Kenya building 8th international status airport in world-famous Masai Mara Game Reserve
Masai Mara International Airport will be the eighth such facility in Kenya after Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Moi International Airport in Mombasa, Malindi Airport, Kisumu Airport, Eldoret Airport, Wajir International Airport and Kakuma Airport.
US health secretary engages senators in fiery exchanges, accuses CDC of grand corruption
Senators accused Kennedy of holding a contradictory position on Operation Warp Speed, which Senator Bill Cassidy (Republican-Los Angeles) said deserved a Nobel Prize, but few gave him time to respond to the accusations.
Kenya’s Controller of Budget says country collected Ksh3.99 trillion in the 2024-25 financial year
Margaret Nyakang’o urged the National Treasury to fast-track settlement of pending bills to ease cash flow pressures on businesses, improve planning to reduce reliance on Article 223 and strengthen monitoring of ministries to align expenditure with performance.
As sugarcane farmers in western Kenya dump the ‘poor man’s crop’, counterparts in Rift Valley are embracing the ‘lazy man’s crop’
The construction of a new factory means that up to 10,000 additional acres of land will be put under the crop to meet the raw materials requirement for the miller to operate optimally. Consequently, a substantial number of farmers are shifting from growing maize to sugarcane, attracted by the profitability and ready market.
Horn, Eastern African states agree to integrate migration data to inform policy making
Speaking in Mombasa during the Seventh Regional Migration Data Technical Working Group meeting, IGAD Director of Health and Social Development, Ambassador Moussa Meigague Ali said member-states are committed to advancing evidence-based approaches to managing migration and displacement challenges.
Kenya plans 60,000mw nuclear power, enough to meet current needs of all eight EAC countries
Currently Kenya produces 3,400 megawatts, Tanzania 3,091.71 megawatts, Uganda 2,048 megawatts, Rwanda 277 megawatts, Burundi 34 megawatts and Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,625 gigawatts. South Sudan’s capacity is indeterminate.
Swapping hospital corridors for rows of capsicum: Why retirement isn’t a curse for 81 year-old Vihiga nurse
After decades in the medical field, friends and relatives assumed Imbwaga would follow the beaten path: settle into a quiet, idle life. But Mama Erika had other plans: she swapped hospital corridors for greenhouses and today she is one of the county’s most admired capsicum farmers.
Media Council launches animal welfare project as AU raises red flag over expanding donkey meat market in Africa
Speaking to reporters in Nakuru County during an awareness creation workshop on animal welfare in Naivasha, Bwire told journalist to adopt the use of new technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance research and fine-tune stories.
Political tokenism: Ruto sets aside $16.3 million for electricity in Kakamega in desperate push for Malava votes
In the Malava by-election, UDA faces full-blooded competition from former Deputy President Rigathi Gachuagua’s DCP, Democratic Alliance Party of Kenya, Roots Party and a host of other parties that could easily wrest the seat from President Ruto column
Arid and semi-arid region in north-western Kenya experiences torrential rains after 65 years
Dickson Rotich, a Sengwer elder who is also the community’s spokesman, recalled that such a phenomenon is only comparable to 1961 when rains were so heavy that they resulted in bumper harvests.
