First 10 people get COVID-19 vaccine at Kenyatta National Hospital

By Tabitha Rotich,

The first 10 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. Ministry of Health Director General Dr. Patric...

coronavirus , vaccine

Archbishop Muheria rubbishes statement on COVID-19 jab from Catholic doctors

By Waihiga Mwaura,

The Catholic Church has stated that it supports the COVID-19 vaccine for Kenyans after the arrival of more than one million doses of the AstraZeneca v...

coronavirus , muheria , vaccine

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

Stop peddling falsehoods on COVID-19 vaccination, Uhuru cautions Kenyans

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has cautioned Kenyans including the media against peddling falsehoods on COVID-19 vaccination exercise saying health workers ...

coronavirus , Uhuru , vaccine

President Kenyatta flags off first dispatch of COVID-19 vaccines

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has flagged off the first dispatch of vaccines from the National Vaccine Depot in Kitengela to other parts of the country. ...

COVID-19 , President Uhuru Kenyatta

First Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Africa under COVAX arrive in Rwanda

By Reuters,

The first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 shots to be dispatched to Africa under the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme arrived in Rwanda on Wednesday. ...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , covax , kagame , moderna , Pfizer , Rwanda , vaccine

Kenyans to receive COVID-19 vaccine free of charge during phase 1

By Dorcas Wangira,

The long-awaited arrival of Kenya's first consignment of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine has now set the wheel in motion for the planned rollout. ...

Huawei CEO: We won’t give up the ideal of globalization

By Agencies,

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei has pledged to stick to a globalization strategy despite external pressure. He has called on the new US administration to come...

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Kagwe: 400,000 health workers to be vaccinated starting Friday

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said phase one of the COVID-19 vaccination will begin on Friday and is targeting over 400,000 health workers as well as tho...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , kagwe , vaccine

Gov’t extends Kazi Mtaani program for 280,000 youth

By Citizen Reporter,

The steering committee of the National Hygiene Program, popularly known as Kazi Mtaani, has announced the extension of the initiative which was due to...

coronavirus , Kazi Mtaani , social protection

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

COVAX-supplied coronavirus vaccinations underway in Africa

By VOA,

A mass vaccination effort against COVID-19 is getting underway in Africa this week through the World Health Organization’s COVAX initiative. ...

coronavirus , covax , vaccine

Atheists say making pornographic content illegal is not a solution

By Citizen Reporter,

The Atheists in Kenya society has said the proposal to illegalise possession or publishing of pornographic content is an act in haste. According to...

Atheists in Kenya Society , duale , pornography

COTU urges Kenyans to support Bill seeking to criminalize pornographic content

By Citizen Reporter,

The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has urged Kenyans to support a Bill seeking to criminalize possession or publishing of pornographic co...

atwoli , COTU , pornography

OPINION: Safe abortions will save our future

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Every year almost half of all pregnancies - 121 million - are unintended. This is according to the World Health Organization report...

abortion , global gag rule

COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Kenya from Tuesday: CS Kagwe

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Kenya from Tuesday next week. He said first priority will be given to health ca...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , kagwe

President Uhuru Kenyatta takes over as EAC chairman

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta committed to ensure a more united and prosperous East African Community (EAC) as he took over the chairmanship of the regiona...

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Nurses ordered to report back to work immediately as strike called off

By Ian Omondi,

The nurses' strike has now been called off after 79 days following a court order issued by the Labour Court on Monday. Kenya National Union of Nurs...

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Golf great Tiger Woods suffers serious leg injuries in car wreck

By Reuters,

Golf champion Tiger Woods was hospitalized in Los Angeles on Tuesday with severe leg injuries suffered when his car careened off a road and rolled dow...

Los Angeles , Mark Steinberg , tiger woods

Clinical officers suspend strike after 70 days following court order

By Ian Omondi,

Clinical officers on Tuesday suspended their strike after 70 days following a court order. Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) Chairman Peterso...

Clinical officers , KUCO , Peterson Wachira , strike