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Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya
By Dorcas Wangira,
1551, June 1, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya loses an estimated Ksh. 30billion every year in tax evasion, unlicensed goods and counterfeit, according to various studies. The country is t...
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Kim Jong Un makes public appearance, state media says
By CNN,
950, May 2, 2020 (EAT)
North Korean state-run media is reporting that Kim Jong Un made an appearance at a May Day celebration, which would be his first public appearance in ...
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OPINION: It is time to revive Kenya’s food system
By Citizen Reporter,
1521, April 16, 2020 (EAT)
By Claire Nasike In the wake of COVID-19, Kenya’s food system has been one of the most challenged systems in Kenya with workers being laid of...
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What causes cancer? Scientists reveal
By Paul Ombati,
1540, November 2, 2019 (EAT)
It has now emerged that Helicobacter pylori, a superbug that causes cancer has more than doubled in just 20 years. According to a report by Telegra...
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Bernard Njiraini appointed new KEBS Managing Director
By Kepha Muiruri,
1731, August 30, 2019 (EAT)
Trade Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya on Friday appointed Lt.Col (Rtd) Bernard Njiraini as the new Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Managing Director. ...
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Nigeria’s president moves to stop funding for food imports
By CNN,
1120, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the country's central bank to stop providing foreign currency for food imports, according to a sta...
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Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns
By CNN,
1451, August 8, 2019 (EAT)
Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further de...
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‘Lord of poverty!’ DP William Ruto tears into Raila Odinga
By Ian Omondi,
1921, July 1, 2019 (EAT)
Deputy President William Ruto on Monday launched another scathing attack on opposition leader Raila Odinga accusing him of propagating poverty in the ...
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Malawi president, at inauguration, pledges to root out corruption
By Reuters,
1312, June 1, 2019 (EAT)
Malawi President Peter Mutharika began his second five-year term with a tough stance against corruption and pledged to revive the economy, following a...
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As Nairobi River remains a health hazard, Bomet residents clean up their own
By Wangui Ngechu,
1111, June 7, 2019 (EAT)
Human waste in informal settlements in the city released into the Nairobi River is one of the major causes of pollution. The river, which cuts thro...
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Al Shabaab changes tactics, uses home-made explosives
By Reuters,
1343, May 18, 2019 (EAT)
A United Nations report on Saturday, 18 has revealed that Somali Islamist insurgents are making their own explosives to mount more frequent and deadly...
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Muite wants court to dismiss DPP’s bid to bar him from fertilizer case
By Dzuya Walter,
1813, May 6, 2019 (EAT)
Senior Counsel Paul Muite on Monday asked the court to dismiss an application by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) seeking to bar him from rep...
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Kenyans: The grass is greener elsewhere
By Waihiga Mwaura,
1818, April 7, 2019 (EAT)
I recently hosted a group of 15 young people for a town-hall discussion on the State of the Nation on Citizen TV’s Daybreak show. The youth were ...
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Cyclone Idai threat to food security, health in Southern Africa
By VOA,
1200, April 3, 2019 (EAT)
As the flood waters recede in cyclone-hit southern Africa, officials are starting to assess medium- and longer-term requirements, including food secur...
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Mutua to Uhuru on corruption: We’re tired of empty rhetoric, act now
By Enock Muswii,
1841, March 26, 2019 (EAT)
Machakos County Governor Alfred Mutua has challenged President Uhuru Kenyatta to release the names of corrupt senior officials in his government. S...
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IEA – Parliament not taking Auditor General’s reports seriously
By Kepha Muiruri,
1922, March 22, 2019 (EAT)
Experts at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) have raised the alarm on Parliament’s continued negligence of ministerial and State departments...
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Gunmen kill five miners in Ethiopia, TV says foreigners among dead
By Reuters,
1723, March 19, 2019 (EAT)
Gunmen in Ethiopia have shot and killed five workers from a mining company in the restive west on Tuesday, residents said, with a TV station reporting...
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Acting KEBS boss escapes civil jail for contempt of court
By Dzuya Walter,
2116, March 13, 2019 (EAT)
Acting Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Managing Director Bernard Nguyo on Wednesday escaped being committed to civil jail for allegedly failing to co...
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Vale’s CEO, other executives, to step down after Brazil dam burst
By Reuters,
1738, March 3, 2019 (EAT)
Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA Chief Executive Fabio Schvartsman and several other senior executives resigned on Saturday in what the company descri...
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Blame game over graft begins, CS Kiunjuri defends self against maize scam
By Martin Munene,
1241, March 2, 2019 (EAT)
Even as Kenyans continue to pile pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta to fire Cabinet Secretaries whose dockets have been tainted with corruption, Agr...
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