Okwiri on top in road to Tokyo 2020

By Philip Muchiri,

Kenya’s middleweight boxer Rayton Okwiri, hit hard and precise as he began his Tokyo 2020 ticket chase with an easy win after outclassing Libya’s ...

olympics , Rayton Okwiri , Tokyo 2020

Mwende Kimanzi: ‘Planes started spraying as soon as locusts appeared but it was not enough’

By Reuters,

Mwende Kimanzi, a farmer in Kyuso, Kitui County, said planes started spraying as soon as the swarm of desert locusts appeared but it was not enough to...

locusts

U.S to provide Ksh.800M funding for locust control in Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia

By Ian Omondi,

The United States government will now provide $8 million (Ksh.800 million) in funding towards control of the locust infestation in three Eastern Afric...

Eastern Africa , Ethiopia , kenya , locusts , Mike Pompeo , somalia

‘Locusts that were in Machakos County flew away yesterday jioni’- Alfred Mutua

By Citizen Team,

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua now claims that locust swarms that had invaded the county have flown away. According to him, the locusts left the co...

locusts

Locusts threaten more countries in eastern Africa: FAO

By Reuters,

Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations’ Food and...

locusts

Tanzania, Sudan, Nigeria on U.S. travel ban list

By CNN,

The Trump administration on Friday announced an expansion of the travel ban -- one of the President's signature policies, which has been derided by cr...

Tanzania , Travel ban , Trump

KDF boss General Mwathethe commissions six MD 530F helicopters

By Kimeli Arap Kemei,

Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (CDF) General Samson Mwathethe presided over the commissioning of six MD 530F helicopters on Thursday at the Joint H...

KDF

‘Quality’ friendlies key for Harambee Stars – Ambani

By Godfrey Ashiali,

Former Harambee Stars striker Boniface Ambani has challenged Football Kenya Federation to organise high profile friendly matches for Harambee Stars ah...

Harambee Stars , kenya , World cup

U.S. plans to restrict visa, Green Card applications for 7 African countries

By Citizen Reporter,

Nigeria and Tanzania are among seven African countries that could have their citizens applications for U.S. visas and Green Cards restricted. Accor...

Green Card

Five terror suspects who were arrested at Whiskey River arraigned

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Five suspects who were arrested on Sunday on suspicion that they were conducting a surveillance with the aim of orchestrating a terror attack in Nairo...

Clinical Morans stay perfect at Afrobasket

By Harold Odoro,

The Kenya Men’s basketball team popularly known as the Morans made light work of neighbours Tanzania dismantling them 95-59 on Day Two of the Afroba...

morans

Morans coach Owuor optimistic ahead of Afrobasketball qualifiers

By Dennis Kamariki,

National men basketball team Morans head coach Cliff Owuor is hopeful his side will shine in the upcoming 2021 FIBA Afrobasket pre-qualifiers champion...

Afrobasketball , Cliff Owuor , morans

Panic as locusts now spotted in Meru

By Koome Kimencu,

Former Igembe MP Joseph Muturia has said miraa farmers are in fear of locust invasion after the insects were spotted in several parts of Meru county. ...

locusts

Teacher arrested after defrauding Muslim faithful Ksh.7M

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday arrested a teacher who allegedly fled with Ksh.7 million belonging to Musli...

DCI , Muslim faithfuls , somalia

Four Kenyans killed in suspected Al Shabaab attack in Garissa

By Reuters,

Four Kenyans were killed in a gunfight on Tuesday between police and al Shabaab militants in Garissa, police said. A teacher and a child were among...

shabaab

Lamu attack: Last words that U.S. soldier told his mother

By Citizen Reporter,

The U.S. soldier who was killed in the Lamu attack has been identified as 23-year-old Henry "Mitch" Mayfield Jr. According to the Army Times newspa...

lamu attack , manda , shabaab

Gov’t to start aerial spraying to contain locusts

By Ian Omondi,

The government will on Satuday start aerial spraying to contain locusts in affected areas in the Northern Kenya region. Speaking during an address ...

Col. Cyrus Oguna , locusts , Northern Kenya

Locust invasion made worse by unusual heavy rainfall, floods

By Agencies,

Locusts can form huge swarms that can strip trees and crops over vast areas if allowed to breed unchecked in favorable conditions. Adult locust swa...

Locust invasion

Wajir locust invasion: Police deployed to shoot in the air, lob teargas – VIDEO

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Residents of Wajir County have resorted to desperate measures to deal with the locust invasion in the area as they await the government's intervention...

Locust invasion , Wajir County

VIDEO: Locust invasion hits Northern Kenya

By Paul Ombati,

Northern Kenya is under threat of starvation after locusts invaded the region. The locusts, which entered the country from the Southern side of Som...

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