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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,…

President Kenyatta has dismissed reports that scientists from the United Kingdom are planning to trial a Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya. Reports on Friday claimed that Oxford University researchers had identified Kenya as their alternative location to test their vaccine if they fail to get desired…

Nark-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has reacted to reports that scientists from the United Kingdom are considering trialing their Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya. It was reported on Friday that the researchers from Oxford University have identified Kenya as their alternative location to test the vaccine…

Kenya’s countrywide dusk-to-dawn curfew has been extended by a further 21 days, President Kenyatta has said. Addressing the nation from State House on Saturday, Kenyatta also announced the ban on movement of people into and out of Nairobi metropolitan area and the counties of Mombasa, Kilifi, and…

Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua has once again told off Kenyans over their negative attitude towards government officials. Mutua, in a Facebook post on Saturday, April 25th, said it is an uphill task to deal with Kenyans, describing them as “arrogant, ignorant and impatient…