Kenya COVID Fund gets Ksh.3.7B in donations

By Elphas Lagat,

The COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund Board has received donations totaling Ksh. 3.7billion. Ksh. 3.2billion was received by the committee in cash w...

coronavirus , KAM , karuku , Kenya COVID Fund

One Kenyan man’s experience on why you should never buy second-hand laptops, phones

By Tonny Ndungu,

A Tweep by the name Derrick Dre who runs a computer's shop in Busia is lucky to be alive and free following his arrest for handling a second-hand lapt...

second hand

Kenya records 52 more coronavirus cases, total now at 1161

By Tonny Ndungu,

52 people tested positive for the coronavirus between Thursday and Friday, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. The new cases are from 2567 samples tes...

coronavirus

Kenya’s coronavirus cases cross the 1000 mark after 66 test positive

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya has confirmed 66 more cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the tally of confirmed cases to 1029. The latest cases ar...

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

Raila says ‘BBI reggae is on halftime’, will continue after Coronavirus pandemic

By Francis Gachuri,

ODM leader Raila Odinga insists the clamour for constitutional amendments through the Building Bridges Initiative is still on, despite the disruption ...

odm , raila odinga

Power supply restored in ‘most areas’ of Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

Kenya Power says it has managed to restore power supply in most parts of the country following outage witnessed for the better part of Saturday. KP...

blackout , KENYA POWER

Covid-19: All truck drivers to be tested 48 hours before leaving Nairobi or Mombasa

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government has now ordered that all cross-border truck drivers be tested for Covid-19 at least 48 hours before leaving Mombasa or Nairobi. This...

Nakuru on high alert after roads cave in, water levels surge

By Citizen Reporter,

Motorists in Nakuru have been warned to be vigilant after roads caved in following heavy rains. Deputy Governor Eric Korir, who is the acting Roads...

caved in , floods , Lake Naivasha , Lake Nakuru

Nakuru MCA Karanja Mburu killed in road accident

By Robert Maina,

A Nakuru Member of County Assembly was killed on Sunday morning in a road accident near Viewpoint area in Gilgil on the Nakuru -- Naivasha Highway. ...

Lakeview Ward

Win for DPP as court overturns ruling acquitting Solai Dam tragedy suspects

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has secured a major victory after the High Court overturned a ruling that acquitted suspects in the ...

DPP , patel dam , Solai dam tragedy

Kind cops Amina Mutio Ramadhan and Ibrahim Abajila awarded TVs, gift vouchers

By Citizen Reporter,

Two police officers who were spotted helping Kenyans as they enforced the nationwide curfew on Friday received gifts for their act of kindness. The...

Amina Mutio , Mwanamke Bomba

Safaricom rolls out ‘Bonga For Good’ to help customers deal with COVID-19 impact

By Citizen Reporter,

Safaricom has rolled out Bonga For Good, an initiative that will see customers use Bonga Points to pay for essential goods and services. This campa...

bonga points , Safaricom

More counties close nightclubs, markets over coronavirus

By Citizen Team,

Several counties have embarked on taking up various precautionary measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus as confirmed cases in the country ris...

coronavirus

Keroche Breweries fights to block KRA property seizure

By Citizen Reporter,

A petition has been filed against the Kenya Revenue Authority seeking to stop the seizure of property belonging to Keroche Breweries. In the petiti...

Keroche , KRA

Joseph Chepkwony: Man who left home ‘for business’ 45 years ago returns

By Tonny Ndungu,

Joseph Chepkwony's return home after a mind-boggling 45 years nearly sent the sleepy village of Kasubwo into a panic. The villagers thought the 82-...

joseph chepkwony

Naivas partners with Aspira to roll out new ‘Lipabaadaye’ program

By Rene Oswere,

Leading retailer Naivas Supermarkets has rolled out a credit purchasing program for its customers. This credit system will enable Naivas customers ...

aspira , naivas

Kenya shuts slaughterhouses over loss of donkeys to Chinese who use skins for anti-ageing medicine

By Reuters,

Agriculture CS Peter Munya has ordered donkey slaughterhouses to be shut down as concerns rise over the theft of the animals by gangs seeking their sk...

ageing , donkeys

‘My son has become a chokora, can no longer speak German,’ Ngirita cries in court over frozen funds

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The agony that the Ngirita family -- the main suspects in the NYS scandal -- are undergoing came in full view on Monday, as one of them painfully lame...

Ngirita , NYS scandal

Gor wants both KPL, FKF Shield titles – Odhiambo

By Milton Ochieng,

Gor Mahia assistant coach Patrick Odhiambo says the club is targeting a domestic double this season, the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) and the FKF shiel...

FKF- Shield , GOR MAHIA , KPL , Patrick Odhiambo