In a wide-ranging interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni spoke about recent election-related violence following the arrest of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine, the insurrection at the US Capitol, and whether he …
Emirates Airline has appointed Christophe Leloup as the new Country Manager for Kenya. The role will see Leloup leading the airline’s operations, customer sales and promotions, cargo and airport operations …
BAT’s US Biotech arm, Kentucky BioProcessing (KBP) today announced plans to commence a Phase I, the first-time-in-human study of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate following approval of its Investigational New Drug …
Amidst calls for social distancing and avoiding the use of cash owing to curb the spread of Covid-19, the Government has moved to charge Kenyans for opting for safer online …
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) has upgraded its Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) System at a cost of 198.9 million shillings to ensure the timely flow of Aeronautical Information necessary …
An unprecedented leak of internal Chinese documents to CNN reveals for the first time what China knew in the opening weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, but did not tell the …
Revenue Authority (KRA) held an online session to enlighten Kenyans on the implementation of the Digital Services Tax (DST), leaving participants with more questions than answers. The DST is expected …
KENYA is falling behind the rest of the world in the battle to save the lives of millions of smokers, the Campaign for Safer Alternatives (CASA) warns today. A new …
LG Electronics in partnership with Opalnet Limited have donated PuriCare wearable air purifiers worth Kshs 5 million to the Kenya Medical Association (KMA) for further distribution to medical workers at …
Murangá – based food processor, Del Monte Kenya Limited (DMKL) has officially launched its Women’s Health and Empowerment program with a six-day employee awareness campaign offering free Reproductive Health Cancers …
As Covid-19 continues to sweep across the country, and as businesses continue to struggle the remain afloat in the face of the pandemic that no one knows when it will …
In a bid to support Kenyan cancer patients, a global beauty firm has raised over 8 billion shillings to be distributed to 250 medical research institutions globally, through the Breast …
BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe), was named Global Agency of the Year at PRovoke Media’s 2020 Global SABRE Awards ceremony, which was held virtually on October 21. The global communications agency, …
Makini Schools has announced the creation of new roles within the school, as the institution continues to build capacity toward providing quality education aligned to the education requirements of the …
The efficiency in response to aeronautical Search and Rescue is set to improve drastically after the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) launched an automated Aeronautical Search and Rescue System at …
At the virtual 24th Annual General Meeting, Civil Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) announced the appointment of Captain Gilbert Macharia Kibe as the new Executive Committee Chair. Capt. Kibe, the …
In an interview with CNN’s Max Foster, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, discussed the launch of a decade-long prize initiative to reward and highlight solutions to environmental problems around the world. The Earthshot Prize will …
Fresh Del Monte Produce announced that its subsidiary Fresh Del Monte Kenya has partnered with the UN women’s health and empowerment program. By the year 2024 Del Monte Kenya has …
Absa Bank Kenya PLC has been recognized as the first bank in Kenya to join the Kenya Green Building Society (KGBS) as a champion for initiatives that promote the green …
The horticulture industry in Kenya is optimistic about quick recovery as global space slowly opens after the Covid-19 disruption. Export earnings hit KSh72 billion between January and May 2020, up …
According to “The State of Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services” report four billion people around the world still lack access to clean, efficient, convenient, safe, reliable, and affordable cooking …
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) the state corporation in charge of regulating the Aviation industry and providing Air Navigation Services has shared an updated list of states and territories …
The coming of Covid-19 has affected virtually every sector in Kenya. Thousands of businesses have shut down after it became difficult for them to remain afloat and thousands of others …
A Standard Chartered survey finds that COVID-19 is significantly impacting personal finances globally, with one-third (65% in Kenya) already earning less and more than half expecting the pandemic to further …
Visa, the global leader in payments, has appointed Eva Ngigi-Sarwari as its new Country Manager for Kenya. Eva will serve as the Senior Business Development Leader and Country Manager for …
A Bill that seeks to bring “through the back door” the previously proposed and rejected a merger between troubled Kenya Airways and the Kenya Airports Authority, is before Parliament. This …
Kenya as over 500,000 teachers. The majority of teachers in Kenya are employed by the government through the Teachers Service Commission. The rest of the teachers are employed either by …
Students both in primary and secondary schools are at home. The government hopes that the schools might be able to resume in January 2021. But with the way the pandemic …
A leading expert in tobacco harm reduction, Samrat Chowdhery, today stated that nicotine alternative products could help to wipe out the disease burden from smoking across the continent if Governments …
Members of the Kenya UK Diaspora community have sent a passionate appeal to the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to fast track investigation and bring to book the killers …
