CS Kiunjuri: More than half of all maize in Kisumu NCPB depot discoloured

By Allan Obiero,

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri says 60% of maize stored in the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depot in Kisumu is discoloured...

Agriculture CS Mwangi Kiunjuri , maize , NCPB , Sugar task force

14-member sugar task force unveiled

By Sam Gituku,

The government has announced a 14-member task force in a fresh initiative to try and rescue the crippled sugar sector. The task force to be gazette...

After years in exile, Ethiopian politician returns home with hope and fear

By Reuters,

A year ago, rebel leader Berhanu Nega was coordinating attacks against Ethiopian soldiers from his base across the border in Eritrea and faced a death...

Berhanu Nega , Ethiopia , Ethiopia politician , Ethiopian exiled politician

More than 200 mass graves of Islamic State victims found in Iraq

By VOA,

More than 200 mass graves have been uncovered in Iraq in areas formerly controlled by Islamic State militants, the United Nations said on Tuesday. ...

Iraq , Islamic State militants , United Nations , Yazidis.

Government to buy a bag of maize at Ksh.2,300

By Citizen Reporter,

The Strategic Food Reserve Trust Fund (SFRTB) has set the new price of maize at Ksh. 2,300 for the next season. Members of the task-force formed to...

Lion Air crash: Plane was intact when it crashed, investigators say

By CNN,

Lion Air Flight 610 was intact with its engines running when it crashed at high speed into the Java Sea, the head of Indonesia's National Transportati...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft , Capt. Daniel Putut Kuncoro Adi , Lion Air Flight 610 , Soerjanto Tjahjono

Ethiopia’s First Female Supreme Court Chief Hopes to Rebuild Trust

By VOA,

For the first time, Ethiopia’s Supreme Court will be led by a woman. Meaza Ashenafi, a lawyer and women’s rights advocate, accepted the offer T...

Ethiopia

Building bridges task force begins its sittings

By Francis Gachuri,

The team of experts established by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition Chief Raila Odinga has began collecting views from citizens and organizatio...

Building bridges task force

More than 90% of world’s children breathe toxic air, report says

By CNN,

Around 93% of the world's children under 15 years of age breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk, account...

Geneva , India , who

After tragedies and big losses, Hyundai looks to reverse North Korea fortunes

By Reuters,

For Hyundai, the South Korean conglomerate, North Korea has been a story of lost opportunities – and tragedy. In 2003, months before Hyundai was ...

Founder Chung Ju-yung , Hyundai , Kim Jng Un , North Korea

Governor in Tanzania vows mass arrests of LGBT

By CNN,

The regional governor of Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam, has vowed to arrest people suspected of being gay by next week in an escalating crack...

LGBT , Tanzania

More than 90% of world’s children breathe polluted air, report says, as India prepares for most polluted season

By CNN,

Around 93% of the world's children under 15 years of age breathe air that is so polluted it puts their health and development at serious risk, account...

Dr. Maria Neira , first global conference on air pollution and health in Geneva , India , WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , world health organization

Sonko orders all ‘noisy’ bars closed over KCPE, KCSE exams

By Njeri Ngugi,

Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has directed that all "noisy" night clubs, bars and social joints in Nairobi estates closed until the ongoing KCPE a...

kcpe , KCSE , Mike Sonko , Nairobi

Former Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi banned for life

By Reuters,

Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi was handed a life ban from all football-related activities by FIFA on Tuesday following va...

corruption , FIFA , Kwesi Nyantakyi

How successful CEOs manage their time

By CNN,

For all the power CEOs wield, they can't add hours on the clock or days to the calendar. Yet everyone wants a piece of them: Leadership teams, seni...

CEOs , time management

FIFA set up task force over new tournament plans

By Reuters,

FIFA have set up a task force to examine president Gianni Infantino’s plans for a new Club World Cup and Global Nations League, avoiding a damaging ...

Club World Cup , FIFA , Gianni Infantino , Nations League

Kenya wins big in Ksh.200B Cortec Mining case

By Citizen Reporter,

A case by Cortec Mining (K) Ltd and two others against the Republic of Kenya amounting to Ksh.200billion has been dismissed. In the case filed in J...

cortec mining

Russian players’ arrests divert Putin’s problems

By Reuters,

Two footballers arrested over violent attacks in Moscow are not the first rich and famous Russians to get into trouble after mixing alcohol and stripp...

Alexander Kokorin , Pavel Mamayev , russia , Vladmir Putin

Uhuru: Let us come together, stop politics of hatred

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta led Kenyans in marking Mashujaa Day with calls for unity in promoting national interests. President Kenyatta called on Ken...

Mashujaa day , President Uhuru Kenyatta

U.N. says 833 children released by Boko Haram

By Reuters,

A militia fighting against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has released 833 children from its own ranks, some as young as ...

Boko Haram