Author: Korir Issa

The first phase of the ultra-modern Jamhuri Sports Ground was opened on Friday 25 March 2022 by President Uhuru Kenyatta. The sports complex located in Woodley, Nairobi, consists of three football grounds, a rugby pitch, and two running tracks. Speaking at the opening ceremony, President Kenyatta said, “This place is 100 percent free of charge. You will not be required to pay any money to use it.” https://twitter.com/StateHouseKenya/status/1507383816255647746?s=20&t=v-l4yvA6BmJ5OpSSvugq3w As part of the opening ceremony, the President, accompanied by Sports Cabinet Secretary Amb. Amina Mohammed, watched football and rugby exhibition matches pitting Harambee Stars veterans vs a combined team of Kibera…

Nyanza Golf Club will play host to the fourth leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour Saturday. The 9-hole event will feature corporate and junior tournaments on Saturday and Sunday as well as a caddies’ contest on Monday. “We have realized that most of our caddies are very skillful and they only need an opportunity to play. We believe that our caddies can be the best golfers in the country as has been proven by the likes of former caddie David Wakhu, one of the most renowned Kenyan pros. This is why we have decided to have a caddies’ tournament on some…

In East Africa, Uganda is the happiest, Rwanda is unhappy, and Kenya is the unhappiest nation. This is according to the World Happiness Report published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The report said that Ugandans were the happiest people in the East African region two places ahead of Kenya at number 117. Rwanda was ranked the most unhappy country in the six-nation East African Community bloc and fourth-worst globally ahead of Zimbabwe, Lebanon, and Afghanistan (the unhappiest in the world). Tanzania is ranked at number 139 out of the 146 countries globally, while Ethiopia is at position 131.…

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Samsung Electronics Co has unveiled the Galaxy A53 5G and Galaxy A33 5G mid-range smartphones. They will be launched in April in the markets globally. The Galaxy A53 5G and Galaxy A33 5G will be available in Awesome Black, Awesome Blue, and Awesome Peach from 1 April. The Galaxy A53 5G is equipped with a 6.5-inch FHD+ Super Amoled display with a refresh rate of 120Hz. On the back is a 64-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultrawide sensor, a 5-megapixel depth camera, and a 5-megapixel macro sensor.  https://twitter.com/SamsungUK/status/1504468174225301512?s=20&t=3uFrg-0koFg2yI_MbsuH4g The Galaxy A33 5G features a slightly smaller 6.4-inch Super Amoled display…

The World Bank has approved $750 million lending to Kenya to t to sustain its strong economic growth performance. The funding is the second under the Development Policy Operation (DPO) initiated in 2020 that provides low-cost budget financing along with support to key policy and institutional reforms. “The government’s reforms supported by the DPO help reduce fiscal pressures by making public spending more efficient and transparent, and by reducing the fiscal costs and risks from key state-owned entities,” Alex Sienaert, senior economist for the World Bank in Kenya, said in the statement. This is the fourth time in three years…