Trump, North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to hold ‘miracle’ meeting
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are to meet in person as early as May, it has been announced, an extraordinary overture after months of mutual hostility. News of the...
View ArticleIvory Coast bans women from jobs which ‘exceed their abilities’
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, the Ivorian government has updated its labour laws to stop women from doing certain jobs. The decision was revealed in a closed press conference on...
View ArticleSearch for the next DPP continues
Recruitment of the next Director of Public Prosecution has commenced with six out of ten applicants shortlisted for the position being interviewed by the Public Service Commission selection panel....
View ArticleCS: Education reforms should be in line with labour market needs
The Cabinet Secretary for Education, Ambassador Amina Mohamed is calling on policy and opinion leaders in education to ensure ongoing reforms lead to actual learning of children in the country’s school...
View Article‘No response’ yet from North Korea on talks with the US
South Korea says it has not received a response from Pyongyang on a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump. In a surprise development, Mr Trump on Friday accepted...
View ArticleRwanda Seventh-Day Adventist churchgoers killed by lightning
A lightning strike killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more at a Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda on Saturday, an official said. Most of the victims died instantly when lightning hit the...
View ArticleUasin Gishu county govt allocates cooperatives Ksh 314M
The Uasin Gishu County Government has set aside Khs. 314 million to provide loans to cooperative societies. Governor Jackson Mandago said the move would enable the cooperative societies to provide...
View ArticleFirst Sub Sahara Africa cyber security training, testing center set up
Pan African cyber security consultancy firm Serianu has opened the doors of the first of its kind state-of-the -art Cyber Immersion Center. The training center targets cyber security professionals in...
View ArticleGionee increases presence in Kenya with S11 Lite launch
Gionee has unveiled its premium smartphone as it increases its presence in Kenya. The S11 Lite boasts the full-screen display technology which offers wider viewing area for watching movies videos and...
View ArticleTelkom Kenya wants CA to implement dominance report
Telkom Kenya says if dominance of the mobile money space is not sufficiently addressed, it could be disadvantageous and risky to the market. The firm’s Chief Executive Aldo Mareuse is challenging the...
View ArticleTelkom unveils its mobile money platform
Telkom has launched T-kash, a mobile money platform on which subscribers use a one-time eight-digit code to withdraw cash from an agent or ATM as well as to buy goods and services. The T-kash code,...
View ArticleOne dead, three injured in gas tanker accident
A driver in one of the trucks involved in the Chyulu Hills accident along the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway has died while three others have been injured. Police at the scene of the accident said the driver...
View ArticleTrump blocks biggest tech takeover on grounds of national security
US President Donald Trump has blocked a planned takeover of chipmaker Qualcomm by Singapore-based rival Broadcom on grounds of national security. His order cited “credible evidence” that the proposed...
View ArticleNepal plane crash survivors describe chaos
Survivors and witnesses of a plane crash in Nepal have described the chaotic moments when the aircraft went down, killing at least 49 people. The flight, carrying 71 passengers and crew, crashed while...
View ArticleOutrage as Ugandan MP says ‘beat your wife’
A Ugandan MP has been told to apologise to victims of domestic violence after saying men should “beat” their wives. Onesimus Twinamasiko said on Ugandan television channel NTV “as a man, you need to...
View ArticleYego optimistic about Kenyan squad at Commonwealth Games
World Olympic Javelin champion, Julius Yego, has expressed optimism with the Kenyan squad to the Commonwealth Games slated for next month in Australia. The 2014 commonwealth Gold medalist said he is...
View ArticleTwo wounded in Austin explosion after parcel bombings
An explosion has injured two people in Austin, Texas, following a deadly series of bomb attacks in the city. Three parcel bombs left on doorsteps have killed two people and injured two others since...
View ArticleKTB intensifies efforts to grow Kenya’s share of the north american market
The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) has been leading a delegation of 18 players drawn from across Kenya’s tours and travel industry on a one-week roadshow across the United States of America (USA) and...
View ArticleEducation key to Big Four Agenda, Homabay Governor
The Governor for Homa Bay County, Cyprian Owiti has underscored the central role quality education in implementing the four-pronged economic development of the National Government. He said quality...
View ArticleKenya invites Cuba to co-host Blue Economy Conference
Kenya has invited Cuba to co-sponsor the High-Level Conference on Sustainable Blue Economy Conference scheduled to be hosted by Kenya in November 2018. Speaking when she met the Cuban Minister for...
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