FEATURED STORY
This section offers a critical and insightful take on various issues in the news – economy, business, markets and politics.
Presidential aspirants must sell agenda, not ambition
BY KASEMBELI ALBERTThe aftermath of Kenya's last general election has not given the country a chance to hold President Mwai Kibaki or Prime Minister...
CfC Stanbic shareholders approve rights issue
BY RONALD NJOROGE NAIROBI, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) - Shareholders of CfC Stanbic Holdings, a member of the Standard Bank Group have approved a Rights Issue...
Graduates turn to online jobs as unemployment soars
NAIROBI, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) - As unemployment continues to rise in Kenya, the country's jobseekers are turning to websites hosted in and out of...
College girls sell ovum to fertility black market
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) - In a downtown Beijing cafe, about 20 college girls sit in a queue, silently absorbing stares from a dozen...
Orange Money services to be offered at Nakumatt
NAIROBI, Dec. 20 - Orange Money has expanded its footprint with the opening of more mobile money transfer outlets in all Nakumatt Supermarket branches...
Farmers agony over coffee theft
BY EJIDIAH WANGUINAIROBI, Dec. 19 - Dressed in a heavy brown jacket and a woolen navy blue hat, 67-year-old Mzee John Kinuthia emerges from...
KenGen plans two wind power projects
NAIROBI, Monday Dec. 19 (By David Musyoka, Xinhua) - Kenya electricity generator KenGen is eying additional 21 megawatts (MW) of wind energy by the...
Congo’s top court declares Kabila election winner
KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo's Supreme Court confirmed Joseph Kabila on Friday as the winner of a disputed November 28 presidential election, rejecting...