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WFP, Gov’t set up cash transfers for Mombasa families hit by COVID-19
By Citizen Reporter,
1055, October 30, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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Cities reboot: Will adapting to COVID-19 change urban life for good?
By Reuters,
1811, October 29, 2020 (EAT)
Downtowns are deserted and happy hour is history as a second coronavirus wave hits cities from London to Kuala Lumpur. This is leaving futurologist...
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Zimbabweans turn to sex work amid economic crisis and COVID
By Reuters,
1149, October 29, 2020 (EAT)
Dressed in a miniskirt and blouse, Esther Kamupunga stood in semi-darkness waiting for men looking for sex - the latest Zimbabwean to lose her job in ...
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President Kenyatta says BBI is a platform to fix pressing national challenges
By PSCU,
1911, October 26, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the BBI report provides longterm solutions to pressing challenges holding back the country from progress such as dis...
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‘Watajua hawajui… We can stop reggae,’ DP Ruto warns BBI proponents
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1858, October 25, 2020 (EAT)
Deputy President William Ruto has warned that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) could hit a dead end if the conversation around proposals in the r...
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After almost quitting football, Chelsea’s Mendy eager to fulfil potential
By Reuters,
1208, October 23, 2020 (EAT)
Edouard Mendy is relishing the chance to showcase his talent at Chelsea but the Senegal keeper says he almost gave up football six years ago after his...
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Constitutional consensus key to equity & national unity, President Kenyatta says
By PSCU,
1738, October 20, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for a constitutional consensus that accommodates all communities and entrenches equity and national unity. The ...
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Rise in Malawi suicide cases linked to COVID-19
By VOA,
1116, October 17, 2020 (EAT)
Malawi suicide cases have increased by 57% since the start the coronavirus pandemic. Psychologists blame loss of hope in dealing with social distan...
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Kenyan economy shrinks for the first time since September 2008
By Kepha Muiruri,
1759, October 15, 2020 (EAT)
The Kenyan economy contracted for the first time since the third quarter of 2008 as second quarter growth dropped to a negative 5.7 per cent from a po...
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Kenya tipped to escape recession on economic diversity
By Kepha Muiruri,
926, October 12, 2020 (EAT)
As the majority of countries fall into recession this year, Kenya has been tipped to escape contraction this year from its broad based economic struct...
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A shocking number of women are dropping out of U.S. workforce
By CNN,
907, October 8, 2020 (EAT)
Hundreds of thousands of women — nearly eight times more than the number of men — dropped out of the US labor force last month, as the pandemic co...
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Unemployment is biggest risk over the next 10 years, business leaders say
By Reuters,
944, October 8, 2020 (EAT)
Unemployment is seen as the biggest worry over the next 10 years for business executives around the world, closely followed by concern about the sprea...
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‘Speak boldly against corruption,’ President Kenyatta tells religious leaders
By PSCU,
1131, September 26, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has encouraged religious leaders to speak consistently and openly in condemnation of the vices slowing down Kenya's progress....
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Survey: COVID-19 has wiped out 80 per cent of private sector jobs created since 2015
By Kepha Muiruri,
1601, September 25, 2020 (EAT)
The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out 80 per cent of all formal private sector jobs created since 2015, this is according to a new survey by the Federat...
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New bill to anchor local startups growth, regulation
By Kepha Muiruri,
917, September 24, 2020 (EAT)
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja has developed the Startup Bill, 2020 which seeks to provide a framework to encourage growth and sustainable technology ...
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Horticulture tipped to lift Kenya’s economic rebound
By Kepha Muiruri,
1438, September 17, 2020 (EAT)
The horticulture sector has been tipped to guide the rebound of the Kenyan economy as the country rediscovers growth amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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Kenyans keen on multiple jobs as pandemic wipes out personal incomes
By Kepha Muiruri,
1538, September 14, 2020 (EAT)
The majority of Kenyans have opted to pursue multiple income streams as a fix to their financial plight resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Accor...
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Local firms continue cutting jobs despite rebounding economy
By Kepha Muiruri,
2038, September 3, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s private sector has continued shedding jobs in spite of an improving macro-economic environment supported by an ease of COVID-19 restrictions...
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Kenya’s unemployment rate doubles as 1.7M lose jobs between April and June-KNBS
By Kepha Muiruri,
1221, September 1, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s unemployment rate grew two times between April and June as 1,716,604 Kenyans lost jobs in the period. According to the just released quar...
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‘Pack and go!’ Ruto tells off Jubilee leaders for backing Raila
By DPPS,
1759, August 29, 2020 (EAT)
Deputy President William Ruto has asked a section of Jubilee leaders not contented with the party affairs to quit. He said it was absurd that some of...
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