Over 40,000 people forcefully evicted in East Africa during coronavirus crisis

By Reuters,

More than 40,000 people across East Africa have been forcibly evicted from their homes since March, putting them at risk of contracting COVID-19, said...

coronavirus , demolished

Cries of Marakwet Landslide victims amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Joseph Kiptoo,

Tears roll down the cheeks of a mother of five, Hilda Cheptoo, as she recounts the misfortune that befell her and predicament she is going through in ...

Elgeyo Marakwet , West Pokot

Registrar of Political Parties gazettes Wetangula removal as Ford Kenya leader

By Ian Omondi,

Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula's battle to retain his seat as Ford Kenya party leader was on Monday dealt a blow after the Registrar of Political Par...

Ann Nderitu , Athanas Wamunyinyi , FORD KENYA , Moses Wetangula , registrar of political parties

Wetangula dismisses ouster from FORD Kenya, suspends SG Eseli Simiyu

By Citizen Reporter,

Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula has dismissed a FORD Kenya meeting that was held on Sunday to remove him from the party leadership. Speaking just h...

Eseli Simiyu , FORD KENYA , Wetangula

DIAZ: A silver lining amidst COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

The better part of Sunday April 12 saw the majority of social media platforms remain awash with doctored images showing Mt. Kenya as supposedly seen f...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , diaz , kilimanjaro

Uhuru announces Ksh.54B stimulus plan to jumpstart Kenyan economy

By Faizal Ahmed,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has unveiled his eight-point economic plan that will see the economy jumpstarted. He announced an allocation of Ksh. 53.7b...

stimulus , Uhuru kenyatta

Kenya Railways suspends Kijabe line repairs after worker killed, 11 injured in flash floods

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya Railways Corporation has been forced to halt repair works on the Metre Gauge Railway line at Kijabe after 12 staff members were caught up in fla...

kenya railways , Kijabe , MGR line , Philip Mainga

CS Wamalwa: 237 Kenyans have been killed by floods since April

By Tonny Ndungu,

237 Kenyans have been killed by floods since April across the country, Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa has confirmed. The CS noted that the fatalities...

Budalangi floods , floods

Gen. Robert Kibochi sworn in as new Chief of Kenya Defence Forces

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday witnessed the swearing in of General Robert Kibochi as the new Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (CDF) at State Hou...

KDF , kibochi , Mwathethe

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

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

3 cops dead, five missing after car was swept away in Baringo floods

By Citizen,

Seven police officers are feared dead after they were swept away by the flood waters at Kagir river in Baringo North. The officers, reports indicat...

baringo floods

Kenya joins the world in marking Earth Day 2020

By Agencies,

The Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) Mr. Julius Kamau, together with the Wangari Maathai founded Green Belt Movement Kenya, joined the rest of the w...

Earth Day , Kenya Forest Service , Wangari Maathai

Three children killed in Kamasian, Kunyak landslides

By Bernard Rotich,

Three children were killed in landslides in Kipkelion, Kericho County on Monday night. Two children were confirmed dead at Nyagasakia village in Ka...

Kamasian , kunyak , landslide

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

BWIRE: Kenya media has done well on coronavirus ‘infodemic’

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The media in Kenya in general and journalists in particular have done well in focusing the current health challenges facing the cou...

Heavy rains expected in these areas as Met. department warns of flash floods

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that there will be heavy rainfall in different parts of the country from Tuesday March 24 to Saturday, ...

floods , rainfall

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...

Running out of time: Kenya, other EA countries face new locust threat

By Reuters,

Countries in East Africa are racing against time to prevent new swarms of locusts wreaking havoc with crops and livelihoods after the worst infestatio...

locust

KOT offer suggestions to preacher who found bhang growing near his house

By Tonny Ndungu,

Outspoken man of God Timothy Njoya says he has given up uprooting bhang plants deposited by flood waters along the Ngong River Bank. Njoya says he ...