Waihiga Mwaura
11 Articles
The Tragedy of Tuskys and the Slippery Retail Business
Today, Tuskys supermarket teeters on the brink of a total collapse similar to Nakumatt, with the 30-year-old dream of Mzee Joram Kamau staggering under the burden of debt and mismanagement. But to understand the present, one must go back in time, six years to be precise, to November 2017.At tha...
Rwandans live longer than Kenyans - report
Whilst Kenyans and Ugandans have a lifespan of 63 years, Rwanda’s life expectancy is now 69.6 years, up from 51.2 years in 2002, according to the latest figures released by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda.In general, East Africans have a lifespan of slightly above 60 years, with Tanza...
Citizens to hold Rwandan Gov't officials accountable
This annual event, now in its 18th edition, will give Rwandans from all walks of life the opportunity to pose questions directly to their leaders.Umushyikarano is chaired by President Paul Kagame and attended by members of the Cabinet and Parliament, ambassadors, and Rwandese in the diaspora, among...
From Shoe Hawker to Thriving Agribusiness Entrepreneur in Rwanda
“I came to the country in 2010 by bus. Opportunities dried up at home so I decided to come here and give it a try. When I got here I started hawking shoes to earn a living. I then saw an advert for a job at an agribusiness company and I was employed,” Mr Macharia tells Citizen TV.
Prostitution, organ theft and cyber crime: Tales of Kenyans trafficked to Asia
Some of the job seekers have now revealed that some of the supposed lucrative opportunities in the Far East often turn out to be a cover for cyber-crime, prostitution and even organ theft.Catherine and Joyce (not their real names) were struggling financially in Kenya when they heard of a lucrat...
Concern grows as more Kenyans are accused of financial crimes in the U.S
These include the two Kenyan nurses nurses accused of engaging in a Ksh.12 billion (USD 100 million) home health care fraud scheme.There are also the 11 Kenyans out of more than 47 suspects charged in the United States in what has been termed the largest COVID-19 related scandal yet.
Ethiopian track legend Haile Gebrselassie opens his eighth hotel
The 5-star hotel was launched barely two weeks after the Ethiopian New Year and compliments his seven other hotels and resorts, with another five in various stages of planning and construction.Haile aims to ramp up the number of hotels within his organization to 20 in the coming years.
'Why I Declined to Vie for the Nigerian Presidency,' Dr Adesina Akinwumi, AFDB President
The name of Dr Adesina Akinwumi, the AFDB President, an agricultural economist and former Minister for Agriculture had been mentioned by various groups in Nigeria asking him to join the already crowded race.But the two-time AFDB President turned down those calls telling Citizen Digital whilst in Nai...
OPINION: End of an era? Long live the mask
Some in the US and other parts of the world have resisted donning masks stating that it infringes on their freedom to choose. But generally, the consensus is that masks have been forces for good. Critics of mask-wearing have described it as a 2-year experiment in behaviour change.
Prominent mysterious disappearances of 2021 that remain unresolved
A majority of the disappearances have been linked to terror probes or business deals gone wrong but families rarely get closure on why their loved ones were abducted & sometimes even killed.