Kamau – an unsung heroine in African athletics

By Citizen Team,

When Kenya’s leading athletes get to the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 in September, few will think of the logistics of how they got ...

Susan Kamau

Kenyan football legend Joe Kadenge dies in Nairobi

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenyan football legend Joe Kadenge is dead. According to the family, Kadenge, who has been ailing for quite a while, passed away on Sunday while un...

Joe Kadenge

Tanzanian drug trafficker Hussein Idd jailed for 30yrs, fined Ksh.90M

By Citizen Reporter,

A Tanzanian drug trafficker has been sentenced to 30 years in prison with a fine of Ksh,90million. Hussein Idd was found guilty of trafficking narc...

drug trafficking

Impatient for change, Algeria protesters press old guard to step aside

By Reuters,

Huge crowds gathered in several cities and Ennahar TV reported workers began a strike that paralyzed operations at the Mediterranean port at Bejaia. ...

Algeria , Lakhdar Brahimi

Tens of thousands of Algerians call on Bouteflika to step down

By VOA,

Tens of thousands of people in cities across Algeria called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office on Friday in the biggest anti-government...

Algeria , President Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Tens of thousands of Algerians call on Bouteflika to step down

By Reuters,

Tens of thousands of people in cities across Algeria called on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to leave office on Friday in the country’s biggest ant...

Algeria , President Abdelaziz Bouteflika , Tens of thousands of Algerians call on Bouteflika to step down

SOYA in Ksh 3.7 million boost ahead of awards gala

By Citizen Reporter,

The Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards(SOYA) got a major shot in the arm Friday after Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) presented its...

Communication Authority of Kenya , Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards , SOYA

5 teachers sacked over 2018 KCSE exam irregularities – TSC boss

By Ian Omondi,

Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia has stated that five teachers have already been sacked over their roles in th...

2018 KCSE exams , Examination malpractices , KNEC , President Uhuru Kenyatta , TSC CEO Nancy Macharia

Outstanding schools nominated for Soya awards

By Milton Ochieng,

Nine girls’ schools have been nominated to fight for the Girls School of the Year award at the 2018 edition of the Sports Personality of the Year (S...

Fort Jesus , Mombasa , nominated , Schoools , Soya Awards

Uhuru lands in Kisumu ahead of Mashujaa Day fete in Kakamega

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Kisumu ahead of the Mashujaa Day celebrations scheduled for Saturday in Kakamega. His plane touched down at...

kenyatta in kisumu , Mashujaa day , Uhuru kenyatta

Waihiga: Strange trajectory of Rio Olympics fiasco, but how long will it take?

By Waihiga Mwaura,

Waihiga Mwaura in London, UK On Saturday, October 13, 2018, the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji stunned the sports fraternity in Kenya...

DPP , Hassan Wario , kipchoge keino , Noordin Haji , Richard Ekai , Rio 2016 Fiasco

Maina hails Equity for breaking jinx against KPA

By Dennis Kamariki,

Equity Bank ended their two-year drought against Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) in the Basketball Women Premier League in closely contested tie over the ...

First leg heroines Akida, Engesha to lead Starlets attack against E.Guinea

By Agencies,

Coach David Ouma has named the starting team set to do duty in Starlets final qualifier of the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations against Equatorial Gui...

Africa Women Cup of Nations , David Ouma , Equatorial Guinea , Esse Akida , nal qualifier of the 2018 , squad , Teresa Engesha

Two arrested with bhang worth Ksh.12M in Thika

By Citizen Reporter,

Police officers from Makongeni Police Station in Thika, Kiambu County, on Sunday confiscated bhang worth Ksh.12 million. The officers who were on ...

Bhang confiscated , Kiambu County , kisii estate , MAKONGENI POLICE STATION , Police Commander Adiel Nyange , Thika , Thika-Garissa road

Standing ovation for Rafiki movie in France

By AFP,

Wanuri Kahiu and two of her cast members were treating to a rousing welcome when their controversial Rafiki film featured at the Cannes Festival. T...

Cannes Festival , Rafiki movie , Wanuri Kahiu

Museveni rewards heroic Commonwealth team with houses, monthly stipend

By Charity Wanja,

What kind of a gift does one deserve for bringing honour and glory to a country? Well, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni thinks that bequeathing...

BUILD HOUSES , Commonwelath , games , Joshua Cheptigei , MEDALLISTS , monthly salary , Sheila Chesang , to reward , WITH HOUSES , yoweri museveni

Keitany aiming for Radcliffe World record in London

By AFP,

Kenya's Mary Keitany will look to achieve a "lifetime goal" when she tries to topple Paula Radcliffe as the quickest woman ever to run a marathon with...

London Marathon , Mary Keitany , Paula Radcliffe

Winnie Mandela funeral underway in SA

By CNN,

South Africans will say goodbye to Winnie Mandela on Saturday at an official funeral for the ant-apartheid icon. Crowds packed Orlando Stadium in S...

Apartheid , south africa , Winnie Mandela funeral

Winnie Mandela: The untold story

By Reuters,

Hailed as mother of the 'new' South Africa, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's legacy as an anti-apartheid heroine was undone when she was revealed to be a r...

Nelson Mandela , Stompie Seipei , Winnie Mandela

Kipchirchir, Kosgei win Discovery Cross Country

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Josephat Kipchirchir and Brigid Kosgei are the winners of the 27th edition of Discovery Kenya Cross Country held on Sunday at the Eldoret Sports Club ...

Brigid Kosgei , Eldoret Sports Club , Josephat Kipchirchir , senior men's race , senior women's race , winners of the 27th edition of Discovery Kenya Cross Country