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A Nairobi couple who recently tested positive for coronavirus has reportedly been allowed to self-quarantine at their home. The two are among the three people who received positive results on Wednesday, pushing the total number of infections in the country to seven. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi…

Officials from the Health Ministry and Nairobi County on Thursday began fumigating all public places with the city center.  The exercise is aimed at combating the spread of coronavirus by sanitizing public places such as bus stops, buses, market places, public sitting places, walkways,…

Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau is undertaking a 14-day self-quarantine over coronavirus after returning from the United States.  Through his Twitter page on Thursday, PS Kamau said he was forced to self-isolate after an official trip to New York.  "Following…

The government is set to distribute free alcohol-based sanitizers to Kenyans as part of the measures to combat the spread of coronavirus. In a statement on Thursday, Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua divulged that Kenyan manufacturers have agreed to produce the sanitizers for free as long as…

Journalist and blogger Dennis Itumbi has lost his job at State House. Itumbi ceased to be a State House employee together with four others after their positions were declared redundant by the Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday. Itumbi was the Director of Digital and Diaspora…

President Kenyatta has announced the establishment of Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), a new office whose task is to oversee key Nairobi County government functions that were transferred to the National government. NMS will be headed by Major General Mohammed Abdallah Badi, who will be…

A Kenyan man believed to be the architect of a Russian pyramid scheme operating in Kenya has reportedly fled the country with over Sh15 billion belonging to investors. Abdalla Mohamed Ali, the CEO of Maalin Group of Companies, run a forex trading business in Nairobi and promised investors huge…

Two Italian nationals were on Tuesday evening denied entry into Kenya after they exhibited symptoms linked to coronavirus. The two, Marbeillo Fransisco and Marbiello Maurice arrived at Moi International Airport in Mombasa aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All the…

Police in Kwale County have launched a manhunt for a group of youth who killed a middle-aged Kenyan man after accusing him of being infected with the coronavirus. The victim; George Kotini Hezron was reportedly heading home after a drinking spree in Diani on Tuesday night when he was accosted by a…

The Health Ministry is tracking more than 80 people believed to have come into contact with a woman who tested positive for coronavirus. The lady had been quarantined in an isolation facility located at Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi but she escaped, according to the Ministry of Health. A security…