KENYA NEWS
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The Ministry of Interior has dismissed as fake a letter suggesting that the government is preparing to impose a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus.
The ministry, through Twitter on Monday, disowned the letter that has since gone viral on social media after it was shared…
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PrideInn Hotel in Nairobi has released a 20-year-old Kenyan student who had been detained at the facility for failing to pay a bill amounting to Sh45,000.
The student; Mayombe Odubah had been quarantined at the high-end hotel after she returned to the country from abroad last week.
Speaking to…
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The number of coronavirus cases in Kenya is projected to hit 10,000 by the end of April 2020, according to the Health Ministry.
In a media briefing on Monday, the ministry’s Director-General Dr. Patrick Amoth said they expect to have about 1,000 infections in the first week of April and 5,000 in…
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The number of coronavirus infections in the country has climbed to 50 after eight new cases were confirmed on Monday.
Speaking during a media briefing at Afya House on Monday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the new cases were recorded in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kitui counties.
Six of the…
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A 49-year-old Kenyan man has died after he was allegedly beaten by police officers on Friday night when the dusk-to-dawn curfew declared by President Uhuru took effect.
Khamisi Juma Bega, a boda-boda operator from Kwale County was reportedly returning home after dropping an expectant woman to…
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At least 38 MPs believed to have come into contact with a coronavirus patient are set to be tested for the illness.
This comes after the National Assembly submitted to the Health Ministry a list of 50 people comprising MPs and parliamentary staff who interacted with Rabai MP William Mwamkale Kamoti…
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Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie has been summoned by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over his claims about the coronavirus pandemic.
Kiarie has been ordered to report to Kabete DCI offices for questioning over the allegations he made on social media on Sunday.
In a lengthy Facebook…
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Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced the confirmation of four new cases of coronavirus in the country.
In a media briefing on Sunday, CS Kagwe said one of the four new patients is Kenyan while the other three are foreign nationals from the United States, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso.
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A Catholic priest who had defied the government’s order to self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving in Kenya from abroad has reportedly been taken to the hospital with coronavirus-like symptoms.
Father Nicholas Maanzo from Kitui County was transferred to Nairobi’s Mbagathi Hospital isolation ward…
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The Health Ministry has trashed claims by Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie that the government is lying to Kenyans about the coronavirus pandemic.
In a lengthy Facebook post on Sunday, MP Kiarie claimed that the actual number of coronavirus cases in the country was higher than the reported 38, adding…
