KENYA NEWS

Embattled Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko has protested the withdrawal of security detail and drivers assigned to him. The drivers and bodyguards at his Upper Hill office and Mua residence were withdrawn on Friday, April 24th, days after he vowed to terminate a deal that saw the national…

Over 100,000 poor Kenyan families are benefitting from the weekly stipend announced by President Kenyatta on April 16th. The allowance provided by the government is meant to cushion vulnerable families from the negative economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with a local radio…

18 people, among them four minors, have been arrested after they were found in a nude party in Nairobi. The 18, aged between 14 and 30 years, were busted partying at an apartment in Nairobi’s Jamhuri estate on Sunday evening, according to police. Police said all of them were found naked in a house…

US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter on Sunday called out Kericho Governor Prof. Paul Chepkwony after he unveiled medical equipment donated by the US early this year. Chepkwony, through Twitter, posted images of the equipment saying it will help the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KeMRI)…

The tally of Covid-19 infections in Kenya has jumped to 363 after eight additional cases were confirmed on Monday. Speaking during a media briefing at Afya House in Nairobi, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the eight cases are from three counties—Nairobi, Mombasa and Kwale. Three people…

Kenya has confirmed 12 additional cases of Covid-19, raising the total number of infections in the country to 355. In a media briefing on Sunday, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr. Rashid Aman said eight of the new cases were recorded in Nairobi while four are from Mombasa. The eight…

Kenya has sent 300 bouquets of flowers to the United Kingdom as a way of showing solidarity with them amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A Kenya Airways flight carrying the consignment left the country on Friday night and arrived in London on Saturday, April 25th. The UK is one of Kenya's largest…

A middle-aged Kenyan man has resorted to wearing sacks and going on a hunger strike after his wife was placed under forced quarantine over Covid-19.  Joseph Mathenge from Ol Kalou, Nyandarua County said his wife Jane Njeri, a food vendor, was taken to quarantine at Nyandarua High School after…

The number of Covid-19 infections in Kenya has jumped to 343 after seven additional cases were confirmed from samples tested in the last 24 hours.  Speaking from State House, Nairobi on Saturday, President Kenyatta also announced three more patients recovered from the bug, raising the tally of…

The Senate has opened a probe into claims that author Ken Walibora died after medics at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) refused to attend to him. Walibora was rushed to KNH in a Nairobi County government ambulance after he was hit by a matatu while crossing Landhies Road in Nairobi CBD on Friday,…