EDITORIAL: By calling his Wazito players hyenas, Badoer went too far, civility is key!

By Citizen Team,

When Kenya’s football books are written, one man – Ricardo Badoer– a middle-aged rabble rousing and cigar-smoking Swede will perhaps occupy a wh...

KPL , Ricardo Badoer , Sacked players , Wazito FC

Kyrgios rants at Thiem for defending Adria players who tested positive for Covid-19

By Reuters,

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has slammed Dominic Thiem for defending players who competed at the ill-fated Adria Tour and subsequently tested positive f...

Adria Tour , COVID-19 , Dominic Thiem , Nick Kyrgios

OPINION: The future of new cities in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga The unfolding troubles bedeviling some large scale developers of residential houses in the country provide an important reali...

How businesses in East Africa can emerge stronger from COVID-19 pandemic – Report

By Citizen Reporter,

Governments in the East African region are being advised to come up with additional measures including incentives to enable businesses capitalize on o...

Boston Consulting Group

Djokovic tests positive for COVID-19

By Reuters,

Novak Djokovic, the men’s world number one tennis player, has tested positive for COVID-19, the Serbian said in a statement on Tuesday. It comes ...

COVID-19 , Novak Djokovic

‘My son is a very good rapper,’ CS Mutahi Kagwe talks about his son Kahu$h

By Tonny Ndungu,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe had a light moment discussing his youngest son "Kahu$h"-a Kenyan rapper who is on the come up during an Interview with Citizen ...

Flurry of positive coronavirus tests in athletes hurts U.S. restart plans

By Reuters,

Hopes that sport in the United States might soon return to business as usual suffered a blow on Friday as athletes from golf to hockey tested positive...

coronavirus pandemic , COVID-19

Stan-Chart shaves Ksh.2.6 billion from shareholder pay on COVID-19 fears

By Kepha Muiruri,

Standard Chartered bank has halved its final dividend to shareholders to Ksh.7.50 a share from an initially declared Ksh.15 per share pay-out. In a...

COVID-19 , dividend , Standard Chartered Bank Kenya

Down memory lane – when Harambee Stars silenced Tanzania in Dar

By Allen Mwazani,

The decade - 1979-1989 is widely considered by many football aficionados as the golden era of Kenyan football. It is a period that saw Kenya produce a...

CECAFA , Dar , Harambee Stars , JJ Masiga , John 'Bobby' Ogolla , kenya , Mahmoud Abbas , Marshall Mulwa , Paul Ngei , Tanzania

TECNO, UNHCR to support education for African refugee children

By Citizen Reporter,

Leading smartphone brand TECNO has announced a new partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) that will provide qualit...

Tecno , UNHCR

Twitter will now let you tweet with your voice

By CNN,

Twitter has spent years trying to combat misinformation and abuse on its platform. Now it's introducing a new feature with the potential to complicate...

Halep ‘highly unlikely’ to play restricted U.S. Open

By Reuters,

World number two Simona Halep is “highly unlikely” to play in the U.S. Open with organisers set to put strict health protocols in place for the Gr...

Covid-19 pandemic , Grand Slam , Simona Halep , U.S Open

Williams relishing the chance to play at US Open

By Agencies,

Serena Williams "would love to play" at the US Open, according to her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou. Williams, 38, had an injury-strewn 2019 but recov...

Patrick Mouratoglou , Serena Williams , US Open

Okwemba: How I founded my growing empire

By Jacob Icia,

Jacob Icia A keen follower of the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) is no stranger to Charles Okwemba, a gifted midfielder, who shone with different club...

Charles Okwemba

Lilly COVID-19 treatment could be authorized for use as soon as September – chief scientist

By Reuters,

Eli Lilly and Co could have a drug specifically designed to treat COVID-19 authorised for use as early as September if all goes well with either of tw...

coronavirus , LILLY

OPINION: COVID-19 response is everyone’s business

By Guest Writer,

The specter of COVID-19 has developed from a public health emergency to a global economic crisis. In Africa, despite relatively low infection rates...

AMREF , coronavirus , COVID-19

Coronavirus: Asymptomatic spread ‘appears to be rare,’ WHO says

By CNN,

The spread of Covid-19 by someone who is not showing symptoms appears to be rare, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead f...

coronavirus

Racism is a pandemic- Joshua says at Black Lives Matter march

By Agencies,

Britain's world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua described racism as a "pandemic" when he addressed protesters at a Black Lives Matter march. ...

American George Floyd. , Anthony Joshua , Black Lives Matter march , pandemic , racism

Prof. Stephen Kiama installed as University of Nairobi Vice-Chancellor

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Prof. Stephen Gitahi Kiama was on Friday officially installed as the eighth Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, taking over from Prof. Peter...

Prof. Stephen Gitahi Kiama , University of Nairobi.

Nairobi CBD gets friendly for pedestrians, cyclists as facelift takes shape

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) is set for a new look as the newly-created Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) moves to institute altering...

Nairobi CBD