Hellen Obiri timed her kick to perfection to win a thrilling women’s race and Tamirat Tola broke the course record for a dominant men’s title triumph at the TCS New York City Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label event, on Sunday.Claiming their crowns in contrasting styles, Obiri sprinted away from Letesenbet Gidey and Sharon Lokedi…
Kisumu is among the counties leading in terms of HIV prevalence, the National Syndemic Disease Control Council has indicated. Program officer Douglas Bosire said Kisumu recorded 14.5 per cent of HIV infections while Migori is reporting 9.7 per cent. Mombasa had a 4.6 per cent prevalence followed by Kisii at 4.4 per cent as of…
The Higher Education Loans Board has finalized the processing of loans for first-year university students and TVETS under the New Higher Education Funding Model. This makes the 2022 group of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) the first to benefit from the funding model. A press statement issued by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on Friday,…
President William Ruto on Wednesday during the first day of his five-day Coast tour came face to face with the emotive issue of landlessness, as residents and leaders demanded that the issue be addressed. In Kisauni, where the head of state begun his tour, thousands of families are living as squatters in Gandini, Maunguja, Kashani…
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) launched new bus routes from JKIA to several destinations in Nairobi. KAA, in partnership with bus service companies Metro trans East Africa Limited and Super Metro unveiled electric commuter buses, and suggest the move as a headway towards sustainability and conserving the environment. “These electric buses mark a significant stride…
Legendary Kipchoge Keino family has set aside 75 acres of land to construct a multi-million sports complex at his Kazi Mingi Farm in Eldoret. Martin Keino, one of the Kipchoge sons and former athlete, revealed that the facility will accommodate all sporting facilities and they will soon do a groundbreaking, with hopes of starting next…
Lawrence Faucette, the second living person to receive a genetically modified pig heart in a transplant, has died six weeks after the experimental procedure. The University of Maryland Medical Center, where the experimental procedure had been performed, said the heart began to show signs of rejection in recent days. “Mr. Faucette’s last wish was for…
Kenyans will soon be scanning their irises and fingerprints to validate their identities when making transactions under the new digital ID. President William Ruto on Monday said that the government is testing the digital identification system over the next two months before rolling it out to everyone in December. “The digital ID, which has been…
Some of Israel’s actions in its war against Hamas, like cutting off food and water for Gaza, could “harden Palestinian attitudes for generations” and weaken international support for Israel, former U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday. In rare comments on an active foreign policy crisis, Obama said any Israeli military strategy that ignores the…
Chief Justice Martha Koome has presented two bills to parliament that seek to make changes in the penalties given to capital offenders The bills, Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2023 and Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) 2023, seek to reduce the sentences of murderers, sex offenders, and those facing life in prison to 30 years. Kenya’s current…