The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta is crafting radical changes in government that will see a couple of Cabinet secretaries dropped as he races against time to implement his legacy projects. After overhauling the parliamentary leadership, the President is said to be shifting his focus to his Cabinet in a major shake-up to tap the most experienced hands […]
The Education ministry has been directed to prepare for reopening of schools beginning September subsequently hinting on the postponement of KCPE and KCSE exams. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday said the reopening will be gradual but remained silent on the fate of the exams. However, President Kenyatta further directed a new school calendar be made […]
The government will start allocating 1,370 afforadable housing units next month. State Department of Housing and Urban Panning PS Charles Hinga told the Star the policy and criteria for allocation will be published next week. The criteria will give a clear picture of the basis for allocation. The first batch of flagship houses completed under […]
Vihiga United captain Patrick Okullo has set a return to the top flight as the team’s irreducible minimum when they face Kisumu All Stars in the Kenya Football Federation /Kenya Premier League playoff. Vihiga finished third behind Nairobi City Stars and Bidco United in the 2019-2020 National Super League to book a place in the […]
As a result of the Covid-19 outbreak world over, a number of events falling within the affected dates have perhaps been celebrated differently or slip with the wind as shutdown to tame the spread of the virus continues. For the first time, the historical day that was on the calendar this week, Madaraka Day, was […]
Peninah Wanjiru wasn’t really one to take chances. Her friends said the 35-year-old Kenyan sex worker was careful how she conducted business at her home in Majengo, an informal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, where she only allowed clients in for a “quickie”. But on the night of May 7, a curfew imposed to […]
A nine-year-old Kenyan boy who made a wooden hand-washing machine to help curb the spread of coronavirus has told the KnowAfrika he is “very happy” after receiving a presidential award. “I now have two machines and I want to make more,” Stephen Wamukota said. They allow users to tip a bucket of water using a […]
Tullow Kenya, together with its Joint Venture Partners, Total and Africa Oil has announced the expiry of the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) contract, after running for two years. In a statement, the UK oil firm and partners sad the IEOPS has served its purpose as a pilot project by providing critical technical data, logistical […]
The impact of coronavirus on the Kenyan economy is being felt in the hospitality industry where closes airspace means tourists numbers have dwindled. The East African country heavily depends on the sector as a source of foreign exchange, job creation and revenue. But the pandemic has threatened the survival of businesses. However, Giraffe Manor, one […]
The country’s year-on-year inflation rate eased to 5.47 per cent in May from 5.62 per cent in April, latest data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) indicate. This is despite a 0.63 per cent increase in overall Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the percentage change in the price of a basket of […]
Poultry farmers in Kenya want the Ministry of Trade to intervene on the discriminative tariff by the Uganda on chicken meat. Uganda Revenue Authority has in the past two years charged Kenyan chicken meat exports a cumulative 25 per cent in taxes – 18 per cent VAT, one per cent Railway Development Levy and six […]
COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented disturbance on social, political and economic structures all over the world. World leading economies have been brought to an almost complete halt. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of a recession that is expected to be as bad or worse as that experienced during the global financial crisis of […]
High forward-looking loan provision in the wake of Coronavirus dent banks’ profits in the first three months of the year. Kenya adopted the IFRS19 accounting standard that requires financial institutions to provide for unforeseen defaults beforehand. An analysis of Q1 financial statements for three lenders that released their results last week shows KCB Group, Cooperative […]
Vivo smartphone made its debut to the Kenyan market a year ago and through them leveraging on innovation and quality of products to offer to customer satisfaction, they have unveiled new smartphones. The Vivo 17 pro is their latest device in the market with a total of six cameras. It is competing with the likes […]
The sporting fraternity continues to pay tribute to one of Kenya’s fastest and most skillful rugby players, Allan “Malala Sibwor” Makaka, who died in the early hours of yesterday. The 37-year-old former Kenya Sevens star died early Saturday following a grisly road accident in Nairobi along Mombasa Road on the Southern Bypass interchange near Airtel […]
The stakes around maize importation have always been high, but they could have just gone a notch higher. Government agencies are now engaged in a fierce behind-the-scenes battles over which one of them should be in charge. Meanwhile, the High Court early this month temporarily halted a government plan to import four million bags of […]
African scientists, engineers and innovators have turned to homegrown solutions to prepare for the worst case scenario amid the COVID-19 pandemic disruption – which at a point brought much of the world to its knees. By the time the virus hit Africa, where cases have risen slowly, images of overwhelmed hospitals and stories of health […]
Several leaders from the Meru region Friday condemned the decision by the Senate to remove Tharaka-Nithi Senator Kithure Kindiki from the position of deputy Speaker. The MPs from Meru, Embu and Tharaka-Nithi counties accused the Jubilee Party leadership of sidelining the Mt Kenya East region. Mr Josphat Gichunge (Tigania East), John Mutunga (Tigania West), Mugambi […]