COVID-19: US grants Kenya Ksh.5.3 billion to support health and economic recovery

By Kepha Muiruri,

The US government has granted Kenya Ksh.5.3 billion ($50 million) to support Kenya’s response and recovery efforts. The grant made through the US...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , USAID

Djokovic breaks down in tears after hosting Belgrade exhibition

By Reuters,

An emotional Novak Djokovic could not hold back the tears while hosting a charity event at his tennis complex by the Danube River on Sunday. Althou...

Adria Tour final , Dominic Thiem , Novak Djokovic

Tullow Oil completes early oil pilot as contract expires

By Kepha Muiruri,

British based oil explorer Tullow Oil along with its joint venture partners have announced the completion of the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) for Ken...

Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) , Tullow Oil

Tanzanian recycling plant starts making face shields from plastic bottles

By Reuters,

A recycling plant in Tanzania’s port city of Dar es Salaam has traded paper for plastic bottles and started making anti-coronavirus face shields tha...

coronavirus , magufuli , Tanzania

Fires. Tear gas. Rubber bullets. ‘I can’t breathe’ protests heat up over death of George Floyd

By Reuters,

Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at the deat...

George Floyd

Fairmont shuts down Norfolk, Mara Safari Club hotels; all employees fired

By Ian Omondi,

The management of Fairmont Hotels and Resorts has resolved to shut down two of their establishments and fire all employees over projected effects of t...

COVID-19 , Fairmont Hotels , Fairmont The Norfolk

Health workers suspend strike for 21 days because Kenya has ‘too many problems’

By Tabitha Rotich,

Kenya’s healthcare workers who were set to down their tools on Monday upon the expiration of their strike notice have now suspended the planned go-s...

COVID-19 , Healthcare workers , KNUN , PPE , Seth Panyako

Covid-19: Governor Waiguru launches food distribution for vulnerable families

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has launched the distribution of relief food to the vulnerable members of the community within the county. The exer...

Gov’t begins forceful evictions in flood-hit areas as death toll hits 194

By Ian Omondi,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i now says the government has begun forcefully evicting people out of areas prone to flooding following ...

CS Eugene Wamalwa , CS Fred Matiang’i , floods

Hundreds rush for popular cleric’s herbal coronavirus ‘cure’ in Cameroon

By Tonny Ndungu,

Cameroonians have been flooding into the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Douala, where Archbishop Samuel Kleda claims he has found a herbal cure for COV...

Cameroon

100,000 people affected by Narok floods receive Ksh.245m from gov’t

By Citizen Reporter,

The Government has spent Ksh.245million to assist 100,000 people who have been affected by the ongoing long rains. Speaking at Emarti Primary Schoo...

narok floods

Lake Victoria surging water levels threaten hydro dams: Uganda

By Reuters,

Lake Victoria’s water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours, posing...

lake victoria , uganda

OPINION: Employed by nature

By Guest Writer,

By Nancy Githaiga How many times are you asked these questions? unafanya kazi wapi? (where do you work?) or Uko wapi siku hizi? (where are you nowa...

labour day

CBK expected to cut base lending rate amidst uncertainty on policy results

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is largely expected to cut its base lending rate further when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Wednesday. ...

Central Bank of Kenya , Covid-19 pandemic , mpc

32,000 people displaced in 48 hours after floods wreak havoc in Kisumu

By Laura Otieno,

32,000 people have been displaced in the last 48 hours following heavy rains that caused flooding in Kisumu County. According to the County Governo...

floods , Nyando

CS Keter urges those living in Garissa, Tana River to move after Met warning on heavy rains, floods

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that the ongoing rains will increase, exposing Kenyans in risk-prone areas to flooding and landslides. S...

floods kenya

Four killed, 23 missing after mudslide in Elgeyo Marakwet-West Pokot border

By Citizen Reporter,

Four people, among them a police officer, died following heavy rains that triggered a mudslide at Chesogon trading center on the border of West Pokot ...

Elgeyo Marakwet , George Natembeya , mudslide , West Pokot

Oil crashes below Ksh.2000 as demand destruction intensifies

By CNN,

The great oil crash of 2020 ain't over yet. US crude plunged 6% and dipped below $20 (Ksh.2,098) a barrel Monday as the coronavirus pandemic contin...

crude oil , oil prices

Rwanda keeping coronavirus at bay with public handwashing sinks at bus stops, banks, shops

By Reuters,

Rwanda is guarding against the spread of coronavirus by flooding its capital with portable sinks for hand-washing at bus stops, restaurants, banks and...

coronavirus

BWIRE: Disaster preparedness shows cracks as floods ravage Budalang’i

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Budalangi is at it once more with flooding and staring at a humanitarian disaster because of failure by Kenyan authorities to proac...