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

Leading telco Safaricom on Monday, December 20 alerted new graduates of career opportunities through its Discover Graduate Program. The deadline to apply for...

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

Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho has endorsed Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir to take over from him as Governor of the port city in...

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]
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Who is Behind Endless Gikomba Firès?

Nairobi's Gikomba is by all accounts one of East Africa's largest open-air markets. There, you will find everything from clothes and shoes to...

former CBK Governor Duncan Ndegwa
PEOPLE

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

As the famous adage goes, old is gold. And for 96-year-old Duncan Ndegwa, a former Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor, the sunset...

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

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, December 17 commissioned the Mombasa Shipyard in Mtongwe, Mombasa County. The shipyard is owned by Kenya Shipyards Limited...

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]
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Nairobi-Kisumu Train a Hit on First Day of Resumption

Passenger train services from Nairobi to Kisumu officially resumed on Friday, December 17. Long queues were witnessed at Nairobi Central Station with many...