- Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition Presidential candidate Raila Odinga says he will re-open the Kenya-Somalia border if elected President to allow unfettered trade between the two countries. Raila, who was campaigning in Wajir county, further pledged to invest in the manufacturing industry which…
- This year the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has partnered with StarTimes, the biggest pay-tv company in Nigeria, hosted the AMAA-StarTimes Short Film Festival (The Shorts). The event is organized to motivate young and promising filmmakers on the African continent by providing a bigger…
- Roots Party Presidential Candidate Prof. George Wajackoyah says he is not going to yield to pressure to drop his campaign to have Marijuana legalized. Prof Wajackoyah maintains that persons asking him to stop popularizing bhang have little knowledge about the plant and should therefore cease…
- Kenya Broadcasting Corporation-owned Mwago FM offered its passionate listeners a rare chance to rub shoulders with their favourite radio presenters. The station which conducted a two-day road show in the Counties of Tharaka Nithi and Meru is celebrating 10 years on the airwaves, with the fans…
- Dr. Dan Shikanda retained his seat for the second time as AFC Leopards chairman after garnering 429 votes against his only opponent Ronald Namai who got 282 votes. The club elections and Annual General Meeting,AGM, was held Sunday at Moi International Sports Centre Indoor Arena. Mombasa based…
- Arsenal have signed Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus on a five-year deal for £45million. The 25-year-old Brazilian has been linked with a move to the Emirates since the end of last season. Arteta is desperate for reinforcements up top after Alexandre Lacazette left for Lyon. Jesus scored 95…
- Kalle Rovanperä charged to his fourth FIA World Rally Championship victory in six rounds at Safari Rally Kenya on Sunday as Toyota Gazoo Racing team locked out the top four places. Only six of 12 WRC Rally1 cars completed the full rally distance in what proved to be the...
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- Sunday marked the 2nd and the final day of the first university drama festivals since the global disruption by Covid-19. The festival that brought together seven universities from the Central and Eastern regions of Kenya was organized and held at Kenyatta University’s Kitui Campus. University…
- United Democratic Forum party leader Cyrus Jirongo now says he will defy efforts by the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition to ask certain candidates within the outfit to withdraw their bids. Jirongo, who is vying for Kakamega governor’s position, reiterated that even though he is backing the…
- As delegates engaged in both raucous and amicable debates in Nairobi during the Fourth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework dubbed the “United Nations Biodiversity summit” scheduled for 21 – 26 June 2022, there is no doubt that governments and other…
- The planned elections for the Mombasa Muslim Bhadala Jamat Community were bungled Sunday after rival groups clashed. Police were forced to intervene as members of two rival camps eyeing the committee chairman position threw blows and kicks at each other. The fracas erupted after members of the…
- It was a rare chance for the Mwago FM fans an affiliate radio station of Kenya Broadcasting Cooperation when they got the opportunity to rub shoulders with their favourite presenters. The station which conducted a two day road show in the Counties of Tharaka Nithi and Meru is celebrating 10...
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- For two years a team of researchers interviewed Mau Mau veterans as well as historians. Mission? To document the history of Kenya’s independence struggle from the perspective of the Mau Mau. The outcome is a series of articles, books and documentaries launched under the banner MAU MAU CHRONICLES.…
- The Egg Traders Association of Kenya is threatening to file for contempt of court proceedings against the Kenya Revenue Authority for effecting a 25% excise duty on eggs. The Association’s Chair Julius Masinde says the move is not only against the trade protocols in the East African Community but…
- A total of 47 athletes have been selected following the conclusion of the national athletics trials at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani, Nairobi. The team will represent Kenya at the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA and the commonwealth games in Birmingham, UK.…
- Peter Wahome and Fridah Chepkite were crowned winners of this year’s edition of Lewa Marathon held today at the Lewa Conservancy. Peter Wahome clocked 2 hours, 24 minutes and 45 seconds to emerge the men’s 42km champion.
