Kenya records 1,041 new COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has recorded 1,041 new COVID-19 cases from a sample size of 7,753 tested in the last 24 hours marking a positivity rate of 13.4%. The total conf...

COVID-19

Kenya’s COVID-19 positivity rate at 13% after 981 more test positive, 26 dead

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has recorded 981 new COVID-19 cases from a sample size of 7,529 tested in the last 24 hours, marking a positivity rate of 13%. The total of conf...

COVID-19

The new ‘jollof wars’ and why Twitter chose Ghana over Nigeria for its first Africa base

By CNN,

Twitter's announcement Monday that it will set up its first Africa base in Ghana, West Africa, has generated fierce debate among Nigerian users of t...

Ghana , Jack Dorsey , Nigeria , Twitter

239 COVID-19 patients admitted to ICUs across Kenya, ministry says

By Tonny Ndungu,

239 COVID-19 patients are admitted to the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in health care facilities across the country, the Ministry of Health has said. ...

coronavirus

Kenya’s coronavirus positivity rate at 14.9% after 1,091 new infections

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya's COVID-19 positivity rate is now at 14.9%, with the Ministry of Health in a statement on Friday announcing 1,091 new infections, tested from 7,...

coronavirus

Kenya’s COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 20.5% as 1,523 new cases recorded; 18 more dead

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya's COVID-19 positivity rate has risen to 20.5 percent after 1,523 people tested positive from 7,423 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The M...

COVID-19

COVID-19: Kenya records 394 new cases,14 deaths, 2,217 recoveries

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has recorded 394 new COVID-19 cases from a sample size of 2,923 tested in the last 24 hours representing a positivity rate of 13.5%. This now br...

COVID-19 , vaccination

Kenya records 19 new COVID-19 deaths & 1,851 cases; positivity rate now at 19.1%

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya has recorded 1,851 new COVID-19 infections, tested from a sample size of 9,676 in the last 24 hours pushing the total of positive cases to 136,8...

coronavirus

Kenya’s COVID-19 positivity now at 15.3% as 1,412 test positive

By Tonny Ndungu,

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country  has hit 134,058 after 1,412 people tested positive from a sample size of 9,219 betw...

Kenya records 12 new COVID-19 deaths & 1,530 cases; positivity rate now at 19.1%

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health in a statement on Tuesday, announced that 1,468 Kenyans and 62 foreigners had tested positive for COVID-19 , pushing the total ...

coronavirus

13 more people dead as Kenya records 884 new COVID-19 cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has recorded 884 new COVID-19 cases from a sample size of 5,377 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's cumulative caseload to 130,2...

COVID-19

COVID-19: Kenya records 1,152 new cases, 6 deaths

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya has recorded 1,152 new COVID-19 cases from a from a sample size of 8,397 tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the number of confirmed cases to 1...

COVID-19 , kenya

Migori Referral Hospital workers demand 9 months salary arrears

By George Juma,

Casual workers attached to the Migori County Referral Hospital who have not been paid salaries for the past nine months have decried frustration from ...

Migori County

Nine Kisumu County Askaris to be charged for dragging woman on tarmac road

By Allan Obiero,

Nine Kisumu County Government Askaris suspected to have been behind the humiliation of a city trader are set to be arraigned at the Kisumu Law Courts ...

Kisumu County

COVID-19: Kenya records 16.47pc positivity rate, Gov’t says 64,100 vaccinated

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has announced 1,540 new COVID-19 infections, tested from a sample size of 9,348 tested in the last 24 hours. The cases which ...

coronavirus

COVID-19 positivity rate now at 22.1pc as Kenya records 1,127 new cases

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya's COVID-19 positivity rate is now at 22.1percent after 1,127 more people tested positive in the last 24 hours from a sample size of 5,390. T...

coronavirus

Extended Kapedo curfew lifted, CS Matiang’i says 53 firearms recovered

By Citizen Reporter,

Interior CS Fred Matiang'i has lifted the 30-day extended Kapedo curfew saying the operation to restore peace and normalcy has been successful. The...

Kapedo

Ambrose Odero Owino: Detectives finally reveal identity of Kisumu gunman

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have finally established and revealed the identity of the gunman behind the recent Ki...

DCI detectives , kisumu shooting

Senate delays debate on Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill while it is read aloud

By Reuters,

The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to take up President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, but put off the start of a contentious debate...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Joe Biden , U.S Senate

Kenya recorded lower TB cases between 2018 and 2019: report

By George Juma,

Kenya, which is among 30 highly burdened countries with tuberculosis (TB) in the world, reported 8.5 percent reduction in cases between 2019 and 2020....

TB , Tuberculosis