14-member sugar task force unveiled

By Sam Gituku,

The government has announced a 14-member task force in a fresh initiative to try and rescue the crippled sugar sector. The task force to be gazette...

Young women build Kyrgyzstan’s first satellite

By VOA,

Reaching for the stars will no longer be impossible for girls and young women in Kyrgyzstan, who aim to build and launch the country's first satellite...

Kyrgyzstan , NASA , Satellite

In controversial shift, Japan aims to open door wider for foreign blue-collar workers

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet approved draft legislation on Friday to open the door to more overseas blue-collar workers in sectors grappling ...

Immigration , Japan PM Shinzo Abe , Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) , Tokyo Immigration Bureau , U.S President Donald Trump

‘Focus on the needs of your people,’ Uhuru tells Central Kenya leaders

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday told Central Kenya region leaders to be focused on the needs of their people by prioritising key development proj...

Building Bridges Initiative , Central Kenya leaders , Karatina Town , President Uhuru Kenyatta

A Trump-Bolsonaro bromance could be brewing after Brazilian’s big win

By Reuters,

He has vowed to drain the swamp, slash regulations and get tough with China. Evangelicals and gun-rights advocates love him. He has denounced the medi...

Brazil President , Donald Trump , Jair Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Bolsonaro poised to win presidency in dramatic swing right

By Reuters,

Brazilians fed up with political corruption and rising crime are expected to vote in former army captain turned politician Jair Bolsonaro as their pre...

Brazil , Brazil election

DP Ruto: Give Kenyans contracts worth less than Ksh1B, not foreigners

By DPPS,

Deputy President William Ruto has endorsed a motion by Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua that seeks to protect locals jobs and contracts from foreigners. ...

Rigathi Gachagua , ruto

Uhuru: Let us come together, stop politics of hatred

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta led Kenyans in marking Mashujaa Day with calls for unity in promoting national interests. President Kenyatta called on Ken...

Mashujaa day , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kidnapped Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji found

By Agencies,

Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji, who was kidnapped over a week ago outside his hotel gym, has been found. A message from his company METL Grou...

METL Group , mohammed dewji

Google launches Motorbike Mode navigation in Kenya, first for Africa

By Reuters,

Google, said on Monday it would offer Motorbike Mode on Google Maps in Kenya, offering the voice navigation service for bike riders in Africa for the ...

Motorbike mode

World Bank criticises Kenya’s approach to cutting fiscal deficit

By Reuters,

The World Bank urged Kenya to cut spending on public sector wages and other recurring items to reduce its debt load, instead of slashing development s...

fiscal deficit , World Bank

Man, 87, invades Mbeere school classroom claiming it is his home

By Peter Gachanja,

An 87-year-old man and his family have invaded two classrooms at Irari Primary School in Mbeere South. According to Mr. Joseph Wanguni, his family ...

Irari Primary School , Joseph Wanguni , Mwea settlement scheme

Mt Kenya water abstraction licenses suspended for two weeks

By Martin Munene,

Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has suspended all Mt. Kenya water abstraction licenses from rivers in the region for 14 days effective immediately. ...

mt kenya rivers , water abstraction

AFA bets on sugar sector regulations to streamline industry

By Kepha Muiruri,

Cane producers, harvesters and transporters will soon be included in a single government registry. This as the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA)...

AFA , agriculture and food authority , Cane Poaching , farming , miller , regulations , self regulation , Sugar , sugar companies

Speaker Muturi now orders probe into bribery claims in Parliament

By Benjamin Muriuki,

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has invited the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate allegations that MPs were bribed t...

Bribery in Parliament , MPs bribery , Sugar report

Central Bank forecasts 6.2pc growth in 2018

By Reuters,

Kenya’s economy is likely to expand by 6.2 percent this year, the central bank’s governor said on Tuesday, offering a rosier outlook than the Fina...

agriculture , banking , economic growth , Henry Rotich , interest cap law , lending , patrick njoroge , tourism , Treasury

Uhuru mourns wife of ex-KDF vice chief Joseph Kasaon

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday joined mourners in bidding farewell to the late Mrs Sarah Jerop Kasaon. She was the wife of former Vice Chief ...

Joseph Kasaon , sarah kasaon

Simba Corp eyes Ethiopia expansion

By Reuters,

Kenyan new vehicles dealer and hotels operator Simba Corp. is looking to expand into neighbouring Ethiopia if the Addis government opens up the foreig...

Acacia Premier , AVA , Dinesh Kotecha , Ethiopia , expansion , Kempinski , luxury hotels , Simba Corp , vehicle assembly , vehicle dealer

KRA says millionaire on Ksh.100K salary was fired two years ago

By Ian Omondi,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has reacted to a story that ran in one of the local dailies about one of their employees worth a reported Ksh.650 mi...

Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission , Githii Mburu KRA , Kenya Revenue Authority

The Genesis of the Mau forest crisis

By Stephen Letoo,

For decades now the country is still grappling with a lasting solution to saving the complex Mau forest. A red alert has already been issued regard...

Mau forest