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- Finnish driver Kalle Rovanpera maintained his lead heading into the last day of the WRC Safari Rally Sunday, after dominating from start to finish on the third day in Naivasha. Rovanpera is sitting at the top of the rally, 40.3 seconds ahead of Briton Elfyn Evans while Japanese Takamoto Katsuta...…
- A number of women drawn from Narok County have been trained on modern ways of making beads, so as to make their work more attractive to the foreign markets. Speaking after holding a week-long workshop at a Narok hotel, the County Ushanga Kenya Initiative Chairperson, Rebecca Nkowua, said the move…
- The current monkeypox outbreak needs urgent response efforts but does not constitute an emergency of international scale, World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Health Regulations (IHR) Emergency Committee has concluded. “While a few Members expressed differing views, the committee…
- The second edition of the annual Hindu cultural day took place today at the premier club along Wangari Maathai Road (Formerly Forest Road) in Nairobi bringing together over two thousand Hindus from across the country to celebrate their unity, diversity and national integration. Last year, the event…
- A section of women candidates and political aspirants in Garissa County has expressed frustration of seeking elective seats in a region where negotiated democracy is highly entrenched. The women disclosed that most of them have been denied opportunities to run for political seats which have since…
- Russian forces have liberated 800 civilians from the Azot chemical plant in the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR), the head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, said on Saturday. “As many as 800 civilians have been liberated from the territory of the Azot chemical plant. The airport’s…
- Sports Cabinet Secretary Dr Amina Mohamed has rallied Kenyan fans to comply with safety requirements put in place by FIA as World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally enters the final day on Sunday in Naivasha. Amina who is a member of world motorsport council having been re-elected earlier this…
- United Democratic Alliance Presidential flag bearer William Ruto has once again reiterated his desire to end land issues in the Coast region. Ruto who was on his second-day tour of the region undertook to purchase land from absentee landlords in the Coast region and settle squatters on them if…
- Azimio la Umoja Presidential candidate Raila Odinga has asked residents of the border county of Mandera to rally behind his bid to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta. Raila who was in the company of his running mate Martha Karua, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and a host of Azimio Coalition leaders…
- Suspects linked to the killing of at least 40 people in a church in south-west Nigeria have been detained by a regional security force, the authorities there say. Gunmen stormed the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state, during a service earlier this month and opened fire. The suspects...…
- Russia will send nuclear-capable short-range missile systems to its ally Belarus in the coming months, President Vladimir Putin has said. He said Iskander-M systems “can fire ballistic and cruise missiles, both conventional and nuclear types”. The systems have a range of up to 500km (310 miles).…
- The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) is a global summit on climate change. This year it will be the 27th time that countries have come together to discuss every aspect of climate change, which is why it is called COP27 and will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh,...
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- An accident involving at least three vehicles occurred at the Nairobi Expressway, Mlolongo Toll Station occurred Saturday night. The Kenya National Highways Authority confirmed that the crash, the first major accident to be registered on the highway that was recently opened to the public, was…
- A total of 47 athletes have been selected following the conclusion of the national athletics trials at Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani, Nairobi. The team will represent Kenya at the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA and the commonwealth games in Birmingham, UK.…
- A section of Muslim clerics from the North Rift region has asked political leaders to stop ‘high jacking’ religious functions for own political expediency. The group instead wants members of the political class to demonstrate their true belief and support to religious activities. Speaking at Sokyot…
- President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday wrapped up his final Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) by attending an exclusive retreat at the Intare Conference Arena in Kigali. At the CHOGM retreat that traditionally precedes the close of the summit, the leaders underscored the need for…
- Interior Cabinet Sectary Dr. Fred Matiangi has announced a sting operation to apprehend gangs that have been terrorizing innocent Kenyans in some parts of the country. Speaking after attending a worship service at Ekerubo SDA church in Manga sub county, the interior CS singled out the Nakuru-…
- The BRICS countries held multiple high-level environmental conferences recently and have renewed their joint commitment to tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development. These countries, representing around 42 percent of the world population and one fifth of the global GDP, have…
- Finnish driver Kalle Rovanpera maintained his lead heading into the last day of the WRC Safari Rally Sunday, after dominating from start to finish on the third day in Naivasha. Rovanpera is sitting at the top of the rally, 40.3 seconds ahead of Briton Elfyn Evans while Japanese Takamoto...
