Boxing fraternity mourns death of administrator Kaaria ‘Njuri Ncheke’

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

The Kenyan boxing fraternity paid glowing tribute to long serving boxing administrator Francis Kaaria ‘Nchuri Ncheke’ as he was laid to rest on Fr...

Boxing Federation of Kenya(BFK) , Burried , Died , Francis Kaaria ‘Nchuri Ncheke’ , meru county

Grief grips Kinangop as bodies of 4 siblings killed by their mother are interred

By James Matheri,

Emotions rent the air in Kinangop as four children reportedly killed by their mother in Naivasha were laid to rest on Thursday morning. Scores of n...

NAIVASHA

He was an athlete in the best shape of his life. Then Covid-19 nearly killed him

By Tonny Ndungu,

When Ahmad Ayyad woke up, he was delirious. He didn't realize where he was, why there was a tube down his throat, or how long it had been since he las...

coronavirus

Woman poisons her four children to death in Naivasha

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A woman in Naivasha town killed her four children aged between eight and two years through poisoning. The bodies of the four minors were found lock...

NAIVASHA

3 more retailers on Gov’t watch as Tuskys stays mute on buyer power abuse

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) says three more retailers are under its watch for delaying payments to suppliers as it rounds off investigati...

retail in Kenya , The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) , Tuskys

How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

By CNN,

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...

Gay , LGBTQ , Sarah Hegazi

Hotels laid off 90 percent of staff in April – Survey

By Kepha Muiruri,

Over 90 percent of hotel staff were laid off in April as hotels closed their doors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. April’s Monetary Policy ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , hotels in Kenya , unemployment

Budget 2020: Online businesses to pay taxes for digital transactions

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Kenyan Government is planning to introduce a 1.15 percent digital service tax informed by the growing number of business transactions being carrie...

China tests entire Wuhan population of 11 million for coronavirus

By VOA,

The Chinese city of Wuhan said it has tested its entire population of 11 million people for COVID-19, part of an ambitious national plan to restore pu...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , wuhan

Court frees late Tecra Muigai’s boyfriend Omar Lali on Ksh.300K bond

By Citizen Reporter,

The Magistrate's court in Lamu has released Omar Lali Omar, the boyfriend of deceased Keroche breweries heiress Tecra Muigai, who died after a fall ea...

Omar Lali Omar , Tecra Muigai

Can prostitution, the world’s oldest profession, survive the age of social distancing?

By CNN,

Don't kiss. Tell clients to wash their hands before they touch you. Wear a mask. Avoid face-to-face positions. And even: Put on a nurse costume and pu...

COVID-19 , lockdown , prostitution , sex workers , UNAIDS

How coronavirus is killing grassroots football in Kiambu

By Moses Ngige,

Up and down the country, amateur football is struggling to survive the shutdown of sport that was enforced by the Government and Football Kenya Federa...

coronavirus

Keroche Breweries heiress Tecra Muigai buried in Naivasha

By Citizen Reporter,

Tecra Wangari Muigai, the daughter of Keroche Breweries CEO Tabitha Karanja, was laid to rest on Saturday in a private ceremony in Naivasha. The se...

Keroche Breweries , Tecra Wangari Muigai

Bomet: Deceased coronavirus patient buried at night under tight security

By Paul Ruto,

A 55-years-old man who tested positive for the new coronavirus was on Wednesday night laid to rest in a burial supervised by medics and the police at ...

Bomet , coronavirus

Probe underway after freed aid worker Silvia Romano bombarded by hate mail over Islam

By Reuters,

An Italian aid worker, freed at the weekend after being held hostage for 18 months by Islamist militants in Somalia, has been deluged with hate mail b...

Silvia Romano

Indian train kills 14 workers laid-off in coronavirus lockdown

By Reuters,

An Indian train killed 14 migrant workers who had fallen asleep on the track on Friday while they were heading back to their home village after losing...

India

‘Nobody wins’ if Premier League loses money – Palace chairman Parish

By Reuters,

Premier League clubs are bleeding money and their finances would be entering “uncharted waters” if the season that was suspended due to the COVID-...

Covid-19 pandemic , Crystal Palace , Premier League , Steve Parish

Mombasa’s Old Town residents to be tested by force if they don’t show up willingly- Joho

By George Aoko,

Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho has threatened that residents of Old Town in Monbasa will be tested for coronavirus by force should they not participate ...

Mombasa old town

COVID-19: revealing the inequalities in the world of work

By Guest Writer,

While most workers will not have the opportunity to take the streets and raise their challenges, we need to enforce a core message: the COVID-19 disru...

COVID-19

CS Kagwe expresses regret over how Covid-19 victim James Oyugi was buried

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has expressed regret over the manner in which James Oyugi Onyango, a resident of Siaya County, was buried after ...

James Oyugi , mutahi kagwe