Finding Dad Part 2: ‘Cucu, baba yangu ni nani?’

By Citizen Reporter,

High school came and went and I was locked out of university for missing the cut off mark by a few points. Also Read: Finding Dad: My story of pain...

finding dad

Planning a BBQ? Not if you want to save the planet

By Reuters,

Meat sizzling on the barbecue (BBQ) might be synonymous with summer, but consumers should re-think their menus to save the planet, a U.S.-based resear...

illegal meat , World Resources Institute (WRI)

Agriculture, Manufacturing employees least paid in Kenya – Report reveals

By Kepha Muiruri,

Employees in the Agriculture and Manufacturing sectors are the least paid in the Kenyan job market, a new report by asset manager ICEA Lion shows. ...

agriculture in Kenya , ICEA LION , Kenya Association of Manufacturers , KNBS 2019 economic survey

Ex-PS Omollo accuses Assets Recovery Agency of lying she does not own farm

By Dzuya Walter,

Former Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lilian Mbogo-Omollo on Wednesday accused the Assets Recovery Agency of lying to court that she does not have ...

Assets Recovery Agency , Lilian Omollo , NYS scandal , SIAYA COUNTY

UN Drug Report: Opioid use booming as Tramadol crisis emerges in Africa

By VOA,

Synthetic opioid use is booming, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a worldwide drug report that showed deaths in the United States from overdose...

africa , opium , UN Drug report

BWIRE: Why Africa must face climate change head on

By Citizen,

By Victor Bwire Accelerated effects of climate change including prolonged droughts are taking a toll on the economies of people in the Great Horn o...

At least 161 dead in northeast Congo in apparent ethnic clashes

By Reuters,

At least 161 people have been killed in a northeastern province of Democratic Republic of Congo in the past week, local officials said on Monday, in a...

Democratic Republic of Congo.

7 Chinese nationals arrested in Gikomba, to be deported

By Dennis Musau,

Seven Chinese nationals were arrested on Wednesday at Nairobi's Gikomba Market for illegally engaging in trading activities. In a statement issued ...

Chinese Nationals , CS Fred Matiang’i

Trump vows rapid, high tariffs on Mexico unless illegal immigration ends

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump, responding to a surge of illegal immigrants across the southern border, vowed on Thursday to impose a tariff on all goods...

Central America and Mexico migrants , Crackdown on illegal immigrants , Donald Trump , U.S-Mexico border wall , US

Assets agency now wants ex-PS Omollo’s funds transferred to gov’t

By Dzuya Walter,

The Assets Recovery Agency now wants funds in accounts belonging to former Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lilian Mbogo-Omollo transferred to the go...

Achieng Oneko , Assets Recovery Agency , Lilian Mbogo-Omollo , NYS scam

Teenager with extraordinary memory to graduate from Harvard

By CNN,

Braxton Moral walked across the stage Sunday at his high school in Ulysses, Kansas, as a newly-minted graduate. Less than two weeks later, the 17-y...

Harvard Extension School , memory

Four Catholics killed in another Burkina Faso church attack

By Reuters,

Unidentified assailants killed four Catholics and destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary in northern Burkina Faso, a bishop said on Tuesday, the third ...

Burkina Faso , catholic , Paul Ouedraogo

Atwoli supports MPs pay rise because ‘Kenyans demand for handouts from them’

By Ian Omondi,

Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli has come out to strongly support a push for pay increment by Members of P...

COTU , Francis Atwoli , MPs pay rise

Kenyan farmers urged to embrace Climate Smart Agriculture

By Citizen Reporter,

Experts are now urging farmers to embrace new agricultural techniques in a bid to avoid losses as a result of climate change as well as to address iss...

farmers , SNV

Sudan investigating Bashir after currencies worth Ksh.729M found

By Reuters,

Sudan’s public prosecutor has begun investigating ousted President Omar al-Bashir on charges of money laundering and possession of large sums of for...

Bashir , Sudan

Uhuru, Kibaki mourn former President Moi’s son Jonathan

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Head of State Mwai Kibaki have sent a message of condolence to the family of the late Jonathan Moi. Also Read: ...

jonathan moi

Keter takes another swipe at DP Ruto over maize-avocado farming remarks

By Allan Irungu,

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter claims that the maize shortage experienced in the country should be blamed on cartels. In a statement on Thursday, the ...

avocados , MAIZE SHORTAGE

Bashir’s legacy in Sudan: Isolation, Iron Fist, Darfur deaths

By VOA,

 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir did little to hide his contempt for the young men and women protesting to demand an end to his three-decade rule. ...

Sudan

Trump: more troops needed at border with Mexico

By VOA,

U.S. President Donald Trump says more troops will need to be sent to the country’s southern border because too many dangerous people are illegally e...

Mexico , Trump

African billionaire rebuts idea of migration flood in Europe

By VOA,

The migration of Africans to Europe and North America should be viewed as a positive phenomenon, not a threat, Sudan-born billionaire Mo Ibrahim said ...

Celtel , migration , Mo Ibrahim