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34 people, including Embakasi Central MP Benjamin Gathiru Mwangi, have been arrested at an entertainment joint in Nairobi for defying social distancing directive.
MP Gathiru was apprehended on Saturday at Ruai Gardens along the Eastern Bypass alongside 18 others for flouting the directive meant to…
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A 53-year-old United Nations (UN) staff who tested positive for coronavirus in Juba, South Sudan has reportedly been evacuated to Nairobi.
Kenya allowed the woman to be flown from Juba to Nairobi for treatment after she was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Monday, April 6th, according to a report by The…
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Brenda Akinyi, the daughter of a Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) staff who succumbed to coronavirus last week has accused the Coast General Hospital of negligence.
Her mother, Ursula Buluma died while undergoing medication at the hospital on April 2nd after she was diagnosed with Covid-19.
Brenda, 42,…
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Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (Kuco) claims that six of their members have contracted coronavirus in the line of duty.
Speaking during a media briefing in Nairobi, Kuco secretary-general George Gibore accused the government of failing to make the treatment of the six clinical officers a priority…
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Amid high demand for ventilators globally due to the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Kenyatta University students has developed a prototype of a ventilator using locally sourced materials.
The 16 learners drawn from the faculties of engineering, pharmacy, medicine, and nursing made the machine in…
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Two people have been confirmed dead following a stampede witnessed during a food distribution exercise in Kibra, Nairobi on Friday.
Speaking on Saturday, Kibra police boss Andrew Musaisi said the two women succumbed to their injuries hours after they left the food distribution center.
They…
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Police in Nairobi are holding 30 people who were arrested at an unbridled party on Friday evening.
The revelers, including a magistrate and a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) Colonel, were busted in a bar in Nairobi’s Embakasi area.
Police officers raided the joint after receiving a tip-off from…
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The number of coronavirus infections in Kenya has climbed to 191 after two more people tested positive for the illness.
In a press briefing on Saturday, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Mercy Mwangangi said the two new patients include a two-year-old child and a 32-year-old. The two; a…
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10 Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials have been sent into quarantine after they came into contact with coronavirus patients.
The 10 employess attached to the Mombasa port are said to have had contact with several foreign nationals who tested positive for Covid-19, according to Daily Nation.…
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Kenya has confirmed five additional cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 189.
The five new cases were detected from a total of 504 samples examined in the past 24 hours, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Friday.
All the new patients…
