Ministries set to be the first tenants at Konza City

By Kepha Muiruri,

Government ministries and other State agencies are set to become the first movers into the Konza City metropolis through the migration of their inform...

kONZA City , National Data Centre

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...

Senate votes to raise Kenya’s debt ceiling to Ksh.9 trillion

By Kepha Muiruri,

Senators have this afternoon approved of the adjustment of the National Assembly-backed revised borrowing ceiling to Ksh.9 trillion. The approval b...

National Treasury , Public debt , senate

Senate Committee approves Treasury’s Ksh.9T debt ceiling ahead of Tuesday’s decisive vote

By Kepha Muiruri,

Senate’s joint Committee on Delegated Legislation and Finance has approved the National Assembly-seconded amendment to the Public Finance Management...

Kenya's public debt , National Treasury , senate

5G technology to drive Konza City development

By Citizen Reporter,

Is Kenya ready for five 5G network? With Asia and other continents of the world taking steps to become a global leader in 5G and the Advanced Intel...

Konza Smart City

Governors Sonko and Mutua ugly war

By Elphas Lagat,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and his Machakos counterpart Alfred Mutua are embroiled in a political fight over the state of affairs in their respective...

Kalembe Ndile , kONZA City , Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua , Mbagathi Hospital , Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko

China coming to terms with risks of lending to Kenya

By Kepha Muiruri,

The denial of credit to the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) phase 2B or the lack of discussions to the said credit facility have in the ...

china , Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure , National Treasury , Public debt , SGR

Uhuru signs Ksh.67 billion loan with china for project delivery

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday witnessed the signing of two project delivery agreements amounting to Ksh.67 billion through a concessional financi...

china , Konza Data Center , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)

Konza City dream: What happened?

By Faizal Ahmed,

It was an ambitious plan to create a technology based city in Malili, Machakos County billed to create over 200,000 jobs and attract multinational inv...

Konza

Kenya struggles to give life to Konza, futuristic ‘Silicon Savannah’

By VOA,

Laborers milled around an unfinished eight-story building in an expansive field in Konza dotted with zebra and antelope. This is the only visible s...

Konza , silicon savannah

Kenya struggles to give life to futuristic ‘Silicon Savannah’ city

By Reuters,

Labourers milled around an unfinished eight-storey building in an expansive field in Konza dotted with zebra and antelope - the only visible sign of p...

Konza Technopolis , Konza Technopolis Development Authority (KoTDA) , National Land Commission (NLC) , tech entrepreneur Josiah Mugambi

Police to arrest protesting petroleum dealers as fuel shortage bites

By Citizen Reporter,

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has warned that the independent petroleum dealers currently barricading the Industrial area depot in Nairob...

16% VAT , fuel shortage , Inspector General of Police , Joseph Boinnet , Petroleum PS Andrew Kamau

 Rachel Nyamai: President Kenyatta’s major achievements amid great challenges

By Citizen,

  President Uhuru Kenyatta has exceeded Kenyans' expectations in terms of the development programmes he has been able to implement in spite of the...

NASA leaders woo Machakos residents

By Majanga Michael,

The opposition, National Super Alliance (NASA), has slammed the ruling Jubilee administration for the looting of taxpayers’ money through corruption...

Amani National Coalition (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi. , Isaac Ruto on President Uhuru Kenyatta over William Ruto and Sang cases at ICC , jubilee administration , NASA campaigns , Senator Moses Wetangula , Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka

Gov’t launches multi-billion water projects in Ukambani

By Enock Muswii,

Water Cabinet Secretary, Eugene Wamalwa, on Saturday, March 4 commissioned the Nol Tauresh Water Project at Kavuko Salama in Makueni County. The CS...

Cabinet Secretary for Water and Irrigation , CS Eugene Wamalwa , makueni county , Nol Tauresh water project

President Kenyatta set for 2-day tour of Ukambani

By Moses Ngugi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta will on Tuesday commence a tour of Ukambani counties of Makueni and Kitui where he will launch and inspect development proje...

President Uhuru Kenyatta , ukambani tour

Konza authority works on land lease model to weed out speculators

By Sophie Kinoti,

The government has announced plans to lease out land at the Konza City technopolis in a bid to weed out speculative buyers seeking to cash in on re se...

Dr Reuben Mutiso , Investors , John Tanui , Konza , kONZA City , Konza Technopolis Development Authority , land , lease agreemnet , technology incubation centre

KETRACO completes Sh1.3b transmission line to Konza City

By Karen Mwaniki,

The Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) has completed a 12 kilometer power line linking the 73 megawatt Konza City substation to ease pow...

EXIM Bank of India , Government of Kenya , KETRACO , kONZA City , sub station , transmission line

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expected in Nairobi tomorrow

By Wangui Ngechu,

His Excellency Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is expected to jet into the country tomorrow (Monday) for a three-day State Visit to Kenya...

arrival , Benjamin Netanyahu , bilateral talks , Israel , kenya , Nairobi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Turkey to help finance Konza City, LAPSSET projects

By PSCU,

Kenya and Turkey have set an ambitious target to grow their bilateral trade volume to one billion dollars (Ksh 100 billion) within the next five years...

bilateral trade , kenya , President Recep Tayyip Erdogan , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Turkey