Bandari down Mathare, Rupia double lifts Leopards

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Bandari FC put up their most convincing performance yet under Twahir Muhiddin as they brushed aside Mathare United 3-1 during their Kenyan Premier Lea...

Bandari FC , KPL , Mathare United

Kawangware landlord kills tenant over Ksh.2,500 rent arrears

By Citizen Reporter,

A landlord in Kawangware, Nairobi on Wednesday morning killed a tenant over a Ksh.2500 rent arrears. Warren Jirongo aged 26 was stabbed to death by...

Kawangware

OPINION: Let cities be livable for all, ensure equal access to services by women and girls in informal settlements

By Citizen,

Increasing numbers of people around the world are for various reasons moving, both within national borders and internationally thus leading to rapid g...

FGM , GBV , Gender Based Violence(GBV)

China’s coronavirus deaths surpass SARS as millions stagger back to work

By Reuters,

China raised the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic in 2002/2003, as m...

china , coronavirus

Thai soldier kills at least 10 in shooting rampage

By Reuters,

A Thai soldier killed at least 10 people in a shooting rampage on Saturday in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in the north east of Thailand and remains ...

House prices in satellite towns register first historical drop – Hass Index

By Kepha Muiruri,

Home owners in Nairobi’s satellites towns took their first beating in more than a decade as both house and rental prices registered a dip in 2019, a...

Hass Property Index , real estate in Kenya , Sakina Hassanali

Pollack cautious as K’Ogalo host Sofapaka in Kisumu

By Milton Ochieng,

Defending champions Gor Mahia will be out to reclaim leadership of the league when they take on Sofapaka at Moi Stadium in Kisumu in one of their matc...

GOR MAHIA , KPL , sofapaka

‘Fans don’t deserve this’, fumes Atletico’s Saul

By Reuters,

Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez said his team need to take a long hard look at themselves and work out what they are doing wrong after Thursday...

Atletico Madrid , Copa Del Rey , Cultural Leonesa , Saul Niguez

Sorry we made you cry, Napoli captain tells young fan

By Reuters,

Napoli captain Lorenzo Insigne has apologised to a nine-year-old fan after the team’s dismal performance in a 2-0 home defeat by Fiorentina on Satur...

apologised , Lorenzo Insigne , Napoli

Nigerian lender to take over Transnational Bank after CBK approval

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has okayed the 100 percent acquisition of the Transnational bank by Nigeria’s top lender Access bank. The reserve...

Access Bank , Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Transnational Bank

Coffee cherry fund loans to match farmers’ earnings

By Kepha Muiruri,

Coffee farmers will get to borrow as much as they earn annually as the government moves to make operational the proposed coffee cherry revolving fund....

cherry advanced evolving fund , coffee farming in Kenya , KPCU , National Treasury

Experiment on interest rate caps perhaps the worst policy decision in Kenya’s history: study

By Kepha Muiruri,

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) missed out on average Ksh.300 billion in credit/loans from commercial banks on each year that followed the placing...

CBK , ICEA Lion Asset Management , interest rate caps , private sector credit

Bank stocks set to drive NSE Bull Run

By Kepha Muiruri,

The large capped banking sector stocks are set to drive the recovery in stock valuations at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) with analysts holdin...

Kenyan banks , Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) , NASI

‘Man up! I invested Ksh.50M to be elected,’ Esther Passaris tells Twitter user

By Ian Omondi,

Nairobi Woman Representative Esther Passaris on Sunday came under heavy criticism after she blasted a Twitter user who criticized her for seeking medi...

Esther Passaris , King Kaka , KOT

2019 review: Surviving as an ordinary Kenyan now more expensive

By Kepha Muiruri,

In April, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) released its 2019 Economic Survey placing economic growth by gross output at 6.3 percent over...

economic growth in Kenya

KCPE top performer pens suicide note as parents unable to raise Ksh.50K school fee

By Allan Obiero,

A family in Nyalenda slums, Kisumu County, is on high alert after their 13-year-old child who scored 391 marks in the recently released Kenya Certific...

Asumbi , kcpe 2019 , Kisumu County , suicide

OPINION: Why it is wise to build trust before pushing policy

By Citizen Reporter,

By Michael Cherambos The recent move announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Jamhuri Day that the government will rescind the 1.5 per cent housin...

BBI , housing levy , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kibra woman electrocuted to death while taking a shower

By Eric Wenga,

A middle-aged woman was on Wednesday morning electrocuted to death in Lain Saba within Kibra slums in Nairobi. The woman is said to have met her un...

death , electrocuted , Kibra , Lain Saba

Kenya’s top 10 journalism pieces, according to Yvonne Okwara

By Duncan Mutwiri,

Seasoned journalist and Citizen TV anchor Yvonne Okwara on Tuesday shared ten of her favourite journalism pieces from within the decade during a sessi...

Baraza Media lab , top ten journalism pieces 2019 , Yvonne Okwara

Police officer killed as angry mob rescues suspect in Nairobi

By Tony Owori,

A police officer attached to Kariobangi station was on Tuesday killed at Kisumu Ndogo, Korogocho slum in Nairobi by an irate mob that was trying to re...

korogocho , Mob justice