KQ expands partnership with Delta Air Lines ahead of US flights return

By Kepha Muiruri,

National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has expanded its code share partnership with the US Delta Air Lines as it warms up to the return of New York direc...

COVID-19 , Kenya Airways , Kenya-US direct flights

Rispah Simiyu appointed new KRA Commissioner for domestic taxes

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has appointed Rispah Simiyu as the new Commissioner for Domestic Taxes. Mrs Simiyu is currently serving as the KR...

KRA , Rispah Simiyu

Uhuru urges Kenyans to love the country, emulate KDF in service delivery

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged Kenyans working in different sectors of the economy to emulate the efficiency exhibited by the Kenya Defence Forces...

KDF , President Uhuru Kenyatta

SWILA: Olunga is Kenya’s football jewel, let’s show him some love

By Isaac Swila,

Sports editor By demeanor he comes across as an ordinary folk; no show-off; no bling bling, no razzmatazz…but make no mistake, on the pitch, he sti...

afcon , FC Girona , GOR MAHIA , Harambee Stars , IF Djurgarden , Kashiwa Reysol , kenya , Michael Olunga

60 percent of local hotels open doors as international travel resumes

By Kepha Muiruri,

Six hotels out every 10 in Kenya are now open to business following the resumption of international flights. According to the Central Bank of Kenya...

COVID-19 , Hotels , international flights

OPINION: Aviation distress, KQ in familiar territory

By Joseph Bonyo,

The resumption of international flights in and out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from Saturday, August 1 is welcome. This shows that amids...

Kenya Airways , kq

BWIRE: Players in education sector should allow for alternative data sources

By Victor Bwire,

For a long time, the issue of allowing alternative ways of generating and collecting data to supplement government convention ways of data collection ...

education , ICAN

Osman Shariff who was the first COVID-19 patient in Isiolo demands Ksh.25M compensation

By Moses Mwenda,

Osman Shariff, the first COVID- 19 patient in Isiolo, is demanding damages amounting to Ksh. 25million from the County Government for his woes. Th...

coronavirus , isiolo , osman shariff

Hundreds of KQ staff set to be fired as carrier right sizes operations

By Kepha Muiruri,

Hundreds of Kenya Airways (KQ) employees are expected to lose their jobs as the firm commences a right sizing exercise as the company deals with the f...

Allan Kilavuka , COVID-19 , job cuts , Kenya Airways

Q&A with Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie

By Allen Mwazani,

During an illustrious career that spanned over two decades, Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie dazzled athletics fans across the world and utterly dominated...

Haile Gebrselassie

Moyes praises West Ham resolve after VAR frustration

By Reuters,

David Moyes praised his West Ham United side’s resolve after they shrugged off the frustration of having a goal ruled out by VAR and then falling be...

chelsea , david moyes , Paul Nevin , West Ham United

Down Memory Lane: Kenya’s legends recall their conquest of Uganda in 1982 CECAFA final

By Allen Mwazani,

Footballers often quiver with the thrill of winning back-to-back championships. Being title holders comes with the added pressure of maintaining that ...

1982 , CECAFA , Harambee Stars , John 'Bobby'Ogolla , Kampala , kenya , Mahmoud Abbas , Marshall Mulwa

Kenya Airways seeking Ksh.4 billion Gov’t loan to stay afloat

By Kepha Muiruri,

National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) says it is seeking an additional Ksh.4 billion in government support to stay afloat through the pandemic. The n...

Allan Kilavuka , Kenya Airways (KQ) , Michael Joseph

Air force captain killed as jet crashes during salute to coronavirus responders

By CNN,

At least one person was killed and another seriously injured Sunday when a Canadian Forces Snowbirds aircraft crashed in Kamloops, British Columbia, a...

Canadian Forces Snowbirds , Capt. Jennifer Casey , COVID-19

Over 500 Italians stranded in Kenya’s Coast to be evacuated back home

By Zomolo Wanje,

The Italian Government has began evacuating its citizens who were left stranded in the Kenyan Coastal region following the coronavirus diseases outbre...

Coronavirus break gives Kenya Airways time to service entire fleet of planes

By Dennis Otieno,

National carrier Kenya Airways has embarked on an exercise that will see it service and maintain its entire fleet in a relatively short period of time...

coronavirus , Kenya Airways

In 1911, another epidemic swept through China. That time, the world came together

By CNN,

In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, ...

china , Lockdowns , Quarantine , The Great Manchurian Plague , who

KQ takes medical supplies to South Africa as carrier turns to cargo business

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya Airways says it has converted some of its grounded passenger planes into cargo freighters as it seeks to remain in operation during the coronavi...

coronavirus , kenya , kq

Africa’s leaders forced to confront healthcare systems they neglected for years

By CNN,

Africa's ailing presidents and powerful elites have been known to jet out to seek treatment abroad, instead of investing in healthcare in their own co...

Africa health care

EDITORIAL: We stand with Kenya

By Citizen,

Kenya faces the biggest fight in its post-independence existence: the lives of its citizens are on the line, its economy is threatened, its culture an...