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The government is set to distribute free alcohol-based sanitizers to Kenyans as part of the measures to combat the spread of coronavirus.
In a statement on Thursday, Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua divulged that Kenyan manufacturers have agreed to produce the sanitizers for free as long as…
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Journalist and blogger Dennis Itumbi has lost his job at State House.
Itumbi ceased to be a State House employee together with four others after their positions were declared redundant by the Public Service Commission (PSC) on Wednesday.
Itumbi was the Director of Digital and Diaspora…
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President Kenyatta has announced the establishment of Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS), a new office whose task is to oversee key Nairobi County government functions that were transferred to the National government.
NMS will be headed by Major General Mohammed Abdallah Badi, who will be…
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A Kenyan man believed to be the architect of a Russian pyramid scheme operating in Kenya has reportedly fled the country with over Sh15 billion belonging to investors.
Abdalla Mohamed Ali, the CEO of Maalin Group of Companies, run a forex trading business in Nairobi and promised investors huge…
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Two Italian nationals were on Tuesday evening denied entry into Kenya after they exhibited symptoms linked to coronavirus.
The two, Marbeillo Fransisco and Marbiello Maurice arrived at Moi International Airport in Mombasa aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
All the…
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Police in Kwale County have launched a manhunt for a group of youth who killed a middle-aged Kenyan man after accusing him of being infected with the coronavirus.
The victim; George Kotini Hezron was reportedly heading home after a drinking spree in Diani on Tuesday night when he was accosted by a…
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The Health Ministry is tracking more than 80 people believed to have come into contact with a woman who tested positive for coronavirus.
The lady had been quarantined in an isolation facility located at Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi but she escaped, according to the Ministry of Health.
A security…
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Three more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya, the Health Ministry has said.
In a media briefing on Wednesday, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the three patients recently traveled to Kenya from abroad. The cases were confirmed at the National Influenza Centre and Kenya…
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Kenya is set to receive $50 million (about Sh5 billion) from the World Bank to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement, the World Bank said Kenya will get a total of $60 million (Sh6 billion) with $50 going towards addressing the Covid-19 outbreak while the remaining will be used to…
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Two people were on Tuesday arraigned in court for allegedly selling non-existent coronavirus self-test kits to Kenyans.
The two were arrested on Monday in Nairobi over allegations of publishing an advert on social media claiming to sell the kits.
Appearing before a Nairobi court, the two; Pravan…