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- Peter Wahome and Fridah Chepkite were crowned winners of this year’s edition of Lewa Marathon held today at the Lewa Conservancy. Peter Wahome clocked 2 hours, 24 minutes and 45 seconds to emerge the men’s 42km champion. In a rather slower race , Wahome defeated Philip Kigen who...
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- An unprecedented number of Kenyan students turned up for the Chinese proficiency contest held at the University of Nairobi on Friday. Over and above the 15 students from four Kenyan public universities who were active contestants in the talent show, hundreds others filled the famous Taifa Hall to…
- Kigumo member of parliament Wangari Mwaniki has promised to prioritise programmes aimed at promoting the growth and development of economy should she be re-elected area legislator in the upcoming polls. Kīgumo Mpo? Hello…. pic.twitter.com/YW6d96rryu — WANGARI MWANIKI, MP Kigumo (@WangariMwanikiR)…
- The current surge in the number of covid-19 infections in the country continues with another 427 people testing positive for the disease from a sample size of 3,291 tested in the last 24 hours. The latest figures maintaining positivity rate at above 13pc and the total confirmed positive cases in…
- The gaming firm Spotika has announced their sponsorship pledge to local top flight side AFC Leopards with the deal set to cover the entire Kenyan Premier League season as the official title sponsor and shirt sponsor to a tune of Ksh60million. The partnership with the Kenyan giants that is subject…
- Fish farmers in Lambwe West location within Homa Bay County are apprehensive after one of them was left counting losses after his entire stock was consumed by unknown disease. This comes after one Joseph Onyango, a fish farmer in Kisaka Beach lost all his fish early this month under mysterious...…
- A total of 123,963 candidates who sat the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination have secured placements at various universities this year, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has said. This constitutes 85.8pc of the 144,466 Kenyan citizen candidates who attained a mean Grade of…
- Do you have plans to travel outside the country anytime soon? Well, for new travelers, having necessary documents like passport and visa are mandatory. However, having a passport will not guarantee you safe passage due to the fact that the country you are travelling to has authorize your entry,…
- There is a “real risk” of multiple famines in 2022 and next year can be even worse, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday in a video message to the international ministerial conference on global food security in Berlin. “There is a clear risk that multiple famines will be...
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- Garissa Township lawmaker Aden Duale hit out at Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Polycarp Igathe over alleged profiling of the Somali community for political expediency. Duale was reacting to recent remarks made by Igathe during a meeting with members of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance to the…
- Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition flag bearer Raila Odinga has once again assured traders in second-hand clothes that his government will not impose a ban on their importation should he win the August 9, 2022 elections. Raila gave the assurance during a meeting with the national representatives…
- The states of California, Oregon, and Washington on Friday issued a joint commitment to protect access to abortion and other reproductive healthcare in response to the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision and return the ability to restrict abortions to states,…
- United Democratic Alliance Presidential candidate William Ruto returned to the Coast region to drum up support for his bid promising to deal with historical land issues should he succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta this year. According to Ruto who held rallies in Mombasa, Taita Taveta, and Kwale…
- Lamu law courts have destroyed bhang and illicit drugs with a street value of Sh900,000 in a move aimed at discouraging the sale of illicit substances within the county. The bhang haul was part of a consignment confiscated in the county over the last year in whose cases have been...
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- The Ministry of Petroleum and Mining in collaboration with the National Oil Corporation (NOCK) has rolled out a project dubbed ‘Mwananchi LPG project’ to benefit 60,000 low-income households with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders in Nairobi County. The beneficiaries who will be drawn from…
