KENYA NEWS

Kenya has confirmed seven new cases of coronavirus, raising the total number of infections in the country to 38. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe in a media briefing on Saturday said the seven patients were picked from 81 suspected cases tested in various laboratories in the past 24 hours. All…

The identity of a 66-year-old Kenyan man who died of coronavirus on Thursday, March 26th, has been revealed. The man, who passed away while receiving treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, has been identified as Maurice Barasa Namiinda from Kimalewa Village in Kabuchai Constituency, Bungoma…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has threatened to sue blogger Robert Alai for defamation. Through his attorney Donald Kipkorir, CS Matiang’i has asked Alai to pull down libelous content recently published on his blog failure to which he will take legal action against him. In an article…

Two coronavirus patients are presently in critical condition and have been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Kenya’s Health Ministry has said. In a media briefing on Friday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the two are among the 31 people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in…

Police are on the spot over brutality and excessive force unleashed on Kenyans on day one of the dusk-to-dawn curfew declared by President Uhuru on Wednesday. The 10-hour daily restriction running between 7 pm and 5 am took effect on Friday and is part of the government’s measures to combat the…

None of the 239 passengers who arrived in Kenya last month aboard a China Southern Airlines flight tested positive for coronavirus, the government has said. This was disclosed in a report filed in court by Ministry of Health Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth on Friday. Early this month, High Court…

More than 2,000 people who have arrived in Kenya since March 22nd are set to undergo testing for coronavirus. The mass testing will commence on Sunday, March 29th, according to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. The over 2,000 persons are currently under 14-day mandatory quarantine in various…

The government has deployed over 70,000 police officers to enforce the dusk-to-dawn curfew that takes effect on Friday, March 27th at 7 pm. The daily 10-hour restriction was announced by President Kenyatta on Wednesday and is part of the government’s measures to combat the spread of coronavirus in…

Embattled Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director Daniel Manduku has resigned. Manduku announced his resignation in a letter dated March 26th and addressed to Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia. He said he made the decision after what he termed as “deep introspection and lengthy…

A South African national who had been quarantined at a facility in Nakuru County has allegedly committed suicide. The 27-year-old Caucasian woman had been placed in isolation at the Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI) in Nakuru after arriving in the country from South Africa on March 25th,…