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The producer of Hennessy Cognac has clarified that the alcohol brand does not protect consumers from contracting the coronavirus disease. The French company issued the statement after Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko included bottles of Hennessy Cognac in the food donation hamper he has been…

Kenya is set to receive an additional $500,000 (Sh50 million) from the United States government to boost its fight against the coronavirus disease.  This brings the total US support for Kenya’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic to $1 million (Sh100 million).  The US Agency for…

A 27-year-old Kenyan man who tested positive for Covid-19 in Uganda on Tuesday, April 14th is set to be repatriated.  Uganda’s Director-General of Health Services Henry Mwebesa said the Kenyan was among 372 truck drivers who were tested for the virus at the country’s border with Kenya. "His…

Nine more people have contracted coronavirus in Kenya, the Health Ministry has said. The nine new cases were detected from 803 samples tested in the past 24 hours and raises the total number of infections in the country to 225. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, in a media briefing on Wednesday…

Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi says he has never tested positive for Covid-19 as alleged by the Health Ministry. Saburi, through his attorney George Kithi, on Wednesday told Mombasa Principal Magistrate Elvis Michieka that he was not a carrier of coronavirus and hence cannot be charged under…

Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen has explained why most MPs are not willing to take a pay cut. To free up funds for fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, President Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto slashed their salaries by 80 percent. Other members of the Executive arm of the…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has explained why alcohol is part of the food donation he is giving to vulnerable Kenyans in the city in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Sonko and his team have been including a few bottles of Hennessy, an expensive alcohol brand brewed in Cognac, France, in the food…

Police officers have been directed to arrest anyone found without a face mask in public.  Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai said wearing a face mask in public is mandatory as per the gazette notice published by the office of Attorney-General on April 6th, 2020. Failure to wear a…

Distinguished Kenyan Swahili author and former journalist Ken Walibora has died at the age of 56. Walibora, popularly known for his novel Siku Njema, was reported missing last Friday, April 10th before his body was found at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) mortuary on Wednesday, April 15th. He was…

The Health Ministry says the coronavirus disease is now spreading to counties as the number of infections in Kenya rose by eight to 216 on Tuesday. So far, 21 out of the 47 Kenyan counties have recorded at least one case of Covid-19 with Nairobi being the most affected, according to Health…