KENYA NEWS

Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) on Tuesday flew military choppers with banners carrying different messages to show their solidarity with frontline workers in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. The military helicopters flew over Nairobi displaying different banners with one written "God bless…

A Kenyan driver claimed to have tested positive for Covid-19 after ferrying ‘fake’ mourners carrying an empty coffin from Nairobi to Homa Bay County has given his side of the story. Last Saturday, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said the driver and his group carried an empty coffin and forged documents…

US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarter exchanged words with Kenyans on Twitter following his tweet on Sunday. In the tweet, Amb. McCarter urged Kenyans to wear masks and maintain social distancing to avoid catching “Wuhan flu” (Covid-19). "Only a fraction of the wananchi are wearing masks and social…

A Nairobi court has issued a warrant of arrest against controversial Kenyan blogger Cyprian Nyakundi. The warrant of arrest was issued on Tuesday by Milimani Principal Magistrate Caroline Muthoni after Nyakundi failed to present himself in court to plead to charges of publishing false information.…

Kenya’s Health Ministry has set up a 100-bed capacity isolation and treatment center to exclusively accommodate healthcare workers who contract Covid-19 in the line of duty.  Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the facility is based at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and will offer…

11 more people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus disease in Kenya increasing the number of infections to 281, the Health Ministry announced on Monday. In a press briefing, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the 11 new patients include six males and five females, all aged between 11…

The French Embassy in Nairobi is at loggerheads with Kenya’s Health Ministry after it reportedly evacuated French nationals who tested positive for Covid-19. The embassy is said to have flown to Paris 10 French citizens who were diagnosed with the virus in Kenya without involving the ministry,…

Narc-Kenya party leader Martha Karua has appealed to President Kenyatta to issue a directive barring himself and other high-ranking government officials from seeking medical treatment abroad. Karua, in an open letter addressed to Uhuru, said this will go a long way in improving the country’s ailing…

Police have rescued 18 girls who were allegedly being held against their will at a Muslim school in Kwale County. The girls were rescued after officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in collaboration with anti-terrorism police raided the Madrasa on Saturday, April 18th. The…

Kenyan financial analyst Wanja Michuki has been appointed as the Africa regional manager of Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP), a London-based fair standards lobby. ETP, which was founded in 1997, works with tea producers and tea companies to improve the sustainability of the tea industry and address…