Rwanda public transport system gears up for new high-tech buses

By Imani Mitchelle,

Rwanda is all set for a new transport system that allows passengers to control their travel times using mobile apps. According to News Times Rwanda...

rwanda public transport

The force behind Uhuru’s calls for removal of interest rate caps

By Kepha Muiruri,

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s rate interest cap repeal call to Parliament has been enforced, financial allied sector stakeholders now reckon. While ...

interest rate caps , KRA , National Treasury , Uhuru kenyatta

Sarah Wairimu Cohen freed from prison on 5 conditions

By Dzuya Walter,

Sarah Wairimu, widow of the late Tob Cohen, has been released on Ksh.2 million bail. The High Court in Nairobi on Friday ordered that Wairimu eithe...

sarah wairimu , Tob Cohen

Chinese state media escalate row with NBA

By Reuters,

Chinese state media on Wednesday accused the National Basketball Association (NBA) of endorsing violence and peddling a “secessionist pipe dream” ...

Chinese State Media , NBA

WHO officer summoned over claims of Ebola in Tanzania

By Agencies,

An official from the World Health Organisation has been summoned to explain claims of Ebola in Tanzania. According to Reuters, Tigest Ketsela Menge...

ebola , Tanzania , Tigest Ketsela Mengestu , who

Water crisis as Zimbabweans cry foul over State’s million dollar trips

By Agencies,

Zimbabwean leaders are in the soup following reports that the capital city Harare no longer has water. Lobby groups have over the years accused the...

Zimbabwe

Ebola in Tanzania? Who’s fooling WHO?

By Imani Mitchelle,

The World Health Organization (WHO) is accusing Tanzania of not sharing information about alleged Ebola cases in the country. WHO has revealed that...

ebola

Kibet, Simiyu dropped as Worlds team jet to Doha

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Michael Kibet and Daniel Simiyu will not travel for the upcoming World Championships as the first batch of team Kenya departs for Doha, Qatar on Monda...

Daniel Simiyu , Doha , kenya , Michael Kibet , World's

Interpol successfully identifies all victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash

By Wangui Ngechu,

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has successfully identified all victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash. Also Read: Famil...

Boeing 737 MAX 8 , Ethiopian Airlines crash , Interpol

Humphrey Kariuki re-arrested after release on Ksh.11M cash bail

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi businessman Humphrey Kariuki was Monday evening re-arrested moments after he was charged with 21 counts of tax evasion and released on a cash ...

Humphrey Kariuki , Thika-based

Humphrey Kariuki out on Ksh.11M cash bail, denies 21 tax evasion charges

By Dzuya Walter,

Nairobi businessman Humphrey Kariuki was on Monday released of a cash bail of Ksh.11 million after denying tax evasion charges. Appearing before Ma...

frica Spirits Limited , Humphrey Kariuki , Wow Beverages Limited

Nearly 600,000 advised to evacuate as storm makes landfall on Japan

By Reuters,

Heavy rains lashed parts of western Japan on Thursday as tropical storm Krosa made landfall, forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights and train...

Hiroshima landfall , JAPAN , storm Krosa , Tokyo heat wave

Ex-hostage: Aid worker kidnappings ‘big business’ as criminals wade in

By VOA,

Kidnapping of aid workers has become "big business" as militants often work with crime networks to carry out abductions, a senior United Nations offic...

Aid workers , Kidnappings , Thomson Reuters Foundation , United Nations Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

Families of six Kenyan victims sue Boeing over Ethiopia airlines plane crash

By Sam Gituku,

For the first first time ever, Kenyans will be suing a Giant American airplane maker Boeing following the Ethiopian Airlines crash. This was after ...

Visitors to United States under visa program at risk of trafficking, research says

By Reuters,

Dozens of young adults visiting the United States in recent years under a cultural exchange visa program have become victims of human trafficking, acc...

International Labor Recruitment Working Group (ILRWG)

Ex-PS Omollo accuses Assets Recovery Agency of lying she does not own farm

By Dzuya Walter,

Former Youth Affairs Principal Secretary Lilian Mbogo-Omollo on Wednesday accused the Assets Recovery Agency of lying to court that she does not have ...

Assets Recovery Agency , Lilian Omollo , NYS scandal , SIAYA COUNTY

Photo of drowned migrant triggers fight over Trump asylum clampdown

By Reuters,

A harrowing photo of a Salvadoran migrant and his young daughter who drowned in the Rio Grande at the U.S.-Mexico border became the focus on Wednesday...

Donald Trump , migrants , U.S.-Mexico border , United Nations

Czechs stage biggest anti-government protest since communist era

By Reuters,

Czechs turned out in their thousands on Sunday in Prague to call for the ousting of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in the biggest show of public discont...

Communism , Czech , Prime Minister Andrej Babis , Velvet Revolution

U.S. regulator bars airlines from flying over some Iran-controlled airspace

By Reuters,

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an emergency order prohibiting U.S. operators from flying in an overwater area of Tehran-c...

controlled airlines , drone , FAA , Gulf of Oman , U.S. regulator

Women’s sex toy maker sues New York City subway, calls ad ban sexist

By Reuters,

A new lawsuit asks why New York City’s subway accepts advertisements depicting erectile dysfunction, bare buttocks, inflatable plastic breasts, “K...

Dame Products , New York City , Subway