CS Magoha now says teachers on duty will be held responsible for school fires

By Citizen Reporter,

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha now says school principals and teachers on duty will be held accountable for incidents of student unre...

KNUT , Prof. George Magoha , school fires , Wilson Sossion

NACADA links school unrest to drug abuse among students

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has linked the recent wave school unrest to drug abuse among students....

NACADA

Bungoma High School dormitory razed in dawn inferno

By Namisi Cheptai,

Students from Bungoma High School on Friday morning reportedly burned their dormitory down,. This makes it a total of seven schools to be razed down ...

Bungoma High School

CS Magoha orders expelled students not to be admitted in other schools

By Citizen Reporter,

Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha, says expelled students should not be admitted in other schools. Magoha, who was on a visit at ...

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KUPPET wants teachers provided with guns, boarding schools be phased out

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) wants the government to provide security training for teachers deployed in volatile region...

KUPPET

DCI warns students against crime after 5 schools shut over fire incidents

By Makori Ongechi,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is warning students against taking part in any criminal activity in institutions following incidents ...

CS George Magoha , DCI , school fires

Chesamisi Boys High School closed following students riot

By Ben Kirui,

Chesamisi Boys High School has been closed indefinitely following a night of riots by students who destroyed property of unknown value. The student...

Chesamisi

African consumers hit as Asia gobbles up rice supplies

By Reuters,

Tightening global supplies of basic foodstuffs and disruptions to shipping caused by the coronavirus pandemic are driving up the cost of rice, the mos...

coronavirus , Rice

Bobi Wine, still under house arrest, says no food left for relative’s baby

By Citizen Reporter,

Besieged opposition leader Bobi Wine has revealed that he has been under house arrest with an 18 month-old-baby whose food has run out. Taking to T...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Mandera Governor Ali Roba clashes with security officials over Al Shabaab presence

By Raquel Muigai,

Mandera Governor Ali Roba has accused the security forces in the county of laxity, leading to increasingly high levels of insecurity in the region. ...

Al Shabaab , Governor Ali Roba , insecurity , Mandera

Trump impeached for ‘inciting’ riot at the US Capitol

By CNN,

The House voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time in a swift and bipartisan condemnation of the President's role inciting ...

Donald Trump , US Capitol

President Trump impeached again in historic House vote

By CNN,

The House voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump for a second time in a swift and bipartisan condemnation of the President's role inciting ...

Biden , Trump

CEO arrested for breaching U.S. Capitol during Trump-fueled insurrection

By CNN,

The CEO of a Chicago company said he was arrested after breaching the U.S. Capitol during Wednesday's Trump-fueled insurrection in Washington, DC. ...

capitol , Cogensia , Trump

UN officials say fair elections unlikely in Uganda

By VOA,

U.N. officials warn prevailing political conditions in Uganda are stacked against the likelihood of free and fair parliamentary and presidential elect...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Trump asking aides and lawyers about self-pardon power

By CNN,

President Donald Trump has been asking aides and lawyers, including White House counsel Pat Cipollone, about his self-pardon power, multiple sources...

Pat Cipollone , President Donald Trump , Self pardon

Security forces killed at least 76 in Ethiopia unrest after musician’s killing: Rights body

By Reuters,

Ethiopia’s state-appointed human rights commission said on Friday that security forces killed at least 76 people and wounded nearly 200 during viole...

Abiy Ahmed , Ethiopia , Haacaaluu Hundeessaa , tigray

African free trade bloc opens for business, but challenges remain

By Reuters,

African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavir...

AfCFTA

Students from Matungulu Boys who were ‘tired of books’ return to school

By Enock Muswii,

Some of the KCSE candidates of Matungulu Boys High School in Kangundo Sub who stormed out of the institution began to return on Friday. Reports ind...

Matungulu

Death toll rises to 28 in Uganda, 577 detained over Bobi Wine protests

By Reuters,

28 people have died and 577 have been detained in unrest in Uganda triggered by the arrest of presidential candidate and pop star Bobi Wine, police sa...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

OPINION: Why affordable housing is a game changer

By Guest Writer,

Home ownership in Kenya has generally been reserved for wealthy individuals with considerable disposable income and for bankers who have access to loa...