Kenyan farmers and young guides enlisted to protect city forests

By Reuters,

Peter Wainana remembers when the forest near his home outside Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, was so thick with trees and vegetation it was difficult to w...

forestry , Kenya Forest Service , logging , trees

Kenya’s LGBTQ community faces increased abuse during pandemic

By VOA,

Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the LGBTQ commun...

coronavirus , LGBTQ

Notorious serial killer says he’s surprised he wasn’t caught sooner

By CNN,

A South Korean man admitted in court Monday that he murdered 14 women and girls three decades ago in one of the country's most notorious serial killin...

serial killer

7 police officers on the spot for killing man arrested over a face mask in Kakamega

By Hassan Mugambi,

Homicide detectives probing the murder of a suspect at Mbururu police post in Kakamega County have narrowed down to a possible seven suspects, mostly ...

Mbururu police post

The New Note 8 – Infinix unveils an all-in-one smartphone

By Agencies,

Infinix has unveiled a new all-round smartphone model targeted at the mid-to-high end market segment. The brand’s new flagship model, Note 8, com...

COVID-19 fuels surge in sexual violence, child marriage

By VOA,

Fresh out of university, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi was living in the southern Nigerian state of Rivers when she was sexually assaulted. A housemate...

coronavirus

OPINION: A wasted Damascus moment? Why the window for electoral reforms is fast closing in

By Guest Writer,

When the Supreme Court of Kenya returned its verdict on the August 8, 2017 elections, there was a general feeling that we had arrived at our road to D...

BBI , Chebukati , Chiloba , IEBC , Issack Hassan , raila , ruto

Suspect dies after rolling down a hill while escaping arrest in Homa Bay

By Aly Abich,

A suspect died after rolling from the top of Gwassi hills in Suba South, Homa Bay County, while trying to escape arrest by officials from the Kenya Fo...

Gwassi hills , Homa Bay County , Kenya Forest Service

TeleAfya: Mobile app launched to help patients request for medical care

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenyans can now access medical services much more conveniently following the launch of a mobile application that connects patients to doctors for medi...

TeleAfya

Facebook buys GIF website Giphy at Ksh.40 billion to integrate with Instagram

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc is acquiring Giphy, a popular website for making and sharing animated images, or GIFs, and will integrate it with its rapidly growing Ins...

facebook

WHO readies coronavirus app for checking symptoms, possibly contact tracing

By Reuters,

The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to launch a coronavirus app in May to enable people in under-resourced countries to assess whether they may ...

coronavirus , coronavirus app

Sudan makes FGM a crime in ‘new era’ for women’s rights

By Reuters,

Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail, a move campaigners said ushered in a “new era�...

FGM

Nadal makes winning start as tennis returns in virtual world

By Reuters,

Claycourt king Rafa Nadal suffered a fake injury, several players ‘froze’ and one match vanished into thin air as the Virtual Madrid Open made its...

claycourt , coronavirus pandemic , Rafael Nadal , Virtual Madrid Open

Kenya Forest Service plants 5,000 indigenous seedlings at Ontulili station

By Agencies,

The Kenya Forest Service on Saturday achieved another key milestone in the implementation of the 2018 Taskforce on Forest Resources Management and Log...

Ruto deletes video of cop fighting over bribe after KOT label him ‘blogger’

By Tonny Ndungu,

Deputy President William Ruto on Tuesday morning shared a video of two police officers engaged in a fight over an alleged bribe. The DP later delet...

ruto

Class Five pupil dies after choking on mandazi

By George Juma,

A Class Five pupil at Onyalo Primary School in Suna East, Migori County, on Tuesday died after a piece of mandazi got stuck in his throat. Confirm...

Mandazi , Migori County , Migori Level Four Hospital , Onyalo Primary School

Sports fraternity mourn former president Moi

By Stanley Mativo,

The death of the former President Daniel Arap Moi on Tuesday morning  brought ‘almost everything to a standstill’ as Kenyans united to mourn the ...

kenya , Moi , mourn , Sports fraternity , Twitter

Malkia Strikers seal return to Olympic Games

By Stanley Mativo,

The national women’s volleyball team Malkia Strikers crushed Nigeria 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-12) in their final Tokyo 2020 Olympics qualifying match t...

Malkia Strikers , Tokyo 2020

Treasury pays wind farm investors Ksh.1.2B behind Parliament’s back

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury has set itself for a showdown with the National Assembly over the payment of an estimated Ksh.1.2 billion to the investors of th...

Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) , National Treasury , Rizwan Fazal

Cabinet approves policies to empower the youth

By PSCU,

Cabinet on Thursday approved a number of policies focused on boosting the country’s economy including the Kenya Youth Development Policy (KYDP) 2019...

Cabinet , DP William Ruto , President Uhuru Kenyatta , youth