Kenya Power, KenGen delay financial results

By Kepha Muiruri,

Electricity distributor Kenya Power and power producer KenGen have delayed the release of their financial results for the year ended June 30, 2020 whi...

kengen , KENYA POWER

Tuskys in haste to glue creditors to turnaround plan

By Kepha Muiruri,

Besieged retailer Tuskys is in a dash to glue creditors to its turnaround plan ahead of a crucial High Court ruling on a wind up petition on November ...

liquidation , Tuskys

Tergat urges Olympic-bound teams to step up

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) President Paul Tergat has promised full support for Kenyan teams that have qualified for the coming Oly...

olympics , Paul Tergat

WFP, Gov’t set up cash transfers for Mombasa families hit by COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

The World Food Programme (WFP) and the government have launched cash transfers for 24,000 families whose livelihoods were destroyed by the impact of c...

coronavirus , JOHO , Mombasa , WFP

Kenya’s debt to hit Ksh.10.4T by June 2024

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenya’s debt is expected to sky rocket to Ksh.10.4 trillion by the end of June in 2024 from the present stock of Ksh.7.1 trillion according to a jus...

debt , National Treasury

Tuskys Greenspan Mall auction to proceed as planned

By Kepha Muiruri,

Asset management firm ICEA Lion will proceed with the auction of Tuskys assets inside the Greenspan Mall after the retailer failed to honour reschedul...

ICEA Lion Asset Management , Tuskys

Tuskys earns reprieve as court moots sporadic auctions

By Kepha Muiruri,

Besieged retailer Tuskys has earned reprieve from High Court’s commercial and admiralty court following a ruling stopping sporadic auctions by its a...

Tuskys

Renee Ngamau leads fight to save Nairobi’s playgrounds and public spaces

By Reuters,

It's hard to keep up with Renee Ngamau. From mentoring women entrepreneurs to campaigning against police brutality, the Kenyan lawyer, businesswome...

Amnesty International Kenya , jamhuri estate , renee ngamau

Doctors probe whether COVID-19 is causing diabetes

By Reuters,

Mario Buelna, a healthy 28-year-old father, caught a fever and started having trouble breathing in June. He soon tested positive for COVID-19. Week...

coronavirus , Diabetes

OPINION: Women facing domestic violence during COVID-19 need access to safety now more than ever

By Guest Writer,

By Christine Ogutu and Wangu Kanja “My husband beat me up and threw me out into the streets in the wee hours of the night with my two children,�...

coronavirus , domestic violence , GBV

Man kills self in Kakamega after ‘constant nagging’ by digital lender

By Juma Kefa,

Grief has engulfed Eshiambitsi ward in Navakholo, Kakamega county following the death of a well-known 30-year-old man, Solomon Ayindi. Neighbours f...

digital lenders , Digital Lenders Association of Kenya (DLAK)

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta urges early cancer screening, treatment

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has encouraged Kenyans to go for early screening and treatment as a step towards winning the war against cancer. The F...

cancer

East African Business Council calls for an end to COVID-19 testing at border posts

By Citizen Reporter,

The East African Business Council (EABC) is now calling upon the East African Community Partner States to put an end to testing of COVID-19 at border ...

COVID-19 , East African Business Council

Athletes should be allowed to protest during Games – Coe

By Reuters,

World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said on Thursday he believes athletes should have the right to make gestures of political protest during the Olymp...

IOC , racism , Sebastian Coe

Trump says catching COVID-19 was ‘blessing from God’

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump declared that catching the coronavirus was a “blessing from God” that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed ...

coronavirus , Trump

Abuse and harassment driving girls off social media – global survey

By Citizen Reporter,

Girls and young women worldwide are demanding urgent action from social media companies after a landmark survey has revealed more than half (58%) have...

Online Harassment , social media

Infinix partners with fashion icon on Zero 8 launch in Kenya

By Agencies,

Infinix, a global leader in consumer electronics market, has launched the ZERO 8 in the Kenyan market. ZERO 8 is the company’s flagship series for 2...

CRB listings return as the State sanctioned suspension ends

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial banks and other lending institutions are set to resume listing loan defaulters effective Thursday with Credit Reference Bureaus (CRB) as th...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , Credit Referencing Bureaus (CRBs)

OPINION: Speak out your agony

By Sponsored,

By Angelina Cikanda "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last," excerpts from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming." This ...

ACTED , Concern Worldwide , COVID-19 , Impact Initiatives , Oxfam in Kenya , The Kenya Red cross society , WanguKanja Foundation

Messi seeks to draw line under Barca departure saga

By Reuters,

Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has said he wishes to move on from his recent bid to walk out of the club and his recent attacks on the board of direct...

FC Barcelona , Lionel Messi