OPINION: COVID likely to spur housing boom in counties neighbouring Nairobi

By Guest Writer,

By Jeremy Gitonga In a recent interview with Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara, Unity Homes Executive Director John Latham revealed that the Covid-19 p...

Housing

The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...

Alfred Kirwa Yego , David Rudisha , Dorcas Inzikiru , Pamela Jelimo , Unfinished Race

Middle-aged woman arrested in Kiambu on suspicion of luring teens into a porn ring

By Gikunga Kariuki,

There was drama in Kiambu on Tuesday after police officers swooped into a rental apartment, arresting an unidentified woman on suspicion of child abus...

crime

OPINION: Restoring girls dignity through proper menstrual hygiene management 

By Guest Writer,

By Sharon Kiburi Since Kenya ratified the Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) policy in May 2020, this important milestone has attracted investors s...

menstrual hygiene management , MENSTRUATION , Safepad , sanitary towel

Four boys, two adults rescued after being repeatedly sodomised by a police Chief Inspector

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A senior police officer has been arrested for allegedly sodomizing four boys aged between 14  to 15 years and two adults of 18 and 19 years in Maara,...

Tharaka Nithi

South Korean man cleared of killing teenager after spending 20 years in jail for her murder

By CNN,

A South Korean man who wrongfully spent 20 years in prison for killing a teenager has been cleared of her murder following a high-profile court case t...

south korean man

Banks hold back funds discharged from CBK reserves

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial banks have held back funds released from the lowering of the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) in March by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). Accor...

banks , Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) , CBK , governor patrick njoroge

How Neanderthal DNA affects human health — including the risk of getting Covid-19

By CNN,

Early modern humans originated in Africa and started spreading around the world about 80,000 years ago. As they traveled, they came across other an...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine , neanderthal

CAF fines Aubameyang for social media outburst

By Reuters,

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been fined $10,000 for social media posts that tarnished the “honour and image” of the Confederation of African Foot...

CAF , Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Bobi Wine calls on U.S. to hold Uganda accountable on human rights, says he was nearly killed twice

By CNN,

Ugandan music star turned presidential candidate Bobi Wine says he was nearly killed twice in recent weeks and called on the international community t...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Everyone you know uses Zoom but that wasn’t the plan

By CNN,

The tweet was when Eric Yuan knew something had to change. Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, shared a photo from his first ever virtual cabinet...

Zoom

Action urged on teenage pregnancy and HIV as new report reveals high rates in Homa Bay

By Citizen Reporter,

Gender inequality, difficulties in accessing services and poverty are fuelling high rates of unintended pregnancies and HIV in Homa Bay, Western Kenya...

HIV

Why the CBK isn’t losing any sleep over banks sinking profitability

By Kepha Muiruri,

Banks earnings continue to take a beating from economic disruptions occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. This however is merely a secondary concern fo...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Dr. Patrick Njoroge , Kenya Bankers Association (KBA)

A family in Juja living in fear after a baby’s coffin was dumped at their door

By Moses Ngige,

Residents of Riuriro village in Juja are living in fear after one of the residents- a middle-aged woman- found a baby-sized coffin dumped at her doors...

crime

OPINION: The seismic economic effects of coronavirus

By Rachel Ombaka,

Every day, the Ministry of Health provides us with COVID-19 statistics detailing new cases and deaths. For many of us this exercise has even become...

coronavirus , Oxfam , social protection

Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market

By Guest Writer,

By Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter and Tom Watson  Babies are being stolen to order in Kenya to feed a thriving black market. Africa Eye infiltrated the...

BBC , BBC Africa eye , Black Market , Mama Lucy , Missing Child Kenya , Nairobi

‘Corona ikianza tulikuwa na kazi, lakini sasa hatuna’: Why Albert Otieno and Beatrice Mbendo now depend on social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

Albert Otieno, 32, lives with his mother, two children and a cousin in Kayole, one of Nairobi County's most densely populated estates. Also Read: T...

coronavirus , Oxfam

Afghan woman Khatera shot, blinded, for getting a job

By Reuters,

The last thing 33-year-old Khatera saw were the three men on a motorcycle who attacked her just after she left her job at a police station in Afghanis...

Afghan woman , Khatera , women rights

Prayers of gratitude for election of ‘daughter of India’ Harris as U.S. Vice President

By Reuters,

Indians burst firecrackers on Sunday and offered prayers of gratitude over the election of Kamala Harris as the next U.S. vice president, declaring it...

‘Magic mushroom’ ingredient could work as mental health treatment

By CNN,

While magic mushrooms are known for their hallucinogenic effects, they may also have a role to play in the treatment of some mental health treatment. ...

Mental Health , mushroom