U.N. says grain stores in Yemen’s Hodeidah ‘at risk of rotting’

By Reuters,

The U.N. special envoy to Yemen on Monday said the urgency of accessing grain stores trapped in a frontline position in the port city of Hodeidah was ...

Hodiedah , U.N , Yemen

Cane farmers in Muhoroni demand audit reports

By Allan Obiero,

Cane farmers in Muhoroni are demanding for an audit report on the status of the factory to be made public to farmers. The farmers say several gover...

Muhoroni cane farmers

Five things even Trump critics can give him credit for this Christmas

By CNN,

President Donald Trump ends his second year in office isolated and under siege. A self-inflicted government shutdown is happening over Christmas, the ...

Barack Obama , china , James Mattis , Marxist Leninist , Nancy Pelosi , North Korea , Orrin Hatch , President Donald Trump , President Richard Nixon , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Bread shortage feared in Zimbabwe as wheat mills shut down

By VOA,

Zimbabwe's biggest food processing company this week said it is closing its wheat mills because it cannot import the commodity amid foreign currency s...

bread , Zimbabwe

More candidates, more money and a big bet: How Democrats won the House

By Reuters,

The Democrats’ mantra for seizing control of the U.S. House of Representatives took shape within weeks of President Donald Trump’s stunning 2016 W...

Hillary Clinton’s security clearance withdrawn at her request

By CNN,

Former U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's security clearance was withdrawn in August at her request, the State Department confirmed in a letter ...

CIA Director John Brennan , hillary clinton , Navy Adm. William McRaven , Osama bin Laden , Security clearance

Uhuru meets Western leaders, Wiper Party members

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday held talks focusing on development and the ‘Building Bridges’ initiative with leaders from five counties in We...

Building Bridges Initiative , Former VP Moody Awori , kalonzo musyoka , Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jr , Moses Wetangula , NASA , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Wiper Democratic Movement party

Breastfeeding stations a must, CS tells Kenyan employers

By Lawrence Baraza,

Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki has directed that all employers should set up breastfeeding stations for mothers with newborn babies. Speaking dur...

Breasfeeding , Health Act , International Breastfeeding Week , Sicily Kariuki

Two people poisoned by same nerve agent used on ex-spy, police say

By CNN,

Two people found unconscious in southern England on Saturday were exposed to the same nerve agent used to attack an ex-Russian spy in March, London Me...

England , Ex-Russian spy , Military-grade nerve agent , russia , Russian attack , UK's National Counter Terrorism Policing Network

MPs want Uhuru to form commission of inquiry into sugar, maize scandal

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A section of Members of Parliament have petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to form a commission of inquiry to unravel those behind the illicit import...

Commission of Inquiry , maize scandal , sugar scandal , Uhuru kenyatta

Joe Jackson, father of Michael, dies at 89

By Reuters,

Joe Jackson, father to Michael, Janet, and the Jackson 5  has died at the age of 89. The patriarch of an American musical dynasty who put his chi...

Janet Jackson , Joe Jackson , michael jackson

Contraband sugar worth Ksh.250M nabbed in Bungoma

By Namisi Cheptai,

A consignment of contraband sugar worth Ksh.250 million was on Wednesday impounded in the warehouses of Panafrican Paper Mills in Webuye, Bungoma Co...

bungoma county , Contraband sugar , Interior CS  Fred Matiangi , Panafrican Paper Mills

Textile industry holds key to growing manufacturing sector

By Citizen,

The textile and apparel sector has been identified as a priority sector by the Kenyan Government. Its prominence in the manufacturing pillar under ...

agoa , apparels , Big 4 , export , KAM , Kenya Association of Manufactures , President Uhuru Kenyatta , textiles , Trade

Durant steers Warriors past Spurs, Sixers advance

By AFP,

Kevin Durant scored 25 points as the Golden State Warriors powered into the Western Conference playoff semi-finals with a 4-1 series victory over the ...

Golden State Warriors , Kevin Durant , Oracle Arena

Residents threaten to sue KPLC over power surge

By Johnston Keti,

Residents of Maralal Town in Samburu County have threatened to sue the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) after their electric appliances were da...

Kenya Power and Lighting Company(KPLC) , Maralal power surge

Australia lower boom to win Commonwealth hoops gold

By AFP,

Australia's supporting cast stepped up to capture Commonwealth Games basketball gold on Sunday as the "Boomers" battered sorry Canada 87-47 in a lopsi...

Australia , Commonwealth Games basketball gold , stepped up , supporting cast

Bungoma leaders in near fistfight over Nzoia Sugar

By Namisi Cheptai,

A meeting ended in disarray after a fight almost ensued between two Bungoma leaders over government plans to privatise Nzoia Sugar. Sirisia MP John...

Charles Ngome , Nzoia sugar , Sirisia MP John Walukhe , Webuye Paper Mills

Gunman shoots students at Maryland school

By AFP,

Three people, including the assailant, were critically injured in a shooting at a high school in the eastern US state of Maryland on Tuesday, official...

Great Mills High School , Shooting in Maryland , Student shot

Sugarcane farmers oppose Sony Sugar privatization

By George Juma,

The government’s plans to privatize state owned sugar mills have been thrown into a twist after sugarcane farmers in Migori led by local leaders opp...

farmers , Okoth Obado , privatization , Sony Sugar , Sugar

Timber manufactures: Logging ban will lead to unemployment

By Mark Mwithaga,

Timber manufactures have decried the recent 90-day logging band by the government saying it will lead to massive job losses. In a statement release...

Deputy President William Ruto , Kenya Forestry service , Logging ban , Timber Manufacture Association(TMA)