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OPINION: Jane Gitau, opening doors for other women
By Guest Writer,
1034, January 9, 2021 (EAT)
Jane Gitau is the Head of Corporate Communication at the Kenya Seed Company and the Chair of Greenbelt Movement, Kenya. She is a Chevening Scholar ...
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OPINION: Nurses, doctors and everyone else employed under UHC must be paid
By Guest Writer,
1706, December 8, 2020 (EAT)
By Catherine Maina If you have followed my writing long enough, you know I call out injustice without mincing my words. You also know I accord ...
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124 private schools set for closure over huge bills occasioned by COVID-19 pandemic
By Makori Ongechi,
951, August 4, 2020 (EAT)
About 124 private schools in the country with a student population of 43,000 are on the verge of shutting down completely as a result of huge bills th...
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Kenya’s first green bond lists on London Stock Exchange
By Kepha Muiruri,
938, January 21, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s first green bond has begun trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as a shilling denominated bond. The cross-listing of the bond by Ac...
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BWIRE: Universities must remain independent
By Victor Bwire,
1638, January 12, 2020 (EAT)
By Victor Bwire The recruitment of vice chancellors for public universities should be done by respective councils in consultation with the cabinet ...
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OPINION: From gold to ashes; the tragic tale of Nakumatt Limited
By Joseph Bonyo,
1431, January 7, 2020 (EAT)
As a student at Maseno University, a trip to Kisumu town was never complete without a detour at Nakumatt Mega. Arriving back at the institution with ...
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Mount Kenya University bids farewell to its founding VC Prof. Stanley Waudo
By Citizen Reporter,
1602, December 15, 2019 (EAT)
Mount Kenya University (MKU) has bid farewell to its founding Vice chancellor Prof. Stanley Waudo after serving at the institution for the last 11 yea...
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Broke, unemployed and in debt: Kenyan university students in crisis
By Kepha Muiruri,
1245, November 30, 2019 (EAT)
The country is staring an effective student debt crisis in the short-run as Kenyan university students bear considerable weight of loan repayments. ...
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KOT post their photos, dare HELB to publish on newspaper front pages
By Paul Ombati,
1935, November 19, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyans on social media are now calling a bluff on the 30-day notice issued by the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) for defaulters to repay their l...
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Babu Owino headed to court to bar HELB from naming, shaming loan defaulters
By Ian Omondi,
1911, November 19, 2019 (EAT)
Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino now says he will be seeking a court injunction barring the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) from publ...
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HELB to name and shame 85K defaulters who owe Ksh.50B
By Ian Omondi,
1250, November 18, 2019 (EAT)
The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has now given a 30-day deadline to Kenyan defaulters to repay their loans failure to which their names and pho...
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11 public universities caught in Ksh.9.7B tax evasion racket
By Sam Ogina,
2103, October 3, 2019 (EAT)
Six university vice chancellors risk prosecution for failing to remit Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). The six are ...
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Qwetu residences developer gets nod for Kenya’s first Ksh.5B green bond
By Kepha Muiruri,
1414, August 15, 2019 (EAT)
Qwetu students’ residences developer Acorn Holdings Africa has received the green light to raise a total of Ksh.5 billion in investing funds by way ...
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Swila: Egypt projects itself as gateway to Africa with a beauty to boot
By Isaac Swila,
1149, December 22, 2019 (EAT)
Isaac Swila A month has elapsed since my return from duty at the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations finals held in Egypt. With enough tim...
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How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time
By CNN,
1119, July 24, 2019 (EAT)
In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...
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Head teachers propose fee increment, say condition in schools dire
By Dorcas Wangira,
1143, March 23, 2019 (EAT)
Secondary school head teachers maintain that school fees should be increased if schools are to be run effectively. According to the Kenya Secondary...
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1000 top KCPE performers head to secondary school under ‘Wings to Fly’ program
By Faizal Ahmed,
2030, January 4, 2019 (EAT)
One thousand bright students from poor families are now heading to various secondary schools courtesy of the Equity Wings to Fly program. The benef...
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John Bolton slams China, Russia over ‘predatory practices’ in Africa
By CNN,
1705, December 14, 2018 (EAT)
National security adviser John Bolton unveiled President Donald Trump's Africa strategy on Thursday, outlining a plan that he said focuses heavily on ...
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Bolton slams China, Russia over ‘predatory practices’ in Africa
By CNN,
1407, December 14, 2018 (EAT)
National security adviser John Bolton unveiled President Donald Trump's Africa strategy on Thursday, outlining a plan that he said focuses heavily on ...
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Somali-American Ilhan Omar set to be first Muslim woman in Congress
By Linda Ngari,
746, October 31, 2018 (EAT)
Ilhan Omar landed in the US as a refugee at 12-years-old, fleeing the war in her home country Somalia. 24 years later, Omar stands to make history ...
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