All set for historic Kenya Airways direct flight to New York tonight

By Wycliffe Nyamasege,

It’s all systems go for the maiden Kenya Airways flight that will fly direct to the United States beginning Sunday evening in a historic event to be...

Inaugural trip to New York , Kenya Airways

Claims still rife of Kenyan women ‘enslaved’ in Middle East as maids

By Citizen Team,

Videos of Kenyan women pleading to be rescued from employees in the Middle East have become almost commonplace. The most recent was of one Njeri M...

Human Trafficking , maids Middle East

Melania Trump spotlights USAID reading program in Malawi

By Reuters,

US First Lady Melania Trump brought soccer balls and books to a school in Malawi on Thursday to highlight a USAID scheme to support African schools, o...

Malawi , US First Lady Melania Trump , USAID

71 illegal immigrants, mostly women, were headed to Oman: Muteshi

By Wendy Abdallah,

Over 70 illegal immigrants were arrested in Nairobi while on transit to Oman on Friday. Also Read: More Egyptians arrested in purge on illegal for...

illegal immigrants , work permits

10 South Sudan soldiers convicted of rape, murder in deadly 2016 hotel raid

By VOA,

10 soldiers from South Sudan have been convicted of rape and murder committed during a raid on a hotel in Juba two years ago. Also Read: South Sud...

Riek Machar , south sudan soldiers , U.N. peacekeepers

South Africans protest over illegal foreigners after xenophobic attacks

By VOA,

A new anti-foreigner political party marched in Johannesburg, demanding that non-South Africans leave the country. Also Read: 3400 illegal foreign...

south africa , xenophobia

6 Egyptians seized as crackdown on illegal work permits intensifies

By Ann Ngige Nyamu,

Six Egyptians are in police custody a day after the Kenyan Government announced that foreign workers without proper work permits should leave the coun...

Ethiopian illegal immigrants , Foreigners work permits , Interior CS  Fred Matiangi

Gov’t suspends application of foreign workers permits within the country

By Rachel Ombaka,

The Government has announced that foreigners will no longer be allowed to apply for work permits while they are in Kenya. The directive that takes ...

CS Fred Matiang’i , foreign workers in kenya

3,400 illegal foreign workers in Kenya could face deportation

By Citizen Reporter,

Over 3,400 foreigners suspected to be working in Kenya illegally are under scrutiny after they failed to authenticate their work permits. The verif...

foreign workers in kenya

Matiang’i: Major crackdown on illegal immigrants, workers imminent

By Laura Otieno,

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has revealed that 31 fake work permits have been nabbed and three brokers masquerading as work permit issua...

fake work permits , illegal immigrants , Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i

13 foreign workers busted with illegal Kenyan work permits

By Laura Otieno,

The government has discovered thirteen people with fake work permits in the ongoing verification of foreign workers. Interior CS Fred Matiang'i who...

work permits

Higher education landscape in Kenya rapidly changing thanks to technology

By Citizen,

Higher education is a key factor in a nation’s effort to develop a highly skilled workforce for competing in the global economy. In a developing nat...

diplomas , Educartis , employment , Higher Education , job market , kenya , learning , operating costs , skills shortage , teaching , technical training , TECHNOLOGY

11 Arabian men in court for selling kitchenware illegally

By Reuben Motochi,

11 Arabian suspects from Egypt have been charged for engaging in illegal business contrary to their visa conditions. The suspects aged between 19-35 ...

Arabians arrested in Narok , Egyptians hawkers

Matiba: Everything you need to know about cremation

By Hassan Mugambi,

The final service for the late Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba will be conducted at the Lang’ata crematorium on Friday. The family said the cremati...

Cremation , Funeral Superintendent Nderitu Maina , Kenneth Matiba , Lang'ata cemetery

Revealed: Immigration audit for illegal foreign workers

By Keziah Wanjiru,

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has given a number of directives on the operations of the Immigration Department and the Police Service following his 60-da...

Dr. Fred Matiang’i , Foreigners work permits , Immigration , kenya work permit , work permits

Government gives foreign workers 60 days to regularise permits

By Citizen Reporter,

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has issued a 60-day ultimatum for all foreigners working in Kenya to regularise their work permits as the government strive...

Fred Matiang'i , kenya work permit

Is China trying to colonise Africa with ‘free gifts’?

By CNN,

China has raised eyebrows after announcing a $31.6 million grant for a regional headquarters in Nigeria. The Economic Community of West African St...

Why government could shut down a Kiambu-based Chinese company

By Agnes Oloo,

A Chinese-owned leather company in Kiambu County risks closure after it was found operating under health threatening conditions. Times Unit Industr...

Chinese company , Chinese leather company , leather industry , National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) , NEMA , Times Unit Industries , Why a Chinese company based in Kiambu risks being closed

Somalia’s deadliest bombing kills 276, injures 300

By Citizen Reporter,

Desperate Somalis searched for news of missing loved-ones on Monday, after a massive truck bomb in Mogadishu killed at least 276 people and left 300 i...

Al Shabaab , Farmajo , Mogadishu attack , Red Cross . , Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed , somalia , Somalians , violent extremists

Magufuli amongst lowest paid African presidents

By Reuters,

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has revealed he earns a salary of 9 million Tanzanian shillings ($4,000) per month, making him one of the lowest pai...

African leaders , bulldozer , cut in public spending , jacob zuma , John Magufuli , Muhammadu Buhari , pay cut , Tanzania