Klopp urges Liverpool fans to celebrate safely

By Reuters,

Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has urged supporters of the Premier League champions not to spoil the work done in containing the coronavirus outbreak...

EPL title , Fans celebration , Juergen Klopp , Liverpool

BWIRE: COVID-19 – Kenya not yet out of the woods

By Victor Bwire,

It is good to acknowledge that measures taken to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are well and expertly intentioned, but they have been s...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Sewage could hold the key to stopping new coronavirus outbreaks

By CNN,

The vast brown rivers of sludge that gush into the sewage treatment plants across Germany may hold a key to early detection of any new wave of the cor...

coronavirus

Kericho: Resident in shock after unknown people pour human waste into a water spring

By Bernard Rotich,

Residents of Ainapsosiot village in Buchenge sub-location, Kericho county  are in shock after unknown people dumped human waste at a water spring tha...

Kericho

Over 5,000 Kariobangi families in the cold after Gov’t demolishes houses

By Citizen Reporter,

More than 5,000 people who were living in Nairobi's Kariobangi sewage slum estate, Kariobangi North were left homeless after the government demolished...

Kariobangi North , Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company

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...

OPINION: Kenya shall triumph against Coronavirus pandemic

By Citizen Reporter,

By Abraham Mariita Without a doubt, Kenya shall triumph against the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, just like the rest of the world will. Simil...

Swapping kiss for elbow bump, foot tap: How coronavirus is changing etiquette

By CNN,

On Monday, a German politician did what could have been seen as the ultimate faux paus -- he rejected a handshake from his head of state, Chancellor A...

coronavirus

Fireworks light up Tokyo six months before Olympic Games

By Reuters,

Fireworks lit up the night sky above Tokyo Bay on Friday and a giant monument of the Olympic rings was unveiled in the shadow of Rainbow Bridge as the...

olympics , Tokyo 2020

2019 Kalasha Awards winners receive Ksh.1.7 million cash prize

By Paul Ombati,

The Kenya Film Commission (KFC), in what is probably a first in history, presented winners of the 9th Kalasha International Film and TV Awards with ca...

Kalasha Awards , Kenya Film Commission , Pascal Tokodi , Sarah Hassan , Timothy Owase

Abdallah fires Stars to winning start at CECAFA

By Jacob Icia,

Jacob Icia in Kampala Hassan Abdallah scored the lone goal as champions Kenya edged Tanzania 1-0, to launch their CECAFA Senior Challenge title defen...

OPINION: Coastal cities are exposed without mangroves

By Citizen Reporter,

Two things happened on October 31, 2019, it was World Cities Day and the three-day mangrove conference ended in Lamu County - home to around 60% of th...

coastal , lamu , mangrove , Paris

How fake refugees from Kenya got settled in the U.S and Europe

By CNN,

He says he doesn't feel guilty for the lie that got him into America. Like other families who arrived as Somali refugees, he says they first depend...

Mohamed Dahiye , refugees , Somali , UNHCR

Smart gas cooking seeks to break African cities’ dirty charcoal habit

By VOA,

The widespread use of charcoal for cooking in African cities can cause devastating damage to forests up to 300 kilometers away, scientist Sebastian Ro...

charcoal , digital platform , forests , mobile money , pay-as-you-go (PAYG) system , Smart gas

Change food production and stop abusing land, major climate report warns

By CNN,

Humans have damaged around a quarter of ice-free land on Earth, United Nations scientists warned in a major report Thursday, stressing that further de...

climate report , food production , Global emmissions , Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) , World Wildlife Fund's (WWF)

As Nairobi River remains a health hazard, Bomet residents clean up their own

By Wangui Ngechu,

Human waste in informal settlements in the city released into the Nairobi River is one of the major causes of pollution. The river, which cuts thro...

Nairobi river , Nyangores Water Resources Association , River Nyangores , World Wide Fund

‘Do you wash your legs in the shower?’: Grooming poll lights up Twitter

By Ian Omondi,

A social media user has shaken up the streets of Twitter for close to a week now after asking a particularly interesting question about grooming. C...

Conor Arpwel , Shower , Twitter

From gang members in Korogocho slums to green spaces

By Reuters,

As a young man, Moses Muchina used to rob people who were unlucky enough to have to cross through Korogocho slums after dark. Until a few years ago...

Komb Green Solutions , korogocho

Fan favorites face death on Sunday’s ‘Game of Thrones’

By Reuters,

This Sunday’s episode of HBO’s juggernaut “Game of Thrones” is expected to bring death - a lot of it. The fantasy series, an adaptation of ...

game of thrones

List of university courses which no student was placed to pursue

By Brian Okoth,

One hundred and six bachelor degree courses in Kenyan universities won’t be pursued by any of last year’s 89, 486 KCSE candidates. This is accordi...

Degree courses , KUCCPS