U.S. reports 55,000 COVID-19 cases in single day, hits new global record

By CNN,

The United States reported more than 55,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a new daily global record for the coronavirus pandemic, as infections rose...

coronavirus

Coronavirus pandemic is getting worse- WHO warns

By VOA,

The World Health Organization says 60 percent of the world’s 10 million coronavirus cases since December came in the month of June – a sign that t...

coronavirus

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

DNA evidence solves 8-year-old girl’s murder after 38 years

By CNN,

After nearly 38 agonizing years, the family of Kelly Ann Prosser finally has some closure. Police in Columbus, Ohio, said Friday they cracked the c...

DNA , Kelly Ann Prosser , murder

U.S. records 45,242 new coronavirus cases; largest single-day increase

By Reuters,

The United States recorded 45,242 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the largest single-day increase of the pandemic, according to a Reuters tally, brin...

coronavirus , COVID-19

OPINION: COVID-19 crisis presents opportunity for Kenya to rethink

By Guest Writer,

By Allan Chesang Disruption. That is probably the most (mis)used word of the quarter - and rightfully so. I bet we can all agree that with a...

OPINION: COVID-19 crisis presents opportunity for Kenya to rethink

By Guest Writer,

By Allan Chesang Disruption. That is probably the most (mis)used word of the quarter - and rightfully so. I bet we can all agree that with a...

OPINION: Africa’s twin battles – COVID-19 and fake news

By Guest Writer,

By Yemisi Adegoke Just under four months after Africa recorded its first coronavirus case, the number of confirmed cases has reached more than 250,...

BBC , coronavirus , COVID-19 , ebola , fake news , who

CCTVs, perimeter wall, borehole: Government’s lasting solution to Gikomba fires

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The government is set to install CCTV security cameras in the Gikomba Market as a part of the solution to the perennial fires in the area. Interior...

Gikomba market. , Karanja Kibicho

Six Kenya School of Law officials charged in Ksh.198 million fraud case

By Dzuya Walter,

Six officials of the Kenya School of Law (KSL) were on Wednesday arraigned in court and charged over a Ksh.198 million scam at the institution. The...

fraud , Kenya School of Law

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to reopen pubs, restaurants

By Reuters,

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was keen to enjoy a visit to the pub and urged people to go out and enjoy their new freedom to socialise next mon...

Boris Johnson , coronavirus , COVID-19

Kitui MCAs set to debate Governor Ngilu’s impeachment

By Citizen Reporter,

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu’s political survival hangs in the balance after the Majority Leader in the County Assembly submitted an impeachment mot...

ngilu impeachment

Screen players more, experts weigh in on Kenyan rugby fatalities

By Alex Kinyua,

@Alex_Kins On March 3, 2020, a dark cloud of grief engulfed the Kenyan rugby fraternity after news broke that a former international Tony Onyango Opo...

injuries , Rugby

The silent extinction: Less than 100,000 giraffes left in the wild

By Moses Ngugi,

As the World celebrated World Giraffe Day on June 21, 2020, there remains growing concern over the endangered status of the world's tallest animal. ...

giraffe meat , somali girafe , white giraffe

CS Mucheru: Kenyan parents struggling to control online content for children

By Citizen Reporter,

ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has decried increasing cases of children accessing inappropriate content following the closure of schools over the C...

coronavirus , Mucheru , online learning , pornography

COVID school lockdowns leading to increase in violence against children, UN says

By VOA,

More and more children are victims of hate, bullying, and violence online because of the coronavirus pandemic, a new United Nations report said. Ac...

coronavirus , GBV , rape , violence against children

New Zealand records new coronavirus cases days after declaring itself COVID-19 free

By Reuters,

New Zealand, on Thursday recorded its third new case of the coronavirus this week as quarantine breaches and other failures undermined public confiden...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , New Zealand , Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

American pleads guilty to sexually abusing girls at his orphanage in Kenya

By Benjamin Muriuki,

An American man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing four underage girls at a children's home he and his wife had set up in Kenya's Bomet County. ...

Gregory Dow

11 Senators proposed to hear Governor Waiguru’s impeachment motion

By Ian Omondi,

The Senate Business Committee has proposed an 11-member team to hear and investigate the impeachment motion of Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru. The...

Governor Anne Waiguru , senate

‘I don’t need to save anyone,’ Raila says Waiguru on her own in the Senate

By Benjamin Muriuki,

ODM Party leader Raila Odinga has dismissed claims of working behind the scene to save impeached Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru from losing her seat....

ANNE WAIGURU , raila odinga