Year: 2021

2133 Articles
Bamburi Cement Women On Wheels programme
BUSINESS

Women on Wheels: Bamburi Cement Seeks To Push More Female Drivers Into Trucks

Bamburi Cement in partnership with Isuzu East Africa, Kenya Transporters Association and four other organizations on 16th December launched Women on Wheels, a...

Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa. The firm is eyeing skillsets in line with its plan to evolve into a purpose-led technology company. [Photo/ Courtesy]
CAREERS

Safaricom Announces Opportunities for Graduates

To qualify, you must be a recent graduate (within one year) with at least a second upper degree.

Kenya Editors Guild President Churchill Otieno pic
BT FACTCHECKMEDIA

FAKE: Kenya Editors Guild President Has Not Resigned

A letter doing rounds indicating that the Kenya Editors’ Guild (KEG) President, Mr Churchil Otieno, has resigned due to unprofessional journalism in the...

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho (l) with Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir at a past function. Nassir wants to succeed Joho as Governor. [Photo/ Courtesy]
POLITICS

Mombasa’s Next Governor? Joho Endorses Abdulswamad Nassir

The endorsement sets up a battle between Nassir and wealthy businessman Suleiman Shabhal who is also eyeing the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket...

Co-op bank agents
BUSINESS

Co-op Bank Tops Brands With Strongest Customer Loyalty In Kenya

Ajua’s third quarter Customer Loyalty Benchmark Report has revealed some of Kenya’s most exceptional brands in nine industries. According to the report these...

Fire burns property at Gikomba Market Market in Nairobi on Thursday, June 25, 2020. The cause of the inferno could not be immediately established. [PHOTO/ DENNIS ONSONGO]
FEATURED STORY

Who is Behind Endless Gikomba Firès?

In October and November 2021, at least three fires were reported - on October 19, November 8 and November 26. News of a...

former CBK Governor Duncan Ndegwa
PEOPLE

At 96, Former CBK Governor Plays Golf And Just Authored Four Books

Mr Ndegwa is a long-serving public servant who became President Jomo Kenyatta’s Head of the Civil Service and Secretary to the Cabinet. Mr...

Mwangi Mukami
PEOPLE

Written Off In Kenya For Scoring D+ In KCSE, Successful In US With 5 Degrees

As a teenager fresh from high school, Kenya’s society deemed Mwangi Mukami a failure for scoring a mean grade of D+ in his...

The Mombasa Shipyard in Mtongwe. It is owned by Kenya Shipyards Limited (KSL), a company operated by the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). [Photo/ Courtesy]
ECONOMY

Uhuru Commissions Mtongwe Facility to Build, Repair Ships

The shipyard includes a 4000-tonne slipway for shipbuilding activities including refitting of vessels operated by Kenya Navy, Govt agencies and private operators. KDF...

Passengers on the Nairobi-Kisumu train on December 17, 2021. Kenya Railways Managing Director Philip J. Mainga oversaw the departure from Nairobi of the first train - dubbed the Kisumu Safari Train. [Photo/ Kenya Railways]
FEATURED STORY

Nairobi-Kisumu Train a Hit on First Day of Resumption

Long queues were witnessed at Nairobi Central Station with many families opting for the 12-hour journey, most of them travelling upcountry for the...