Dr. Mordecai Ogada, in a long Facebook post, said that he and his family were harassed by the security officers at the OL Jogi Conservancy. He said as he drove …
Minet Kenya, the administrator of the Teacher Service Commission (TSC) Medical Scheme, has enlisted additional 32 medical service providers under the scheme, bringing the tally to over 500 unique facilities spread …
Nestlé Kenya has moved to provide a hot beverage break for frontline health workers managing COVID-19 patients by installing Nescafé vending machines at Kenyatta University Hospital and the Infectious Disease …
The land lease dispute between the giant company Del Monte and the residents of Kiambu County has attracted the eye of President Uhuru Kenyatta who has directed the Ministry of …
A resident from Gatundu South constituency has filed a petitioning seeking to have the area MP Moses Kuria declared unfit to hold public office. Elijah Gicharu Kimani is accusing the …
Murangá based food and beverage processor – Del Monte Kenya Limited (DMKL) has launched a 6-bed holding/isolation room to be used in the event of employees exhibiting COVID – 19 …
Thika based food and beverage processing company – Capwell Industries Limited, has donated 550 bales of Soko maize meal to Laikipia County Government emergency response team as part of the …
Even as the world awaits the elusive Corona Virus vaccine, and Kenya inches towards the 5000 confirmed cases mark (current tally at 4738), things are getting real. The total deaths …
Just two weeks ago, The Business Watch published an article with information on a plan to reintroduce the 14% VAT on cooking gas, a proposal made by the Cabinet Secretary …
By Brian Wafula The African Union (AU) had earlier endorsed Kenya for the seat but Djibouti was unsatisfied and conducted parallel campaigns for the position allocated for Africa. After 191 …
The Nairobi Women’s Hospital (NWH) officially launched its 34 bed COVID-19 isolation and treatment center in the Ongata Rongai Branch, a suburb of Kajiado County. The move is expected to …
By Brian Wafula Kenya has made great moves when it comes to making available clean cooking energy in the past couple of years. Commitment has been noted by the government …
The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) data show that the 68 public and private institutions admitted 122,831 students against available space for 145,129. This leaves Kenyan universities …
With the gradual increase of COVID – 19 infections across the country, Nestlé Kenya has stepped in to support the Kenya Red Cross Society and International Federation of Red Cross …
By Brian Wafula Kenya might not be amongst the countries with the highest imposed tax rates, but at this rate of taxation, it is almost clear that individuals living below …
Sanda Ojiambo, Safaricom’s (NSE: SCOM) Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact has been appointed as the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative. …
Thanks to customer donations, the Emirates Airline Foundation positively impacted the lives and livelihoods of 768 people living in some of the most impoverished communities across Kenya. The Foundation supported …
Raila Odinga is set to lead Jubilee’s economic recovery agenda in a looming cabinet reshuffle that is aimed at rooting out Cabinet Secretaries associated with Deputy President William Ruto. According …
The President of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina has said that the World Health Organization (WHO) offered him a bribe of 20 million dollars for him to have the Madagascar’s cure for …
Did Bill Gates pay a whopping 10 million dollars to the President of Nigeria to have him allow the Covid-19 made mandatory to all Nigerians? Based on reports in Nigeria, …
News that the government, through the Ministry of Education is planning to reopen schools in June amid the rising cases of Covid-19 should not just make sacred but mad, angry, …
The President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, on April 20th, unveiled an organic natural tonic extract that is believed to cure coronavirus. The remedy, named COVID-ORGANICS, whose principal ingredients are derived …
Murangá based food and beverage processor – Del Monte Kenya Limited, has stepped up its humanitarian efforts in response to the COVID – 19 pandemics, by donating 7,140 cans of …
Following the stepping aside of Dr. Felix Wanjala as Nairobi Women’s Hospital CEO, the board has appointed a three-member-team to take over the running of the hospital in the interim. …
On January 28 this week, Magistrate Ojoo from the Kibera Law Courts ruled that Mr. Samuel Nderitu Wakanyua, the Dean of Students at Catholic University of East Africa, has a …
The Kikao Kikuu forum by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is in Embu County to deliberate on a wide range of issues in the telecommunications sector, especially in the …
A kid who is born in Kenya today, has debts he/she is likely to pay until he/she is 70 years old. With the just concluded census for 2019, and dividing …
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is the regulatory authority for the communications sector in Kenya. The authority ensures that consumers are not exploited and get the best out of …
A recent report by Informa Markets has highlighted that the Kenyan private health sector will be key in the national adoption of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme. Through its …
The Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA) is dead but the owners keep on thinking that it is in a coma and it will rise soon. Maybe they are planning …
What are taxes? Why should you pay them? Who should pay them? The truth is, if taxes were optional, no one would ever pay them. Nonetheless, Kenyans pay taxes. Some …
The Kenyan judicial system has an old antiquated record of prolonging cases for years without concluding them on time. There are cases that stay in courts for years with those …
65% of Africa is made up of the people between the ages of 18 and 35 and in an article titled ‘Promise or Peril?’ by Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident …
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