COG links decreasing COVID-19 positivity rate to lack of testing kits

By Citizen Reporter,

The Council of Governors now says that Kenya's decreasing COVID-19 positivity rate is as a result of lack of testing kits. According to Prof. Anyan...

coronavirus , testing , vaccine

14 people injured in suspected suicide bombing outside Catholic church

By CNN,

Fourteen people were hospitalized with injuries following a suspected suicide bombing outside a church in Makassar City, Indonesia, on Sunday, police ...

Indonesia

Bloggers, social media users with huge following to be ‘monitored by the state’- Ugandan gov’t orders

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ugandan Communication Commission has asked social media users and bloggers with a large following to 'register for monitoring by the state'. Th...

Ugandan communication commision

MP Moses Kuria admitted in hospital, says COVID-19 is real

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria is admitted at the Karen Hospital in Nairobi undergoing treatment for COVID-19. Kuria disclosed on W...

Moses Kuria

As World Blood Donor Day approaches, COVID-19 strains supply

By VOA,

Even before the emergence of the new coronavirus, Africa’s blood supply fell short of demand. The pandemic has increased the deficit, raising ris...

coronavirus , World Blood Donor Day

7 killed in grisly accident along Kisumu-Busia road

By Allan Obiero,

Seven people were killed after a truck carrying sugarcane rammed two vehicles at Kisian on the Kisumu-Busia road. County police boss Ranson Lolmodo...

kisian , kisumu busia accident

Needy woman with 8 kids in Kipipiri now boiling water for their dinner

By James Matheri,

A 63-year-old Mary Muthoni who hails from Kipipiri has appealed to Kenyans for help saying her 8 kids and grandkids are staring into possible starvati...

face mask , Face masks

Doctor in Embu embarks on making high-tech face masks using sanitary towels

By Anthony Ndwiga,

As youth in the country embark on using their skills to help in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus, in Embu, a youthful doctor has embark...

Face masks

Still ‘a long way to go’ in coronavirus battle, WHO chief warns

By Agencies,

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against complacency as countries continue to confront COVID-19 and citizens grow weary of s...

coronavirus , Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Murang’a county residents duped into wearing panties fashioned into facemasks

By Joseph Wachira,

A section of Murang'a residents have been reduced into wearing some rather unorthodox masks after they were duped by unscrupulous traders. Resident...

face mask , muranga

6yr-old boy dies from coronavirus as number of Kenyan cases rises to 122

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya has confirmed 12 more cases of coronavirus bringing the total to 122. Health CAS Dr. Mercy Mwangangi said they include 11 Kenyans and one Som...

coronavirus

Kilifi DG recovers from coronavirus, to be arraigned for defying quarantine order

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi has fully recovered from the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has confirmed. Saburi has...

Kilifi Deputy Governor

Nigeria bans entry for travelers from 13 countries as it announces 5 new cases of coronavirus

By CNN,

Nigeria is restricting entry into the country for travelers from 13 countries including the US and UK, as it announced five new cases Wednesday. Th...

coronavirus

KOT offer suggestions to preacher who found bhang growing near his house

By Tonny Ndungu,

Outspoken man of God Timothy Njoya says he has given up uprooting bhang plants deposited by flood waters along the Ngong River Bank. Njoya says he ...

A visiting South African MP was shocked by the lavish lifestyle of Kenyan politicians

By Tonny Ndungu,

A South African Member of Parliament (MP) Nqabayomzi Lawrence Saziso Kwankwa spent a day with a Kenyan MP, and he went back home wishing he could swit...

Isaac Mwaura , kenya , Nqabayomzi Lawrence , south africa

KOT ungovernable as Dennis Itumbi claims he was beaten by 18 cops

By Tonny Ndungu,

Last evening, Dennis Itumbi joined a caucus of MPs at the Kilimani Police station to agitate for the release of Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria. Kuria...

Denis Itumbi

African migrant apprehensions spike at Southern US border

By VOA,

The number of African migrants apprehended by U.S. border officials has spiked, from a total of less than a hundred in years past to more than 600 in ...

U.N. refugee agency , US immigration policy

PM: Mali massacre victims included 24 children

By VOA,

Bodies recovered from a massacre of almost 100 people by a Malian ethnic militia included at least 24 children, many of them shot in the back, the pri...

Africa's Sahel region , Fulani Ethnic Group , MALI

8 KDF soldiers hospitalised after accident on Nairobi-Kangundo road

By Enock Muswii,

Eight Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers were Wednesday injured after a truck they were travelling in overturned on the Nairobi-Kangundo Highway. ...

Kangundo , KDF

Billionaire Robert F. Smith promises to pay off U.S college students’ loans

By CNN,

Morehouse College seniors got a surprise Sunday when billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay...

Morehouse College , Robert F. Smith , Vista Equity Partners.