First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

1.02 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi on Tuesday night. The vac...

coronavirus , kagwe , vaccine

Infinix partners with fashion icon on Zero 8 launch in Kenya

By Agencies,

Infinix, a global leader in consumer electronics market, has launched the ZERO 8 in the Kenyan market. ZERO 8 is the company’s flagship series for 2...

Revealed: Oil companies lobbying U.S. Gov’t to make Africa backslide on plastics

By Citizen Reporter,

The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry...

Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya

By Dorcas Wangira,

Kenya loses an estimated Ksh. 30billion every year in tax evasion, unlicensed goods and counterfeit, according to various studies. The country is t...

mobile phones , phones , smartphones

It takes about Ksh.100 billion and 7 years to develop a vaccine – KEMRI

By Waihiga Mwaura,

Did you know that manufacturing a vaccine that could be widely and safely used by human beings of different genetic makeups could cost nearly one bill...

COVID-19 , KEMRI , vaccines

Kenya COVID-19 Fund raises over Ksh.1.2B for emergency response

By Citizen Reporter,

The COVID-19 Emergency Fund has raised Ksh. 1.2billion through mobilisation of resources for response towards containing the spread, effects and impac...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , karuku

Uhuru warns police against misusing powers in enforcing Covid-19 control orders

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday warned that rogue police officers found abusing their authority during enforcement of government directives amid ...

coronavirus , police officer , President Uhuru Kenyatta

NJIRAINI: Adherence to standards key to combating COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

A week ago, Susan Kageha and her daughter were caught on camera wearing improvised masks made from plastic bottles as they crossed the Indian Ocean, a...

masks

9 more coronavirus cases reported in Kenya, total rises to 59

By Citizen Reporter,

The Ministry of Health has announced 9 more cases of coronavirus in Kenya bringing the total to 59. According to Chief Administrative Secretary Dr....

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Wachira Waruru, Michael Joseph, Joshua Oigara to serve as Board members for proposed COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund

By Citizen Reporter,

Royal Media Services MD Wachira Waruru has been selected to serve as a Board member for the proposed COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund. President Uh...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Wachira Waruru.

Gov’t: All 239 passengers on China Southern plane tested negative for coronavirus

By Dzuya Walter,

The government of Kenya now says none of the 239 passengers who arrived in the country last month aboard a Chinese Southern Airlines plane have tested...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , Dr. Patrick Amoth

Next two weeks extremely critical as Kenya seeks to contain coronavirus outbreak – Kagwe

By Citizen Reporter,

4 more people with coronavirus-like symptoms have been admitted to Mbagathi Hospital while one case tested negative and is being processed for dischar...

coronavirus , kagwe

7 brands of uncertified sanitizers seized in Nairobi, Nakuru

By Citizen Reporter,

Officials from the Kenya Bureau of Standards have seized seven brands of uncertified sanitizers in Nairobi. The brands are Angelicas Luxury (A &...

coronavirus , sanitizers

Kenyans spreading false information on coronavirus to be arrested

By PSCU,

The Cabinet has issued a warning to people spreading fake news on the coronavirus situation Kenya saying those found culpable will be dealt with in ac...

coronavirus

Tuskys on panic-shopping: We are properly stocked, no shortage expected

By Tonny Ndungu,

Tusker Mattresses Limited (TML)- Tuskys has allayed fears of a looming shortage in essential products after Kenyans started panic-shopping after Kenya...

kenya first coronavirus case , Tuskys , tuskys on coronavirus

Coronavirus: Kenyans urged to report retailers who hike product prices

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Government has warned manufacturers and retailers against hiking prices of commodities in the wake of Kenya announcing its first coronavirus case....

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Families of six Kenyan victims sue Boeing over Ethiopia airlines plane crash

By Sam Gituku,

For the first first time ever, Kenyans will be suing a Giant American airplane maker Boeing following the Ethiopian Airlines crash. This was after ...

Ken Okoth’s campaign to legalise Marijuana in Kenya

By Citizen Reporter,

Kibra Member of Parliament Ken Okoth had many great visions for the country and one that many will remember him by was his push to have marijuana lega...

Ken Okoth , Ken Okoth dies , marijuana

Ksh.8M worth of fake phones seized, five arrested in Nairobi’s Luthuli Avenue

By Mbugua John,

The Anti-Counterfeit Authority are reported to have confiscated counterfeit mobile phones and phone accessories estimated to be valued at over Ksh.8 m...

Anti-Counterfeit Authority , counterfeit , Samsung

Poor quality shopping bags banned, two years after plastic ones

By Gloria Magudha,

A ban on non-woven polypropylene shopping bags has been issued effective March 31. Non-woven polypropylene bags are those made from recyclable mate...

on-woven polypropylene , plastic bags ban