Oven Stories

How to remove grease from your oven without messing up your kitchen or sponges
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Sep 24, 2025

Protect the floor by placing old newspapers, a towel, or a plastic sheet beneath the oven door to catch drips and crumbs.

Explore Nairobi’s 8 must-try fine dining restaurants for unforgettable experiences
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Aug 03, 2025

Whether you're planning a foodie adventure or simply looking for your next memorable meal, each of these 8 Nairobi restaurants promises excellence on...

City Hall targets unapproved developments in drive to collect Sh5 billion
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 04, 2025

The law is expected to pave the way for a comprehensive mapping and documentation of all properties within the city to ensure developers and landowner...

Businesses reeling: Nairobi faces massive losses after June 25 memorial unrest
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 27, 2025

Along Moi Avenue and Loita Street, massive flower vases that the city management had used to beautify the city were either broken or turned upside dow...

Over 5,000 Nairobi land rate defaulters face auction as City Hall steps up recovery drive
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 08, 2025

Besides directing auctioneers to begin recovery, City Hall has secured court orders to support the process and formally requested the Ministry of Land...

Kenya, Slovenia to strengthen ties in trade and technology
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 31, 2025

Ruto said that education and youth skills were also part of the talks, with Kenya keen to learn from Slovenia’s model in science and vocational traini...

Slovenian President Nataša Musar lauds Kenya’s green efforts and multilateral stand in first Africa visit
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 31, 2025

The Head of State said her shared belief in multilateralism with President William Ruto had brought the two countries together.

Kirsty Coventry and whiteness in Zimbabwe: How sport can rewrite the political rules
The Conversation  |  Apr 06, 2025

Coventry shows how sport can temporarily transcend racial divides and how politics reframes those divides. Her whiteness was palatable only because it...

Who is Kirsty Coventry and how did she become the most powerful person in world sports?
The Conversation  |  Mar 27, 2025

She is Africa’s most decorated Olympian of all time. She won seven medals across the 2004 Athens Games and the 2008 Beijing Games.

Former Zimbabwean swimmer Kirsty Coventry elected first female and African president in IOC history
Michael Kirwa  |  Mar 20, 2025

Coventry, who is also Zimbabwe's Minister of Sport, Art, and Recreation, also became the first African to hold the prestigious position after winning...

Kirsty Coventry: From Olympic champion to president of IOC
Reuters  |  Mar 20, 2025

Born in 1983 in Harare, Zimbabwe, Coventry is the most decorated African Olympian, having won multiple Olympic medals and broken several world records...

Sakaja permits Gen-Z to hold memorial concert at Uhuru Park
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 04, 2024

Sakaja did not clarify whether City Hall would allow the concert to be held for free or at a cost.

Slovenia becomes latest EU country to recognise Palestinian state
Reuters  |  Jun 05, 2024

Of the 27 members of the EU, Sweden, Cyprus, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria have already recognised a Palestinian...

Kenyan police to leave for Haiti next week to fight gang-driven chaos
Amina Wako  |  May 19, 2024

Departing for Port-au-Prince on May 21, the officers will take command of the troubled Caribbean nation on Kenya’s first mission of this kind.

Civil Society groups hold protests against illegal developments in Nairobi
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 16, 2024

Expressing concerns, the residents said they wanted to bring back order to physical planning and the built environment in Nairobi County per the Const...

Sakaja given ultimatum over proposed nightclub construction at Uhuru Park
Hanifa Adan  |  Apr 19, 2024

In addition to the county's plans for the creation, preservation, and promotion of non-commercialized open green spaces in at least every sub-county i...

Duale, Sakaja differ on usage of Uhuru Park for political activities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 18, 2024

The Nairobi Governor during the official handover ceremony of the park said it was up to the county to decide what the park will be used for.

Sakaja makes a U-turn, says recording Kanjo Askaris is allowed
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Apr 04, 2024

On Monday, the Governor gave full authority to county officers popularly known as kanjos to arrest Kenyans recording them during raids.

Sakaja orders unclogging of sewers and drainages to avert floods
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 25, 2024

Sakaja directed 170 Green Army workers to be deployed to unblock drainage and sewers in key hot spot areas.

Haiti crisis: Gang violence drives thousands from capital, hunger sets in
AFP  |  Mar 23, 2024

Harrowing scenes played out as the tiny, Caribbean country continued to wait for the establishment of a promised transitional government meant to rest...

Haitians voice skepticism at proposal for interim government
AFP  |  Mar 16, 2024

Kenya, which had agreed to provide a thousand police officers and lead that mission, said Tuesday the deployment would be suspended until a presidenti...

Haiti crisis: Why Kenya's Haiti deployment is a 'suicide mission'
Amina Wako  |  Mar 10, 2024

Dan Foote, former US special envoy for Haiti, says that a mission of "2-4000 police in the Caribbean country will be a suicide mission".

Haiti capital 'paralysed' after unrest, PM Ariel Henry still abroad
AFP  |  Mar 05, 2024

Gang leaders such as Jimmy Cherisier say they are coordinating to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who has led the troubled Caribbean nation since the...

Haiti: Gang leader launches armed bid to oust PM Ariel Henry
DW News  |  Mar 02, 2024

Henry's government has blamed the security situation for the delay in arranging elections since the assassination of former Preisdent Jovenel Moise in...

Haiti President's widow Martine Moise among dozens indicted in his killing
Agency  |  Feb 20, 2024

Jovenel Moise, 53, was gunned down in July 2021 at his private residence by a group of about 20 assailants, most of them Colombian mercenaries.

Haiti still hopeful after ruling against Kenya support mission
Agency  |  Jan 29, 2024

Haiti has been in turmoil for years, with armed gangs taking over parts of the country and unleashing brutal violence.

Nairobi Governor Sakaja offers compensation and apologies to street hawkers
Paul Aginnah  |  Oct 19, 2023

A recent crackdown on street hawkers by Nairobi's city inspectorate officers, resulting in the alleged harassment and destruction of small traders' wa...

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