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The government says travelers from Tanzania will not be barred from entering Kenya following the resumption of international flights on Saturday.
Tanzania was angered by the government’s decision to exclude it from the list of 18 countries cleared for international flights to and from Kenya.…
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Distinguished Kenyan sociologist Dr. Ken Ouko has died at a Nairobi hospital.
Dr. Ouko, a lecturer at the University of Nairobi (UoN), succumbed to Covid-19 complications on Saturday morning, according to UoN communications director John Orindi.
He died while undergoing treatment at the Agha Khan…
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Kenya on Saturday resumed international flights ending a four-month interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
At least five Kenya Airways flights left the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi to various destinations including Ethiopia and the United Kingdom.
The first…
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A new report has revealed the amount of support Kenya has received from the US government to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
The report released this week by the US Department of State shows that Kenya has so far been given $16.3 million (Sh1.76 billion) by Trump’s administration to boost its response…
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23 patients have succumbed to Covid-19 in Kenya, making it the highest number of fatalities recorded in the country in a single day.
Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said a 16-year-old patient was among the 23 people who lost their lives to the virus. This raised the Covid-19 death toll in the country to 324…
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Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways (KQ) flights from flying to its airports.
This is in response to Kenya’s decision to exclude Tanzania from the list of countries whose passengers are allowed to travel to Kenya as international flights resume in the country on Saturday.
Tanzania Civil…
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Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau has spoken out after reports that he contracted Covid-19.
Amb. Macharia, a former Kenyan representative to the United Nations in New York, confirmed he is suffering from the viral infection.
He was responding to a Twitter user named Danson…
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The US has been omitted from the initial list of 11 countries that have been cleared for international flights to and from Kenya.
On Thursday, Transport CS James Macharia said the 11 countries were cleared based on their current Covid-19 status.
He indicated that these countries have mild or…
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A surgeon attached to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is under fire after he allegedly refused to isolate himself after testing positive for Covid-19.
There are fears that he may have infected his colleagues and patients with the virus as he continued interacting with them freely.
Health Cabinet…
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A Nairobi court has directed Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to reinstate Kandara MP Alice Wahome’s security detail with immediate effect.
High Court Justice James Makau on Thursday ruled that police officers guarding Ms. Wahome were unlawfully withdrawn as she was not informed of the…
