Inspirational Kolisi completes rags-to-riches journey

By Reuters,

Siya Kolisi completed his rags-to-riches journey from a dusty, poverty-stricken township on the eastern coast of South Africa to World Cup-winning cap...

Rugby world cup , Siya Kolisi , south africa , Springboks

Bok captain Kolisi’s remarkable rags to riches rise

By Reuters,

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi did not have a television at home the last time the Springboks played in the Rugby World Cup final but 12 years on le...

England , Rugby world cup , Siya Kolisi , south africa , Springboks

Bobi Wine blasts Museveni over ghetto stunt after son’s Ksh.2700 gift

By Paul Ombati,

Bobi Wine has lashed out again at President Yoweri Museveni over a recent campaign targeting the youth. Over the weekend, the President's son Elija...

Bobi Wine , Museveni

BWIRE: Kenya’s indigenous people still being marginalised

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Clearly, even with constitutional protection and legal recognition, the situation of indigenous people’s communities in Kenya has...

Bajunis , Endorois , Nyangoris , Ogiek , Samias , Sengwer

Why would Chinese risk their lives to enter U.K. in back of lorry?

By Duncan Mutwiri,

The news that 39 bodies of Chinese citizens were found in a lorry container in Essex, London, sent global shock waves. As investigations continue, ...

chinese , essex

As Kenyans mark Mashujaa Day, we have nothing to celebrate, athletes lament

By Cyrus Sholim,

As Kenyans marked Mashujaa Day yesterday, athletes in the North Rift region have nothing to smile about as they narrate a myriad of challenges hamperi...

athletes , facilities , Mashujaa day , Moses Tanui , North Rift , stadia

Mashujaa Day 2019: President Kenyatta accords Eliud Kipchoge top State honor

By Matthews Mutai,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday awarded world marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge with the Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart medal during Ma...

award , Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart , Eliud Kipchoge , Mashujaa day , President Uhuru Kenyatta

M-Pesa listed as top 10 most influential finance projects of last 50 years

By Paul Ombati,

M-Pesa has been listed among the ten most influential finance projects to have been invented within the last 50 years. An event held in Philadelphi...

M-pesa , PMI

BWIRE: Solar energy is the option to lighting Kenya

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire Players in the solar energy sector are raising challenges in the industry that government needs to relook as a matter of priority. ...

New report reveals best and worst performing governors

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A London-based company has unveiled a new survey report ranking all the 47 Kenyan governors according to their performance. In the report compiled ...

Alfred Mutua , Mike Sonko , Wycliffe Oparanya

Why top Kenyan teacher Peter Tabichi met Trump at the White House

By Citizen Reporter,

Peter Tabichi, the Kenyan teacher who won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize, met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday. The White House lauded Tab...

tabichi

Gideon Moi accuses DP Ruto allies of being obstacles in war on graft

By Hassan Mugambi,

Baringo County Senator Gideon Moi has accused leaders allied to Deputy President William Ruto of being a stumbling block in the fight against graft in...

DP William Ruto , Gideon Moi , Isaac Ruto , Mau forest , war on graft

OPINION: Xenophobic attacks in South Africa crippling continental unity

By Citizen Reporter,

By Brian Oguna The rising spate of xenophobic attacks in South Africa has triggered a myriad of angry reactions and emotions from netizens world ov...

Nigeria , south africa , xenophobia

Former Raila aide Eliud Owalo to vie for Kibra MP seat after leaving ODM

By Erick Owenga,

Former ODM party strategist Eliud Owalo has officially declared his candidature for the Kibra parliamentary seat on an Amani National Congress (ANC) p...

Eliud Owalo , Kibra , Musalia Mudavadi(ANC) , Raila Odinga(ODM)

Governor Mutua wants Duale removed from division of revenue talks

By Enock Muswii,

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua now wants National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale to recuse himself from the on-going mediation talks between the...

Alfred Mutua , Division of Revenue talks

Chinese firm buys Kenya’s first Ksh.1.2 billion crude oil

By Faizal Ahmed,

Chinese firm ChemChina UK Limited has been selected as the buyer of Kenya’s first crude oil export. In an announcement, the government, together wi...

ChemChina UK Limited , crude oil , President Uhuru Kenyatta , Tullow Oil , turkana

West African slavery lives on, 400 years after transatlantic trade began

By Reuters,

Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the prom...

slavery , west africa , Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation

Mutua secures multi-billion deals after hosting international donors

By Enock Muswii,

Machakos County is set to benefit from multi-billion investments after Governor Alfred Mutua on Wednesday held a round table meeting with development ...

machakos

Kenya exports its first crude oil at Ksh.1.2B

By Faizal Ahmed,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday announced that Kenya has exported its first crude oil. Speaking when he chaired the cabinet, Kenyatta said the...

Doctors find 526 teeth in 7-year-old boy’s mouth

By CNN,

A 7-year-old boy complaining of jaw pain was found to have 526 teeth inside his mouth, according to the hospital in India where he was treated. The...

abnormal teeth , India , Saveetha Dental College and Hospital