Two women convicted after plucking black-jack for rabbits at Embu farm

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Two middle-aged women will serve two-months non-custodial sentences after they were found guilty of trespassing into a shamba and picking black-jack (...

black jack , embu

Duale survives the axe as Benjamin Washiali, Cecily Mbarire are kicked out

By Tonny Ndungu,

Aden Duale, the Majority Leader in the National Assembly on Tuesday survived the ongoing Jubilee Party purge. Duale was among 212 MPs who attended ...

duale

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe promises to expose criminals inside Afya House

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday promised to expose and weed out a few unscrupulous public officials within his ministry engaged in ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe , ministry of health

JKUAT students Michael Mwaisakenyi and Kenneth Gichira win Ksh.854K Microsoft digital award

By Citizen Reporter,

Two students, Michael Mwaisakenyi and Kenneth Gichira, from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology are the regional winners of the 18t...

Imagine Cup Competition , JKUAT , Microsoft Build Digital , Mwaisakenyi

Smoking weed raises risk of Covid-19

By CNN,

If you're smoking weed to ease your stress during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say it's time to think twice. Smoking marijuana, even occasiona...

coronavirus , weed

National Bank of Kenya sheds off Ksh.6.3 billion bad loans after buyout

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Bank of Kenya (NBK), a KCB Group subsidiary has trimmed its share of gross non-performing loans by Ksh.6.3 billion to Ksh.25.2 billion ac...

KCB Group , National Bank of Kenya (NBK)

Sonko defends takeover of Nairobi County functions by National Gov’t

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko on Wednesday strongly defended the takeover of key Nairobi County functions by the National Government saying it is part o...

Mike Sonko , nairobi county

KOT offer suggestions to preacher who found bhang growing near his house

By Tonny Ndungu,

Outspoken man of God Timothy Njoya says he has given up uprooting bhang plants deposited by flood waters along the Ngong River Bank. Njoya says he ...

Laikipia county lays off 176 employees in cost-cutting move

By Tonny Ndungu,

Laikipia County is set to lay off 176 staff members who have been declared redundant in a move the county says is geared reducing the wage bill. Th...

Make Kiambu Great Again: Governor James Nyoro’s grand plan

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kiambu Governor James Nyoro has taken the reins of Kiambu County from his former boss Ferdinard Waititu, vowing to make Kiambu great again. In his ...

Governor Nyoro , Kiambu Governor James Nyoro

Gov’t releases Ksh.4.3B for Inua Jamii beneficiaries

By Agencies,

The Government has released Ksh.4.37 billion for payment to beneficiaries enrolled in the cash transfer programmes. The money, channeled through th...

Uhuru delivers Jamhuri Day blow to Sonko’s Senate lawyers, Sossion

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said public servants should stop working in private establishments. Speaking during the 55th Jamhuri Day celebrations ...

Kipchumba Murkomen , mutula kilonzo , Sonko , Uhuru kenyatta

Family Bank records Ksh.704 million nine-month profit

By Kepha Muiruri,

Family Bank has announced a near four-fold jump in profit for the first nine months of the year to Ksh.704.6 million signalling the lender’s continu...

Family bank , nse , Rebecca Mbithi

Eliud Kipchoge confident of breaking two-hour marathon barrier

By Agencies,

Eliud Kipchoge says he hopes to show there are "no limits" by becoming the first person to break the two-hour marathon barrier on Saturday. The Ken...

Austra , Eliud Kipchoge , INEOS 1:59 Challenge , sub-two , Vienna

Treasury warns of painful cuts to Ministry budgets

By Kepha Muiruri,

The National Treasury has urged Ministries and State Departments (MDAs) to brace for painful budget cuts as the budget making process for the 2020/21 ...

2020/2021 budget , National Treasury , recurrent expenditure

President Kenyatta makes extensive tour of development projects in South Coast

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday made an extensive tour of several development projects in parts of Kwale County. The President who was accompa...

Gen. Samson Mwathethe , Kwale County , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Five arrested for selling ‘weed cookies’ to students in Voi

By Julius Joho,

Police officers in Voi, Taita Taveta County, are holding five men who were allegedly caught in possession of biscuits laced with bhang, popularly know...

Saidi Kiprotich , Taita Taveta County. , Weed Cookies

Betting firms, reduced investments deny KRA Ksh.1.77 trillion target

By Kepha Muiruri,

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has announced a new Ksh.1.58 trillion tax collection record for the period closing June 30,2019 to keep with the tax...

Githii Mburu , KRA , National Treasury

Central American migrants plead to seek asylum in U.S., not Mexico

By Reuters,

Several Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States were allowed to return there on Thursday after being forced to wait in one of Me...

asylum , Mexico , Pilgrims , South American migrants , U.S

Private sector calls for increased effort in fight against corruption

By Citizen Reporter,

Business Managers and entrepreneurs in the country have called for more concerted efforts in the war against corruption, further vowing to enhance the...

corruption , Fatma El Maawy , KEPSA , Lee Karuri , private sector