Kenya loses senior surgeon Daniel Alushula to COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenyan medical fraternity has lost another doctor Daniel Alushula to COVID-19. Also Read: Doreen Lugaliki becomes first Kenyan doctor to succum...

alushula , coronavirus , lugaliki

Westgate mall attack: Two men jailed for 18 and 33years

By Reuters,

Two men were on Friday sentenced to 18 years in prison for helping al Shabaab gunmen in a 2013 attack on the Westgate mall that killed 67 people. M...

Westgate Mall

Kenya’s inflation jumps for the first time since April from high food costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s inflation rate has increased for the first time since April this year to stand at 4.84 per cent in October from a low 4.2 per cent in Septem...

Inflation , Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

Kenya joins global trial of Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya has joined the global efforts in search of an effective vaccine for COVID-19 with the start of a trial evaluating a leading COVID-19 vaccine can...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine , KEMRI

COVID-19 could push 49 million Africans into extreme poverty

By CNN,

It is now widely recognized that in Africa, the Covid-19 pandemic is on a different trajectory than much of the rest of the world, including the West....

Blair , coronavirus , poverty

Energy Ministry seeks to add cow dung powered plants to the grid

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cow dung fed biogas plants could soon power the national grid as the Energy Ministry moves to test the efficacy of the cattle waste in electricity gen...

cow dung

COVID-19: Targeted testing kicks off at Maranda High School

By George Amolo,

The Ministry of Health has begun targeted testing at Maranda High School after a student tested positive for coronavirus. Also Read: Star of the S...

coronavirus , maranda

Trio shares lead ahead of Safari Tour Series final round

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Edwin Mudanyi, Eric Ooko and David Wakhu are tied atop the leaderboard at 2-under par 214 ahead of Wednesday's final round of the 2020 Safari Tour Ser...

Safari Tour series

Mudavadi now wants Uhuru to form another BBI committee for ‘final reactions’

By Sam Ogina,

Amani National Congress (ANC) party leader Musalia Mudavadi now wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to form a committee that will consolidate emerging cont...

Amos Kimunya , BBI report , Musalia Mudavadi , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Adrian Muteshi who won land dispute against DP Ruto in 2013 dies

By Citizen Reporter,

Adrian Muteshi, the Eldoret farmer who won a land dispute against DP William Ruto seven years ago, has died. Muteshi died on Tuesday, October 27 in...

adrian muteshi , post election violence , ruto

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta backs fight against cancer in counties

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has assured of her continued support to ongoing initiatives to combat cancer at the county level. In a message deliver...

beyond zero , cancer , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , Laikipia County.

Wafula hopes to inspire women to take up golf

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Young Kenyan golfer Naomi Wafula hopes to inspire more women to take up the sport after she made history  becoming the first lady golfer to make the ...

Golfer , Naomi Wafula , Safari Tour Golf series

Commuters, matatu operators arrested in Mombasa for breaking COVID-19 rules

By George Aoko,

Scores of commuters and matatu operators were on Tuesday morning arrested in Mombasa after police launched a crackdown on those flouting COVID-19 regu...

coronavirus , star of the sea

Police constable dies after shooting self in the neck in Ugunja

By Citizen Reporter,

A police constable based at the Madungu police patrol base in Ugunja has died after he reportedly shot himself on Monday morning. Dennis Gitonga re...

Tononoka Principal dies 5 days after school was closed over COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Tononoka Secondary Principal Mohammed Khamis has died following a short illness. Also Read: Star of the Sea, Tononoka schools closed over COVID-19 ...

coronavirus , Tononoka

BBI launch: Guests in stitches after UON’s Ashura Michael offers to be Uhuru’s ‘Kisumu-based second wife’

By Tonny Ndungu,

University of Nairobi Law Student Ashuna Michael on Monday left the Bomas of Kenya in stitches during the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) launch. ...

‘Watajua hawajui… We can stop reggae,’ DP Ruto warns BBI proponents

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Deputy President William Ruto has warned that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) could hit a dead end if the conversation around proposals in the r...

BBI , william ruto

Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua’s bank accounts frozen as DCI probes Ksh. 12.5B tender scam

By Hassan Mugambi,

Detectives from the Serious Crimes Investigations Unit at the DCI headquarters have concluded a probe against Mathira Member of Parliament Rigathi Gac...

DCI , DPP , Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua

Lee Kun-hee, who made South Korea’s Samsung a global powerhouse, dies at 78

By Reuters,

Lee Kun-hee, who built Samsung Electronics into a global powerhouse in smartphones, semiconductors and televisions, died on Sunday after spending more...

Lee Kun-hee , Samsung

Form Four student killed by mob after hacking his uncle to death in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

A Form Four student was on Friday evening lynched by an angry mob for allegedly hacking his uncle to death  in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. The 20-year...

Kirinyaga County. , murder