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Kenya is set to manufacture 60 million face masks to boost its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the government has said. Speaking during a media briefing on Friday, Trade and Industrialization Cabinet Secretary Betty Maina said the protective masks will be produced by four biggest fabric…

Kenyan billionaire industrialist Narendra Raval has donated Sh100 million worth of oxygen to government hospitals. Narendra, who is the CEO of the Devki Group, announced the move through his Twitter page on Thursday, saying the oxygen will be used in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in…

A group of at least 15 Kenyans is presently stuck in Doha, Qatar after they failed to get a flight back home. The group is stranded at the Hamad International Airport and cannot leave the airport since Doha is on lockdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Kenyans, some of whom were in transit,…

A Kenya Airways pilot who evacuated Kenyans from the US last week due to the coronavirus pandemic has passed away. Captain Daudi Kimuyu Kibati is one of the two people the Health Ministry on Thursday announced they had succumbed to Covid-19, raising the number of fatalities in the country to three…

Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi was on Friday afternoon arrested for defying the government’s directive to self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving from abroad. Saburi was arrested moments after he left the Coast General Hospital where he was under mandatory isolation after testing positive…

The Rift Valley Textile Company (Rivatex) is set to begin mass production of face masks required in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Eldoret-based garment manufacturer said it will be making 5,000 protection masks per day and sell them at fair prices. Rivatex CEO Prof. Thomas Kurgat…

Kenya has registered 29 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 110, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. In a media briefing at Afya House, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe also announced the passing of two more Covid-19 patients, increasing the number…

Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi has recovered from coronavirus, according to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. Kagwe, in a media briefing on Thursday, said Saburi tested negative for the virus after spending 14 days in isolation. He further announced that Saburi will be charged in court…

The government has released 4,800 inmates as part of its measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Kenya. In a statement on Thursday, the National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) said the move is aimed at decongesting Kenyan prisons in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. The…

The government has ordered all Kenyan employers to release their employees not later than 4 pm to ensure they comply with the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed last week by President Kenyatta. In a gazette notice dated Wednesday, April 1st, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said this will ensure…