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The government has begun distributing free alcohol-based hand sanitizers to Kenyans countrywide as part of the measures to combat the spread of coronavirus. The hand sanitizers have been manufactured by various private and public sector players in collaboration with the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC…
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Residents of Kilifi County are living in fear after a strange disease with symptoms linked to coronavirus killed nearly 20 children in the past three weeks. The mysterious illness that has also left the county’s health officials puzzled allegedly claimed the lives of 17 children between March 2nd…
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A video showing police officers beating up food vendors and destroying their stock has angered Kenyans on social media. In the video taken on Saturday by Weru TV journalist Gregory Muriithi, the cruel officers armed with batons are seen storming a market area where they whip female traders while…
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Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi, who is presently in isolation after he tested positive for coronavirus, has apologized for spreading the disease. Saburi, who admitted to having defied the government’s directive requiring all people returning from abroad to self-quarantine for 14 days, says he…
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The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has vowed to move to court to challenge the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed by President Uhuru to combat the spread of coronavirus. LSK, through its president Nelson Havi on Saturday said the curfew will only aid in spreading the disease citing last night events where…
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Starehe MP Charles Njagua Kanyi, alias ‘Jaguar’, has dismissed President Kenyatta’s call on leaders to take pay cuts to raise funds for fighting the coronavirus pandemic. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Jaguar said he will not have his salary slashed but he will instead donate directly to residents…
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Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says his family members are among people who are presently under 14-day mandatory isolation over coronavirus. In a press briefing on Saturday, CS Kagwe indicated that his own son and niece are in quarantine but did not disclose why and where they are isolated…
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Kenya has confirmed seven new cases of coronavirus, raising the total number of infections in the country to 38. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe in a media briefing on Saturday said the seven patients were picked from 81 suspected cases tested in various laboratories in the past 24 hours. All…
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The identity of a 66-year-old Kenyan man who died of coronavirus on Thursday, March 26th, has been revealed. The man, who passed away while receiving treatment at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, has been identified as Maurice Barasa Namiinda from Kimalewa Village in Kabuchai Constituency, Bungoma…
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has threatened to sue blogger Robert Alai for defamation. Through his attorney Donald Kipkorir, CS Matiang’i has asked Alai to pull down libelous content recently published on his blog failure to which he will take legal action against him. In an article…