Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri’s son Kinyanjui succumbs to COVID-19

By Robert Maina,

Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri's son Kinyanjui has succumbed to COVID-19 complications. The family confirmed that Kinyanjui died while receiving treatme...

coronavirus , Kimani Ngunjiri , Kinyanjui Ngunjiri

China’s hero doctor Li Wenliang was punished for telling truth about coronavirus

By CNN,

In their botched handling of the tragic death of Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronavirus, authorities in Beijin...

coronavirus , Li Wenliang , wuhan

WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

By CNN,

Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wi...

coronavirus , wuhan

Pangolins in the dock: Is the mammal really guilty as charged?

By Dorcas Wangira,

The pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal. No one truly knows its conservation status in Kenya. When COVID-19 broke out in early 2020, some...

coronavirus , pangolin

February inflation rises to 5.8 per cent as cost of living soars

By Kepha Muiruri,

The rate of inflation in February has risen further to 5.78 per cent from a lower 5.69 per cent in January. This to represent a steady rise in the ...

Inflation , KNBS

Bluebird Aviation reports rise in emergency medical evacuation

By Citizen Reporter,

Regional airline, Bluebird Aviation has announced the number of travellers seeking emergency medical attention rose significantly in the last quarter ...

Bluebird Aviation , Captain Hussein Mohammed

Talisman Mulumba back for second act with Bandari

By Jacob Icia,

@icia_jacob In February 2020 when Felly Mulumba left Bandari FC to join Zimbabwe's Platinum FC, it appeared he had closed the Kenyan chapter of his f...

Bandari FC , Felly Mulumba

Kenya Power half-year profit sinks by 80% on bloated financing costs

By Kepha Muiruri,

Utility Company Kenya Power has seen its half year earnings across six months to December 31, 2020 slump by 80.1 per cent to Ksh.138 million from Ksh....

KENYA POWER

In boost for COVID-19 battle, Pfizer vaccine found 94% effective in major study

By Reuters,

The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing COVID-19, ...

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine

COVID-19 cuts 912 Kenyans from dollar millionaires list: Report

By Kepha Muiruri,

COVID-19 related disruptions have cut 912 Kenyans out of the dollar millionaires club according to a new Wealth Report by consultancy firm Knight Fran...

COVID-19 , dollar millionaires , Knight Frank Wealth Report 2020

Outspan Hospital releases body detained over Ksh.1.6M bill after Citizen TV coverage

By Citizen Reporter,

The family of Beatrice Wanjiru, whose body had been detained by Outspan Hospital for close to 60 days over unpaid hospital bills amounting to Ksh.1.6 ...

hospital bill , Outspan Hospital

More trouble at Leopards as tension mounts between skipper Kamura and club

By Godfrey Ashiali,

From one calamity to the other, so goes the script at AFC Leopards. If not unpaid salaries then its player go-slows. From go-slows to defeat at ...

Tiger Woods completed one of sport’s greatest comebacks. Can he do it again?

By CNN,

Tiger Woods' career has suffered yet another significant setback after a car accident on Tuesday left him with moderate to critical injuries, accordin...

Golf , Henry Narvez , road accident , tiger woods

Gov’t forms team to set sugarcane prices

By Dennis Otieno,

The Ministry of Agriculture has moved a step closer in reviewing cane prices in the country. The government has appointed a nine-member team to ste...

sugarcane

Calm yet thorough, Mbungo out to reawaken sleeping giant Bandari

By Jacob Icia,

Jacob Icia at Mbaraki Sports Club Casa Mbungo is known for his trademark dressing , at least on match days. A sparkling white shirt, hitherto untuck...

Bandari , Casa Mbungo , FKF PL , League title

Pep ‘surprised’ by Man City’s winning run

By Agencies,

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he is surprised by his side's imperious run of form "when everyone is suffering in this world" as they extende...

Arsenal , manchester city , Pep Guardiola , Premier League leaders

Prominent Ugandan news websites implicated in gov’t-aligned social media campaign

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight and Alyssa Kann Seven Ugandan news websites were implicated in the January 8 Facebook takedown that involved government employees ...

bobi , Museveni , Uganda elections

OPINION: Reflecting on COVID-19 learnings and angling for recovery

By Guest Writer,

By Joshua Oigara It has been an exceptionally tough year behind us. The COVID-​19 pandemic has triggered the strongest economic contraction in...

coronavirus , oigara

Juma warns Bandari as Mbungo entertains familiar foe

By Jacob Icia,

@icia_jacob The last time Andre Casa Mbungo was on the pitch in a competitive Kenyan Premier League match involving AFC Leopards, he was the head coa...

AFC eopards , Bandari FC

Families agonise over school girls Dorothy Apiyo & Lena Nzembi who went missing in 2020

By Gatete Njoroge,

Pamela Adhiambo, a landscaper in Karen estate is lost in thought wondering where her daughter Dorothy Apiyo may be. It has been almost a year since...

Dorothy Apiyo , Lena Nzembi , Missing girl