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Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has explained why alcohol is part of the food donation he is giving to vulnerable Kenyans in the city in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Sonko and his team have been including a few bottles of Hennessy, an expensive alcohol brand brewed in Cognac, France, in the food…

Police officers have been directed to arrest anyone found without a face mask in public.  Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai said wearing a face mask in public is mandatory as per the gazette notice published by the office of Attorney-General on April 6th, 2020. Failure to wear a…

Distinguished Kenyan Swahili author and former journalist Ken Walibora has died at the age of 56. Walibora, popularly known for his novel Siku Njema, was reported missing last Friday, April 10th before his body was found at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) mortuary on Wednesday, April 15th. He was…

The Health Ministry says the coronavirus disease is now spreading to counties as the number of infections in Kenya rose by eight to 216 on Tuesday. So far, 21 out of the 47 Kenyan counties have recorded at least one case of Covid-19 with Nairobi being the most affected, according to Health…

Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has confirmed that seven Kenyans working at the Mombasa port have so far tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The seven include four KPA employees and three contracted cleaners working at the port, according to acting KPA Managing Director Rashid Salim.  Out…

Dozens of residents of Mathare slums in Maragua town, Murang’a County were duped by unscrupulous traders into purchasing fake face masks resembling women’s underwear in a bid to protect themselves from contracting coronavirus. The slum dwellers were pictured covering their mouths and noses with the…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have recovered part of the cargo worth millions of shillings that was stolen from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday. The package containing mobile phones worth Sh120 million was stolen after members of an…

The total number of coronavirus infections in Kenya has climbed to 216 after eight new cases were confirmed on Tuesday. The eight new cases were detected from a total of 694 samples tested in the past 24 hours, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr. Mercy Mwangangi said in a media briefing…

Deputy President William Ruto has been forced to delete a video he posted on Twitter on Tuesday morning after he faced online backlash. DP Ruto shared the video clip showing two police officers fighting over an alleged bribe but later deleted it after Kenyans online branded him a ‘blogger’. “The…

Blogger Dennis Itumbi claims that he was fired from State House over his firm allegiance to Deputy President William Ruto. Until last month, Itumbi served as the director of Digital and Diaspora Communications at the Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU). Itumbi lost his job alongside…