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President Kenyatta says a countrywide lockdown is not among the options on the table in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking during a joint interview with Inooro, Coro and Kameme FM stations on Tuesday, Kenyatta termed the idea of putting the country on lockdown as far-fetched,…
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President Kenyatta says he personally ordered the arrest of Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi for defying quarantine order and spreading the coronavirus disease in the country.
Uhuru, in a joint interview with three Kikuyu FM stations on Tuesday, said Saburi should be imprisoned for 10 years to…
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A Kenyan family has lamented after their quarantine bill at a four-star hotel in Nairobi hit Sh400,000.
The family comprising five members were booked to PrideInn Hotel in Westlands last month following the government directive requiring all people arriving from abroad to quarantine in…
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Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua wants the government to waiver water and electricity bills for Kenyans in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Mutua, through Twitter, said this would cushion Kenyans from the economic challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, noting that household users should…
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Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi has been arraigned in court after he was arrested on Friday for refusing to self-quarantine after returning to the country from Germany on March 6th.
Saburi, who was arrested after being discharged from Coast General Hospital after recovering from coronavirus,…
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President Kenyatta has announced the confirmation of 16 additional cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 158.
Uhuru, in a state address from State House on Monday, also announced the death toll from Covid-19 has climbed to six after the passing of two more…
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President Kenyatta has banned the movement of people in and out of Nairobi Metropolitan Area (NMA), Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa counties for a duration of 21 days to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Addressing the nation from State House on Monday, Kenyatta said the cessation of movement in and out…
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Kenya has extended the ban on all international passenger flights by 30 more days effective Monday, April 6th.
This comes ahead of the expiry of the initial two-week ban that took effect on March 25th to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease in the country.
The extension was announced on…
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The government has issued a directive requiring families who lose their loved ones to coronavirus to bury them within 24 hours from the time of death.
While announcing the directive on Sunday, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr. Mercy Mwangangi also noted that burials of Covid-19 victims will…
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The number of coronavirus infections in Kenya has climbed to 142 after 16 additional cases were confirmed on Sunday.
In a media briefing on Sunday, Health Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Dr. Mercy Mwangangi said the 16 new cases were detected from 530 samples examined in the past 24 hours.
Dr…
