Lilian Kaivilu, Author at Kenya Monitor

Auditor General cites lack of transparency in land ownership in Nairobi County

Photo courtesy of www.behance.net There were no transparent means through which land was issued to private developers in Nairobi City County between July 1s...

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1998 Bomb blast victims eye compensation as Obama visits site

Photo courtesy of www.cnn.com Victims of the 1998 bomb blast at the United States Embassy on cooperative house building in Nairobi are optimistic that the v...

What local, international media reported on Obama’s arrival in Kenya

When a dog bites a man it is not news but when a man bites a do it is news” is a common phrase that best summarizes what journalism is all about. An item be...

Global press coverage of GES 2015 will have an impact on Kenya

Business leaders and entrepreneurs have expressed optimism that the global media coverage in Kenya before, during and after the Global Entrepreneurship Summ...

GES 2015 entrepreneur who rewrote Kenya’s sanitation history

David Kuria. Photo courtesy of wsscc-global-forum.org When David Kuria started Ikotoilet, under Ecotact in 2008, he was faced with a number of challenges. H...

Nairobi Banks close ahead of GES Summit

Banks in the Nairobi Central Business District only worked half day today ahead of President Obama's arrival to attend the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (G...

Kenya’s huge task after the 6th GES Summit

With exactly a week to the Sixth Annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2015 next weekend, Kenyans have all reasons to celebrate as the event will plac...

Kitui students urged to consider mining courses

Photo courtesy of www.globalgiving.org The county government of Kitui has assured students of job opportunities in the county government and other sectors o...

Girl smile initiative giving girls a second chance

Photo courtesy of www.kindermusik.com Having traveled the country, Evans Paul realized that there was a gap in the way the girl child was being at...

Blogging and social media use in Kenya growing, says report

Bloggers in Kenya have had, in several instances, to ‘save’ their credibility and explain a few things including the doubts and the notion that they are jus...

County hospitals to get modern equipment in 2015/2016 financial year

Photo courtesy of www.standardmedia.co.ke Every county in Kenya is expected to have two fully equipped hospitals with state of the art equipment in the 2015...

Security officers were unprepared for Lamu, Tana River attacks

Mpeketoni Attack in 2014-PHOTO courtesy of CNN Kenyan security forces were ill-prepared in responding to the terror attacks in Mpeketoni Lamu county and Tan...

Changing schools isn’t solution for Garissa terror survivors

Having encountered the traumatic events that led to the brutal death of their colleagues, some survivors of the April 2nd terrorist attack survivors at th...

Community health volunteers on big assignment in Machakos

Charles Muia-Vice Chairman-Kivaa Community Unit- (Photo by Lilian Kaivilu) In the serene and relatively calm Kivaa Sub location of Masinga Sub County in Mac...

Claire Nasike, a 2015 BAKE Awards nominee, wins the Wangari Maathai Award

From left-Janet Mawiyoo CEO KCDF, Mwihaki Muraguri-Kimura Senior Associate Director of Rockefeller Foundation Africa Regional Office, Dr. Isaac Kalua Founder a...