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12 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Kenya, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 396.
The 12 cases were recorded in the counties of Nairobi (3), Mombasa (7), Kitui (1), and Wajir (1), according to Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr. Rashid Aman.
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President Kenyatta has appointed General Robert Kibochi as the new Chief of Defense Forces.
Kibochi was appointed to the position on Thursday, April 30th, to replace General Samson Jefwa Mwathethe who is retiring after having headed the Kenyan military since 2015.
Kibochi, who has been serving as…
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A document showing how the Health Ministry spent Sh1 billion donated by the World Bank towards Kenya’s response to Covid-19 has infuriated Kenyans online.
Social media users have questioned the budget set aside for the acquisition of various goods and services, terming the expenditure as over-…
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Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has contributed Sh3 million to Kenya’s Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund. Musyoka made a contribution to the kitty that has so far received a total of Sh2.7 billion.
He presented a check of Sh3 million and 10 tons of foodstuffs to the Covid-19 Emergency Fund Board at the…
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Embakasi East MP Babu Owino says he has fully settled the medical bill incurred by Felix Orinda, alias DJ Evolve, at Nairobi Hospital.
Orinda was admitted to the hospital on January 17th, 2020 after he was allegedly shot on the neck by MP Owino at B-Club located in the Kilimani area of Nairobi.…
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A Kenyan woman has baffled many after she was found boiling stones for her children as she had no food to feed them.
Peninah Kitao, a widow from Kisauni in Mombasa county said she has been struggling to provide food to her eight children following the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country.
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Malik Obama, the stepbrother of former US President Barack Obama, says he has completed a 30-day quarantine period over Covid-19.
Malik was sent into mandatory quarantine at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi after he returned to the country from the US on March 25th.
He says he was…
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Equity Bank CEO Dr. James Mwangi has donated Sh300 million towards Kenya’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mwangi said the amount will be used to acquire Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for frontline workers dealing with Covid-19 patients in public hospitals.
Speaking on Wednesday, April…
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Kenyan media personality Jeff Koinange has saved his two four-bedroom villas in Nairobi from being auctioned over a mortgage debt amounting to Sh130 million.
The two houses standing on a 0.67-acre parcel of land in the high-end Kitisuru area, each attached with a servant’s quarter, were set to be…
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Over 100 Kenyans have been killed by floods in the last two weeks, the government has said.
Speaking during a press briefing on Wednesday, April 29th, Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa said 116 people have lost their lives to the ongoing floods caused by heavy rainfall in various parts of…
