improvised Explo...

Garissa County , GSU officers , Improvised Explosive Device , President Uhuru Kenyatta

How fake refugees from Kenya got settled in the U.S and Europe

By CNN,

He says he doesn't feel guilty for the lie that got him into America. Like other families who arrived as Somali refugees, he says they first depend...

Mohamed Dahiye , refugees , Somali , UNHCR

Garissa Governor Korane enters Ksh.500M with EU for refugee communities

By Citizen Reporter,

The European Union (EU) has made an initial pledge of Ksh.566 million (€5 million) towards the Garissa Integrated Socio-Economic Development Plan (G...

European union , Garissa County