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1.25 million Kenyans to receive COVID-19 vaccine before June 2021
By Tonny Ndungu,
1654, January 29, 2021 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health has established a taskforce to ensure an expedited deployment of COVID-19 vaccines. The task force will be chaired by Dr Willi...
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‘It’s disgusting!’ CS Kagwe accuses doctors of using Dr. Mogusu’s death for union politics
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1555, December 22, 2020 (EAT)
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has accused officials of healthcare workers unions of politicizing the death of Dr. Stephen Mogusu, a 28-year-ol...
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‘Corona ikianza tulikuwa na kazi, lakini sasa hatuna’: Why Albert Otieno and Beatrice Mbendo now depend on social protection
By Rachel Ombaka,
1531, November 19, 2020 (EAT)
Albert Otieno, 32, lives with his mother, two children and a cousin in Kayole, one of Nairobi County's most densely populated estates. Also Read: T...
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Nairobi Hospital allocates 4 more wards to COVID-19 cases as infections surge
By Tonny Ndungu,
1821, October 21, 2020 (EAT)
The Nairobi Hospital has allocated four more wards to the management of COVID-19 patients following a surge of new cases. In an internal memo seen ...
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Kenya headed for second coronavirus wave, CS Kagwe warns
By Tonny Ndungu,
1856, October 18, 2020 (EAT)
Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has sounded warning over the rising cases of the novel coronavirus in the country, asking Kenyans to...
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Coronavirus: Kenya records 685 new cases, 7 deaths and 105 recoveries
By Tonny Ndungu,
1652, October 18, 2020 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has announced 685 new cases of the coronavirus, tested from 4,912 samples. The Cabinet Secret...
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Open Letter from women of Kenya to Chief Justice David Maraga
By Guest Writer,
2131, September 23, 2020 (EAT)
We, the undersigned women, women associations, women's rights organisations and gender equality advocates in Kenya, being representatives of women in ...
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COVID-19: Kenya confirms 92 new cases, 165 recoveries and 3 deaths
By Ian Omondi,
1748, September 16, 2020 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced that 92 more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Kenya from 2,985 samples tested in the last 24 hours...
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End of ‘men in white’ at COVID-19 burials as WHO issues new guidelines
By Citizen Reporter,
1221, September 8, 2020 (EAT)
The sight of heavily PPE clad Ministry of Health officials at funeral ceremonies for victims of COVID-19 may be a thing of the past after the World He...
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Ministry of Health set to release new protocols to guide burial of COVID-19 victims
By Tonny Ndungu,
1704, September 7, 2020 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health will issue a raft of revised guidelines on the burial of COVID-19 fatalities later in the week, Head of Public Health, Dr. Fran...
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KEMSA scam: New details emerge as blame shifts to Kagwe, Mochache
By Sam Ogina,
1120, August 29, 2020 (EAT)
Jonah Manjari who was suspended from his CEO position at the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) has dragged top government officials into the multi...
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COVID-19 in Kenya: Five dead, 246 new cases as caseload rises to 32,803
By Ian Omondi,
1619, August 28, 2020 (EAT)
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday announced that the country’s COVID-19 cases rose to 32,803 after 246 more people tested positive for the disease f...
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COVID-19 scandal: Mudavadi wants President Kenyatta to form Judicial commission of inquiry
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1518, August 23, 2020 (EAT)
ANC Party leader Musalia Mudavadi has called on President Uhuru Kenyatta to form a judicial commission of inquiry to probe the alleged theft and misap...
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Suspended KEMSA boss Manjari fails to appear before Senate team
By Citizen Reporter,
1529, August 21, 2020 (EAT)
Jonah Manjari, the suspended CEO of the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), failed to appear before a Senate committee to explain alleged misappr...
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KEMSA scandal: USAID, Global Fund threaten to withdraw Ksh.400B
By Sam Ogina,
2228, August 20, 2020 (EAT)
Two key donors have threatened to withdraw up to Ksh.400 billion earmarked for Kenya following the latest COVID-19 scandal linked to a government agen...
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Kenya’s COVID-19 cases close in on 30,000-mark as 515 more patients test positive
By Ian Omondi,
1551, August 15, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s COVID-19 infections on Saturday neared the 30,000-mark after 515 more patients tested positive for the disease from 6,353 samples tested wit...
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13 patients dead, 544 new cases recorded as Kenya’s COVID-19 infections hit 22,597
By Ian Omondi,
1523, August 3, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s COVID-19 infections on Monday rose to 22,597 after 544 more patients tested positive for the disease from 2,653 samples tested in the last 2...
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‘Sausage mbili, soda moja,’ new look Kagwe Special after Uhuru’s alcohol ban
By Ian Omondi,
1724, July 28, 2020 (EAT)
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has urged Kenyans to abide by the ban on alcohol in restaurants and eateries instituted by President Uhuru Kenya...
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14 more patients dead as Kenya records 606 new COVID-19 cases
By Ian Omondi,
1616, July 28, 2020 (EAT)
COVID-19 infections in the country has risen to 18,581 after 606 more patients tested positive for the disease from 4,888 samples tested within the la...
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COVID-19: Kenya records 667 new cases, 311 recoveries, 11 deaths
By Ian Omondi,
1554, July 24, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya's COVID-19 infections on Friday shot to 16,268 after 667 more patients were diagnosed with the disease from 5,075 samples tested within the last...
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