What is Ajira digital programme? It is a government initiative driven by the Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs to empower young Kenyans to access digital and digitally-enabled job opportunities. And what are the activities of Ajira? […]

Under the Big Four blueprint, the Government wants to provide at least 500,000 affordable housing units by 2022. It is beautiful and sustainable. It is an energy saver, has zero emissions and is environmentally friendly. Its potential in […]

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) provided technical support through its Kenya Competitiveness Enhancement Programme (KCEP) to the Special Economic Zones (SEZ). Authority to launch a one-stop-shop web portal in August 2021. IFC is a member […]

Cheaper manual technologies are making it possible to grow fruits and vegetables in places previously seen as unsuitable for these farmers, who must only operate in months when rain is available. This pattern compromises food security for their […]

As already seen, Kenya is a signatory to the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 and several others, including the Bamako Initiative of 1988, and the Millennium Development Goals of 2000, and now the SDGs and the Astana Declaration. It is in 2005 that […]

  In an idle moment at the Sports Desk, while working for the Standard Newspapers in 1977, a senior colleague, Hezekiah Wepukhulu, said to me: “There is a story I would like you to do. It is about the worst defeat Kenya has ever suffered in […]

Janeth Jepkoskei Busienei, a middle-distance runner, won the 800m silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She had emerged from obscurity in 2006 to win the 800m gold at the Commonwealth Games before going on to win the African championships over […]