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Amid high demand for ventilators globally due to the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Kenyatta University students has developed a prototype of a ventilator using locally sourced materials.
The 16 learners drawn from the faculties of engineering, pharmacy, medicine, and nursing made the machine in…
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Two people have been confirmed dead following a stampede witnessed during a food distribution exercise in Kibra, Nairobi on Friday.
Speaking on Saturday, Kibra police boss Andrew Musaisi said the two women succumbed to their injuries hours after they left the food distribution center.
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Police in Nairobi are holding 30 people who were arrested at an unbridled party on Friday evening.
The revelers, including a magistrate and a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) Colonel, were busted in a bar in Nairobi’s Embakasi area.
Police officers raided the joint after receiving a tip-off from…
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The number of coronavirus infections in Kenya has climbed to 191 after two more people tested positive for the illness.
In a press briefing on Saturday, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Mercy Mwangangi said the two new patients include a two-year-old child and a 32-year-old. The two; a…
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10 Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials have been sent into quarantine after they came into contact with coronavirus patients.
The 10 employess attached to the Mombasa port are said to have had contact with several foreign nationals who tested positive for Covid-19, according to Daily Nation.…
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Kenya has confirmed five additional cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 189.
The five new cases were detected from a total of 504 samples examined in the past 24 hours, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said on Friday.
All the new patients…
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Deputy President William Ruto has moved to stop the proposed change of Jubilee Party officials, terming it as fraudulent.
Ruto on Friday said that some shadowy characters are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to make changes to the governing party. He noted that as the party’s deputy…
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President Kenyatta has sent a message of unity and resilience to Kenyans as the country continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic.
Kenyatta, in a statement on Friday, regretted that Kenyans will this year not be able to celebrate Easter with their families due to the measures put in place by the…
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Kenyans on social media have been rattled by reports that China has donated 18 tonnes of medical equipment to the country to aid in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
A China Southern Airlines cargo flight carrying the equipment reportedly landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport…
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ODM leader Raila Odinga has urged MPs to declare their coronavirus results, saying contracting the disease is not a crime.
Odinga, in an interview with Radio Citizen on Friday, said revealing their statuses will help tame the further spread of the highly contagious illness.
“Having the disease of…
