Twahir Muhiddin takes over as Bandari FC interim coach
Mombasa, KENYA: Coast based Kenya Premier League side Bandari FC has fired head coach Benard Mwalala and hired former Harambee Stars coach Twahir Muhiddin as the club’s interim coach. Bandari parted ways with Mwalala after a series of poor results from the team. The team, which stands at position 11 in the Kenya Premier League […]
Olunga to battle it out with Kipchoge in 2019 SOYA Awards
Football star Michael Olunga is set to battle it out with World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge during the Safaricom SOYA Awards set for the 24th of January this year, in Mombasa. Olunga, who plays for Japanese side ‘Kashiwa Reysol’, and Kipchoge, who holds the World record in the marathon at 2:01:39, set on 16th […]
Mombasa journalist beaten by police during anti SGR demos
Mombasa, KENYA: Mombasa Daily Nation Photographer Laban Walloga was on Monday beaten by police during the anti SGR demonstrations. Walloga was part of media team covering the demos which have been taking place in the County following directive by government in August 2019 requiring cargo arriving at the port be transported by train to the […]
New NHIF regulations retrogressive, says COTU
Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has called on the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) to immediately withdraw circular meant for new changes in the fund. The organization’s Deputy Secretary General, Benson Okwaro, condemned NHIF saying the new changes will negatively affect Mwananchi. “In COTU’s view these changes are punitive, retrogressive, and irresponsible and are […]
Garissa al-Shabaab attack leaves three teachers dead
Garissa, KENYA: Three teachers were on Monday morning killed following a suspected al-Shabaab attack at Kamuthe in Garissa County. According to the National Police Service, the suspected assailants attacked Kamuthe Primary School, Kamuthe Police post and a telecommunication mast. The 2 am attack left three teachers dead and a partially damaged telecommunication mast. “The telecommunications […]
Number of tourists coming to Kenya via Mombasa up by 8.6%
The Coastal region of Kenya continues to be a tourist destination point for many around the world and this shows in the 8.56 per cent increase of number of international tourists who came into the country through Mombasa in 2019. By the end of 2019, Moi International Airport in Mombasa had registered 128,222 international tourists […]