EACC probes over Ksh.500M paid by Nairobi County as legal fees

By Citizen Reporter,

The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) is probing suspect payouts made as legal fees by the Nairobi County Government to 10 law firms in Nai...

nairobi county

Cops arrest Nicholas Luka accused of butchering his friend, cremating body

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has arrested a murder suspect Nicholas Luka who killed his friend Simon Mwangangi on January 13. A police...

crime

22-year-old varsity student Mercy Wangari confesses to killing her grandmother

By Citizen Reporter,

Mercy Wangari aged 22 years old is now being treated as the main suspect in the murder of her 72-year-old granny. Details are now emerging that the ...

Slum dwellers battle COVID-19 downturn with virtual currency

By Reuters,

Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered. As...

coronavirus , sarafu

Kiambu murders: Parents urged to monitor children as Warunge family of four laid to rest

By Hassan Mugambi,

U.S-based businessman Nicholas Warunge, his wife, son and nephew were on Saturday afternoon buried at their home in Karura Ka Murimu area of Kiambu Co...

Karura Ka Murimu , Kiambu County , Lawrence Warunge , murder , Nicholas Warunge

PROFILE: Jane Gitau, opening doors for other women

By Guest Writer,

Jane Gitau is the Head of Corporate Communication at the Kenya Seed Company and the Chair of Greenbelt Movement, Kenya. She is a Chevening Scholar ...

greenbelt , maathai

Probe after man faints, dies during sex in Dandora

By Ian Omondi,

Police officers in Dandora are investigating the mysterious circumstances under which a man died while having sexual relations with his girlfriend. ...

City Mortuary , Dandora , KNH employee

Low profit margin firms ‘punished’ in minimum tax roll out

By Kepha Muiruri,

High turnover but low profit margin yielding firms are expected to see the bitter end of the minimum tax effected at the start of the year. This is...

minimum tax , National Treasury

Truck driver who reported theft of coffee bags now key suspect

By Citizen Reporter,

A truck driver who reported the theft of 324 bags of coffee enroute to Mombasa from Kampala is in custody as the key suspect in the case. The Direc...

Coffee , Theft , truck driver

2,000 mourners expected as Nyagarama’s body arrives in Nyamira for burial

By Citizen Team,

The body of the late Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama has arrived at his home in Riamanoti, Borabu constituency, ahead of his State Funeral today aboar...

County Commissioner Amos Muriba , governor John Nyagarama , Nyamira County , Sstate Funeral

Government to enhance regulations governing Saccos

By Citizen Reporter,

The government has begun a process of enhancing regulations governing the country’s co-operatives sector. State Department of Co-operatives Princ...

Ali Noor Ismail

Body of Dr. Stephen Mogusu to be released to the family, hospital says

By Citizen Reporter,

The body of Dr. Stephen Mogusu is to be released to the family after the government cleared the hospital bill. A letter from the Kenyatta Universit...

coronavirus , Stephen Mogusu

Cyclist plots Nairobi-Mombasa charity ride

By Mkalla Wa Mwambodze,

Kenyan cyclist Suleiman Kangangi has planned a three-day charity trip from which he expects to raise one million shillings for Project of Hope Childre...

Suleiman Kangangi

English Premier League, coronavirus among top trending searches in 2020

By Citizen Reporter,

The English Premier League and the U.S. elections were the number one and two trending search queries on Google in 2020. Also Read: ‘Disgrace’ ...

coronavirus , English Premier League , google search , Trends , U.S elections

KEMSA to start releasing PPEs after Cabinet approval: Health Ministry

By Edwin Obuya,

The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) is expected to start releasing Personal Protective Equipment from their warehouses by Friday, the Health ...

coronavirus , KEMSA

Plans underway to assist the late Dr Stephen Mogusu’s family: CAS

By Citizen Reporter,

Plans are underway to assist the family of the late Dr Stephen Mogusu who succumbed to COVID-19 on Monday, the Health Ministry has said. Speaking d...

coronavirus , mogusu

COVID-19 in Kenya: Death toll hits 1,545 after 14 more succumb

By Tabitha Rotich,

The death toll from COVID-19 in Kenya has risen to 1,545 after 14 more patients succumbed to the virus. Health CAS Mercy Mwangangi however noted th...

coronavirus , mwangangi

Doctors union wants Gov’t to cater for hospital bills

By Tabitha Rotich,

Kenyan doctors are now demanding that the Ministry of Health (MoH) caters for outstanding bills and compensate families of deceased medics. Dr. Chi...

coronavirus , KMPDU , mogusu

OPINION: Media a critical player in ending impunity in GBV

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire While the Kenyan law outlaws a lot of traditional harmful practices that for many years have enabled perpetuation of gender inequal...

GBV , Two-Thirds Gender bill. , Women in news

President Uhuru Kenyatta: We must eliminate the idea that women are sexual objects

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Kenyans to step up the fight against gender based violence (GBV) saying women must be treated with respect. ...

GBV , sexual harassment , SGBV