BBI taskforce raises concerns over delays in passing BBI bill

By Sam Ogina,

The debate over whether to reopen the constitution amendment bill 2020 for further review is raging, dividing the Joint Justice and Legal Affairs Comm...

Struggling Spire Bank picks new finance chief

By Kepha Muiruri,

Struggling Mwalimu National Sacco lending subsidiary Spire Bank has named Fredrick Omondi Nyasaka as its new head of finance and administration. Ny...

Mwalimu National Sacco , Spire Bank

Diana Warira wins Africa Evidence Leadership Award

By Rachel Ombaka,

Diana Warira, a policy manager at a global research center, has won this year's Africa Evidence Leadership Award. The award seeks to recognise indi...

warira

President Kenyatta unveils Ksh.4 billion Gov’t weaponry factory in Ruiru

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta today opened a new Government small arms factory in Ruiru, Kiambu County. The Ksh.4 billion factory, with a single-shift a...

Fred Matiang'i , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Small Arms Factory

Kenya Power suspends plans to raise cost of electricity

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Power has abandoned the quest to raise its electricity tariff to customers offering a relief to consumers who had opposed the plans According t...

Kenya Power profit

PROFILE: Yvonne Okwara – Matole, authentic and unafraid, a trailblazer in Kenya’s media industry

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Yvonne Okwara - Matole is a household name in Kenya, having been in the media industry for over 15 years now. ...

Yvonne Okwara

Raila says BBI Bill must be subjected to a referendum

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) Amendment Bill must be subjected to a referendum. Also Read: High...

BBI , odm , raila

Naivasha Law Courts closed for 10 days after COVID-19 case

By Dzuya Walter,

The Naivasha Law Courts have been temporarily closed for a period of ten days after one staff member tested positive for COVID-19. Acting Chief Jus...

coronavirus , Naivasha Law Courts

Google offered a professor Ksh.6.5M but he turned it down. Here’s why

By CNN,

When Luke Stark, an assistant professor, sought money from Google in November he had no idea he'd be turning down $60,000 (Ksh.6,582,000) from the tec...

Actress Shailene Woodley arrested at North Dakota pipeline protest , Google , professor

OPINION: But Mr. President, you forgot something important …

By Guest Writer,

By Florence Machio So we have all been treated to a flurry of clarifications after President Uhuru Kenyatta's address to the nation on Saturday Mar...

coronavirus , curfew

Orengo dismisses report alleging plan to remove Mutula Kilonzo as Senate Minority Whip

By Citizen Reporter,

Senate Minority Leader James Orengo has dismissed a media report alleging that there is a plot to remove Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr as the Chi...

James Orengo , mutula kilonzo

Google offered a professor Ksh.6 million, but he turned it down. Here’s why

By CNN,

When Luke Stark sought money from Google in November he had no idea he'd be turning down $60,000 from the tech giant in March. Stark, an assistant ...

Homeboyz Radio fires breakfast show presenters Shaffie Weru, Neville, DJ Joe Mfalme

By Ian Omondi,

Homeboyz Radio, through its parent company Radio Africa, has fired its breakfast show presenters Shaffie Weru, Neville, and DJ Joe Mfalme with immedia...

DJ Joe Mfalme , Homeboyz Radio , Neville , shaffie weru , Somoina Kimojino

Former Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli laid to rest

By Reuters,

Tanzania’s late president John Magufuli was buried in his home village on Friday, nine days after authorities announced his death from heart disease...

John Pombe Magufuli

COVID-19: President Kenyatta says Parliament sessions suspended until further notice

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday said sessions of both Houses of Parliament, the National Assembly as well as the Senate, have been suspended until ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , parliament , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Former Kuria East MP Shadrack Manga dies aged 81

By George Juma,

Former Kuria East Member of Parliament Shadrack Manga has succumbed to cardiac arrest at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi aged 81. The deceased�...

Aga Khan Hospital , cardiac arrest , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Shadrack Manga

Uhuru mourns former Kuria East MP Shadrack Manga, media personality Lorna Irungu

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has mourned the deaths of former Kuria East MP Shadrack Roger Mwita Manga who passed on Thursday night and the late media per...

lorna irungu , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Shadrack Roger Mwita Manga

Remembering Lorna Irungu-Macharia, through the eyes of her loved ones

By Guest Writer,

By Edwin Macharia Lorna Irungu-Macharia was the loving wife of Edwin Macharia and mother of Nancy Mumbi Macharia. Daughter of the late Festus G Iru...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Edwin MachariaLupus , Lorna Irungu-Macharia

Kericho County boss Chepkwony nominates Lily Chepngetich as deputy governor

By Ian Omondi,

Kericho County boss Paul Chepkwony has nominated Lily Chepngetich Ngok as his deputy governor. This comes following the death of DG Susan Kikwai wh...

Governor Paul Chepkwony , Kercho County , Lily Chepngetich Ngok , Susan Kikwai

Moi, Mudavadi, Kalonzo, Wetangula now unveil One Kenya Alliance

By Erick Owenga,

A new political formation dubbed the 'One Kenya Alliance' was on Thursday unveiled by four key political leaders. The political alignment brought t...

2022 General Elections , Gideon Moi , kalonzo musyoka , Moses Wetangula , Musalia Mudavadi , One Kenya Alliance