GOODBYE TO 2021, BUT WILL 2022 BRING NEW HOPE?

GOODBYE TO 2021, BUT WILL 2022 BRING NEW HOPE?

Avellon Williams  PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD- As Delta continues to rumble across the globe, yet another mutation of the COVID-19 virus named Omicron has emerged, threatening to send the world economy into another tailspin , which has the potential to morph into another Great depression, rivaling that of the 1930s. Omicron, which so far has led to fewer hospitalisations and […]

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 KFC VOWS TO SOURCE POTATOES FROM KENYAN FARMERS AFTER ONLINE UPROAR

KFC VOWS TO SOURCE POTATOES FROM KENYAN FARMERS AFTER ONLINE UPROAR

Faith Nyasuguta Ten years after International fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) began operations in Kenya, it has announced plans to start sourcing potatoes from Kenyan farmers. Speaking to a local media outlet, KFC East Africa market’s chief executive officer Jacques Theunissen said the franchise would still lay emphasis on high-quality potatoes while sourcing the […]

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 AFCON: STADIUM CAPACITY LIMITED TO COMBAT COVID-19

AFCON: STADIUM CAPACITY LIMITED TO COMBAT COVID-19

Ian Kisoti Stadiums hosting this month’s Africa Cup of Nations will have their attendance capacity capped at 80 per cent for the host nation Cameroon’s fixtures due to COVID 19, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Tuesday. The tournament set to begin on January 9 will have other fixtures attendance in the competition […]

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 KFC UNDER ATTACK FOR IMPORTING POTATOES

KFC UNDER ATTACK FOR IMPORTING POTATOES

By Lisa Mugo Kentucky Fried Chicken better known as KFC is under attack by Kenyans after they announced that they are out of chips (fries) on their social media platforms. The world-wide franchise revealed that the reason why they are out of chips is due to the fact that they import potatoes and with the […]

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 WHY THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE LAUNCH IS A BIG DEAL

WHY THE JAMES WEBB TELESCOPE LAUNCH IS A BIG DEAL

Maina wa Njuguna The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope – NASA’s largest and most powerful space science telescope – will probe the cosmos to uncover the history of the universe from the Big Bang to alien planet formation and beyond.   NASA This powerful telescope is an infrared space observatory that launched on Dec […]

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 UNICEF: 28,500 CHILDREN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN IN THE LAST 16 YEARS

UNICEF: 28,500 CHILDREN KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN IN THE LAST 16 YEARS

Avellon Williams  KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more than 28,000 children have died in Afghanistan conflicts since 2005. “Afghanistan, for example, has had an unprecedented number of confirmed child casualties since 2005 – exceeding 28,500 – accounting for 27 percent of all child casualties around the world,” according to the organization. Children […]

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 NEWBORN BABY ABANDONED IN AIR MAURITIUS PLANE TOILET BIN

NEWBORN BABY ABANDONED IN AIR MAURITIUS PLANE TOILET BIN

Faith Nyasuguta  An abandoned newborn baby boy has been found by Mauritius airport staffers in the rubbish bin of a plane’s toilet. Following this, a 20-year-old woman from Madagascar, suspected of having delivered on the flight, has been nabbed. Arriving from Madagascar, the Air Mauritius plane landed at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport on January […]

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 FORMER TUNISIA MINISTER SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM-MINISTRY

FORMER TUNISIA MINISTER SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM-MINISTRY

Faith Nyasuguta  Tunisia’s minister of interior ministry has revealed that a detained former justice minister is suspected of “terrorism”. Ex-minister Noureddine Bhiri of the Ennahdha party was detained over the weekend. So far, he has refused any food or medicine and was on Monday transferred to a hospital where he is said to have continued […]

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