Kenya
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:54:40 GMTBakers Cut Bread Prices On Competition From Supermarket Bakeries
[Nation] Bakers have sliced bread prices by Sh5 on the stiff competition by supermarket in-store bakeries, hurting their profit margins in the wake of the prevailing high global cost of wheat.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:14:08 GMTUN Aid Workers Stopped From Going to Tigray, Allege Harassment at Airport
[Nation] Aid workers say they were stopped by security officials at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport on Thursday afternoon, ahead of their flight to Tigray region in northern Ethiopia.
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:54:44 GMTDrugs Women Are Abusing in Backstreet Abortions
[Nation] Women are increasingly resorting to prescription drugs to terminate pregnancies, causing them untold suffering.
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:54:43 GMTCemeteries Turned Into Dumpsites in Mombasa
[Nation] The dead in Mombasa are not sleeping in peace, as graveyards are choked with garbage.
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:35:40 GMTExperience, Promise Could Carry 'Shujaa' All the Way in Tokyo
[Nation] In Tokyo, Japan
Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:35:30 GMTHow Dick Wathika Bet His Capital On SportPesa and Paid the Price
[Nation] Dick Wathika was a man with a good heart. Though troubled, his heart was healthy.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:29 GMTWoman Uasu Chair Shows Shifting of Gender Terrain
[Nation] In the national poll held in Nakuru County recently, lecturers picked Nakuru lawyer and Kisii University law lecturer Grace Nyongesa as the first woman chair of University Academic Staff Union (Uasu) to succeed long-serving chair Muga K'Olal...
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 08:55:44 GMTPrison Warder Arrested in Kisii for Detonating a Teargas at a Bar
[Capital FM] Kisii -- A prison warder attached to Kendu Bay main prison was on Thursday detained at the Kenyenya Police Station for allegedly causing disturbance at a local restaurant by detonating a teargas.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:24 GMTLeaders Oppose Planned Eviction in Chetambe Hills
[Nation] Leaders and residents of Webuye East constituency have opposed plans by the government to evict families living in Chetambe Hills.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:21 GMTBreath of Fresh Air for Unchained Lionesses
[Nation] Tokyo -- With the unbridled agility of erstwhile caged Lionesses being released into the wild, Kenya's women's rugby team players tasted freedom Thursday afternoon for the first time in their 14-day quarantine period, holding a refreshing ev...
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:18 GMTPolice Probe Political Link to Deadly Attacks in Isiolo
[Nation] Police in Isiolo are investigating claims that politicians are linked to violence that has rocked the area for the last three months, leading to the deaths of 21 people, in bid to bring to book the faceless people behind the killings.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:15 GMTCJ Martha Koome Names Judges to Hear KTDA, Tea Sector Reform Cases
[Nation] Tea farmers and other stakeholders cab breathe a sight of relief after Chief Justice Martha Koome named a three-judge bench to determine eight cases related to recent policy changes.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:15 GMTHe Was Our Children's Football Coach, Parents Say of Serial Killer
[Nation] "We knew him but we never imagined that he would harm our children in any way."
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:12 GMTWhat Team Kenya Will Wear at Tokyo Games Opening Ceremony
[Nation] Tokyo -- "A global print on a global platform with a global winner."
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:09 GMTMPs Oppose Plan to Write Off State Firms' Sh84.2 Billion Loans
[Nation] MPs have questioned the government's move to write off Sh84.28 billion in dormant loans owed by at least 17 State corporations because they are unable to repay them, even as the amounts advanced to them continue to increase.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:06 GMTKenyatta Vows to Resolve Water, Land Issues in Coast Before His Term Ends
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to deliver two key projects in the Coast region before his term ends next year.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:18:03 GMT'Commander' Okoth Leads Troops Into Tokyo Ring
[Nation] Tokyo -- Boxing captain Nick Okoth is expected to lead from the front as he launches Kenya's Olympics campaign in the ring with an opening bout against Mongolia's Tsendbaater Erdenebat on Saturday afternoon.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:58 GMTBlow to Team Kenya As Kamworor Ruled Out of Tokyo Olympics
[Nation] Team Kenya camp was on Thursday hit by a major blow after 2015 World 10,000m silver medallist Geoffrey Kamworor was ruled out of Tokyo Olympics with an injury.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:55 GMTCaroline Kangogo's Father Meets Family of Her Alleged Victim, John Ogweno
[Nation] The father of Corporal Caroline Kangogo on Thursday met with the family of slain Police Constable John Ogweno to officially give his condolences.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:52 GMTKenya Reports 801 New Covid-19 Cases as Recoveries Rise By 481
[Nation] The number of Covid-19 infections in the country on Thursday rose to 195,111 after 801 people tested positive for the virus. The figure was from a sample size of 5,850 tested in the last 24 hours. With the new infections, the positivity rate...
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:49 GMTCourt Stops Kenya Power From Effecting NYS Meter Reading Deal
[Nation] The Employment and Labour Relations Court has restrained Kenya Power from implementing a meter reading deal with the National Youth Service (NYS) after more than 300 of the utility firm's workers, mostly meter readers, rushed to court to sto...
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:46 GMTGuard Who Killed Colleague Jailed for Only Seven Months
[Nation] A security guard who killed a colleague over a phone charger in Thika six years ago will be jailed for only seven months, thanks to the time already served in custody.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:42 GMTTarmacked Ukunda Road to Boost Trade and Tourism
[Nation] The Kwale County government has upgraded several roads, changing the fortunes of communities and investors in this coastal region.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:39 GMTMan Hacks Son to Death in Meru
[Nation] Police in Igembe Central constituency in Meru County are holding a man who on Tuesday, slashed his 22 year old son to death over a family dispute.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:37 GMTHow Water Pans Have Ended Reliance on Relief Food for Tiaty Residents
[Nation] At dusk on her small farm in Ngo'ron village, Tiaty West sub-county, Baringo, Eveline Pkemei hums as she plucks her flourishing sukuma wiki vegetables grown in neat rows.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:35 GMTMurdered Conservationist Joannah Stutchbury's Son Had Feared for Her Safety
[Nation] The police are reluctant to say whether they have identified any suspects in the murder of conservationist Joannah Stutchbury that occurred last Thursday evening at her home in Kiambu.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:33 GMTCounties in Trouble Over Illegal Cess Collection
[Nation] Most of the 47 counties are staring at potential lawsuits over millions, possibly billions, of shillings they have been illegally collecting from motorists and traders.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:32 GMTTeachers Flock TSC Seeking Transfers From Marsabit After Attack
[Nation] Dozens of non-local teachers working in Marsabit County have since Monday flocked TSC offices seeking to be transferred to other regions.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:29 GMTPresident Uhuru Kenyatta Puts Kemri, Ministry On Notice Over Corruption
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta has put Ministry of Health and Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) officials on notice, telling them they will have to account for every shilling that comes from the National Treasury and donors.
Fri, 23 Jul 2021 05:17:26 GMTMunya Told to Give Evidence of Claims of Coffee Theft in Meru
[Nation] The chairman of Meru County Coffee Millers Cooperative, Zablon Mbaabu, has challenged Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya to table evidence over his claims that the society was behind the recent spate of coffee theft.