Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay ready for Madaraka Day celebrations expected to address plight of fisherman on Lake Victoria
Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo was accompanied by Governor Gladys Wanga and the national celebrations steering committee on an inspection tour of the stadium. He said local businesses should take advantage of the national event to boost their turnover and profits.
Property prices in Nairobi’s satellite towns inch up fastest since September 2022, demand in city’s suburbs thins
The global economic uncertainty is influencing property markets worldwide, and Kenya is no exception. Geopolitical tensions, interest rate shifts and policy changes have prompted more cautious investor behaviour. For instance, the US commercial real estate sentiment dropped by 30.5 per cent in Q1 2025, while in Australia, investment lending rose by 18 per cent amid expectations of rate cuts and market volatility.
Nairobi meeting warns expansion of industrial animal agriculture key cause of animal cruelty, zoonotic diseases
External Affairs Lead at World Animal Protection Sally Kahiu said the move was essential to meeting international climate commitments, including the Paris Agreement and safeguarding public health and planetary boundaries.
Danger in your hands: Study finds cellphone radiation causes abnormal blood clumping in just five minutes
For the data in this study, Brown and his colleague, Barbara Biebrich, an ultrasound technician, did an initial experiment including an ultrasound scan of the leg vein of a 62-year-old asymptomatic woman with no history of allergy, blood disorder or systemic disease.
Kenya reviews micro-finance law as it looks to power economic rebound, wean itself from donors
Head of Programme for Promotion of Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship at the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) Irene Omogi said some of the key challenges that the policy review will address include putting in place regulations that will ease access to credit for informal businesses.
Biotechnology: Health experts in Kenya call for speedy resolution of logjam on genetically modified crops
A clinical pharmacologist from UMMA University Dr James Ndukui said that biotechnology is here to stay and very useful in the Kenyan population concept, where the population is increasing and therefore the need to enhance food production is encompassed in Vision 2030 food security, safety and sustainability.
Agricultural experts in vouch for improved seed varieties to raise millet yields in western Kenya
Millet farmers led by Marygoret Omodia expressed joy how their yields have improved after using the improved variety and using the correct ways of planting.
Nairobi-based ILRI joins world programme to reduce methane emissions from livestock
Director of the Future of Food at the Bezos Earth Fund, Dr Andy Jarvis, said that reducing methane from cattle is one of the most elegant solutions we have to slow climate change.
Reports: Cybercriminals fleeced record-breaking Americans and businesses, Trump’s defence minister was a statistic
Pete Hegseth got a second internet line installed that connected directly to the public internet rather than through the Pentagon’s secured connection, according to sources.
Trump revisits ‘genocidal’ foreign policy, engages Congo and Rwanda to ease US access to critical minerals
Trump’s senior adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany, helped broker the US role in promoting security in east Congo, part of an opening that Boulos has said could involve multibillion-dollar investments.
