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The Kenyan medical fraternity is mourning the death of yet another doctor who died on Friday.  Paul Guchu Ngigi Kioy, a Nairobi-based neurologist, succumbed to COVID-19 related complications while undergoing treatment at a Nairobi hospital. His death was announced by the Kenya Medical…
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Former Othaya MP Mary Wambui has landed another government appointment after the previous one was quashed by the court. Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has appointed Wambui as the chairperson of trustees of the Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund. The fund is mandated with coordinating…
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Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be available in the country from next month. Kagwe divulged that the first batch of 24 million doses the government has procured will arrive in Nairobi by the second week of February. He indicated that frontline healthcare…
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A 51-year-old Kirinyaga pastor who defiled and impregnated his two daughters aged 14 and 16 is set to be sentenced next week. John Gichuki will be sentenced on January 14th by Principal Magistrate Antony Mwicigi of Baricho Law Courts. Gichuki, a pastor at a local Akorino church in Ndia Constituency…
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The Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) terminals 1B and 1C are set to be rehabilitated at a cost of Sh963 million. The Kenya Aviation Authority (KAA) on Wednesday said the one-year-long project involves refurbishing departure halls in a bid to improve the check-in, security screening,…
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The High Court has barred IEBC and EACC from commenting on former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu’s bid for Nairobi governorship. Justice Antony Mrima on Thursday gagged the two agencies from publicly commenting on Waititu’s eligibility to vie for the seat until his case is heard and determined…
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Jersey is set to repatriate Sh444 million seized from offshore accounts belonging to two former Kenyan government officials. Jersey authorities and their Kenyan counterparts recently struck an agreement to have the money recovered from former Kenya Power CEO Samuel Gichuru and former Energy…
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The government says children will not receive the COVID-19 vaccine once it is available in the country. Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) in the Health Ministry Dr. Mercy Mwangangi pointed out that the two approved vaccines—Pfizer and Moderna—are yet to be tested on children, hence they cannot…
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A nominated Member of the Kiambu County Assembly (MCA) has resigned from her position.  Taking to Facebook on Wednesday, Yvonne Waweru announced she will leave office on January 15th and return to her old profession. “I intend to go back to my profession in ocean governance in the Western…
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Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho’s administration has axed 86 doctors who failed to resume duty after their strike was called off. Among those who have lost their jobs are senior medical specialists including Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) secretary-general Chibanzi…