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Rome-based Kenyan Catholic priest Richard Oduor has been released on a cash bail of Sh500,000 in a case in which he is charged for failing to self-quarantine over Covid-19.
Father Oduor, who tested positive for Covid-19 last month, was arrested last Thursday after being discharged from a Nairobi…
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The High Court has dismissed an application seeking to have the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed by the government late last month suspended.
In an application filed on March 30th, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) asked the court to stop the 7 pm to 5 am curfew, arguing that it is illegal.
LSK claimed…
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Needy Kenyan families are set to receive a weekly stipend from the government to cushion them against the financial effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Addressing the nation on Thursday, President Uhuru said his administration has begun the process of identifying vulnerable families that will benefit…
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A police officer attached to Kenyatta National Hospital has been arrested in connection with the murder of Carilton David Maina, a Kenyan University of Leeds student who was shot dead in Kibra, Nairobi in December 2018.
Police constable Emmanuel Ambunya Oyombe was apprehended on Thursday by…
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The producer of Hennessy Cognac has clarified that the alcohol brand does not protect consumers from contracting the coronavirus disease.
The French company issued the statement after Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko included bottles of Hennessy Cognac in the food donation hamper he has been…
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Kenya is set to receive an additional $500,000 (Sh50 million) from the United States government to boost its fight against the coronavirus disease.
This brings the total US support for Kenya’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic to $1 million (Sh100 million).
The US Agency for…
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A 27-year-old Kenyan man who tested positive for Covid-19 in Uganda on Tuesday, April 14th is set to be repatriated.
Uganda’s Director-General of Health Services Henry Mwebesa said the Kenyan was among 372 truck drivers who were tested for the virus at the country’s border with Kenya.
"His…
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Nine more people have contracted coronavirus in Kenya, the Health Ministry has said.
The nine new cases were detected from 803 samples tested in the past 24 hours and raises the total number of infections in the country to 225.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, in a media briefing on Wednesday…
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Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi says he has never tested positive for Covid-19 as alleged by the Health Ministry.
Saburi, through his attorney George Kithi, on Wednesday told Mombasa Principal Magistrate Elvis Michieka that he was not a carrier of coronavirus and hence cannot be charged under…
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Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has explained why most MPs are not willing to take a pay cut.
To free up funds for fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto slashed their salaries by 80 percent.
Other members of the Executive arm of the…
