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. ...

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

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...

Justice Maureen Onyango , KNUN , Nurses strike , Seth Panyako

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

Nurses, clinical officers to continue with strike after CS Chelugui meeting flops

By Hassan Mugambi,

A meeting called by Labour Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui that brought striking clinical officers, nurses union officials and the Ministry of Health...

Council of Governors , CS Simon Chelugui , Healthcare workers , KUCO , SRC

UK is vaccinating 140 people per minute on average, minister says

By Reuters,

The United Kingdom is vaccinating 140 people per minute against COVID-19 on average, Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday. The ...

UK

Clinical officers blame Council of Governors over stalled strike talks

By Elphas Lagat,

The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers says its members will remain on strike until the Council of Governors heeds their demands for increased allowance...

Kenya Union of Clinical Officers

Governors now threaten to sack all striking nurses, clinical workers

By Citizen Reporter,

Governors have threatened to sack all striking nurses and clinical officers should they fail to resume work immediately. In a press briefing on Wed...

Council of Governors , Nurses strike , Wycliffe Oparanya

Protest at Manyani Maximum Prison after inmate dies

By Keith Simiyu,

Inmates at the Manyani Maximum Prison in Taita Taveta County on Friday protested over the death of one of their colleagues who was ill passed on in wh...

Bison Madegwa , Manyani Maximum Prison , Taita Taveta County.

Cops pursuing caregiver after 3 initiates died following a botched circumcision

By Tonny Ndungu,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are pursuing a caregiver following a botched circumcision that left two dead. A pol...

circumcision

COVID death toll hits 1,681 as Kagwe hints at vaccine deal

By Tabitha Rotich,

Kenya's coronavirus death toll hit 1,681 on Friday as Health CS Mutahi Kagwe hinted at a vaccine deal in February 2021. Speaking after he signed an...

coronavirus , kagwe , vaccine

Clinical officers strike deal with Gov’t to end 26-day strike

By Tabitha Rotich,

Clinical officers have agreed to end the 26-day strike that paralysed the country's public health system. This after they signed a return to work d...

kagwe , KUCO , strike

Nurses vow to continue with strike, decry biased treatment compared to doctors

By Raquel Muigai,

The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) is demanding that the government recommits to talks to end their ongoing strike that has now lasted 20 days....

KMPDU , KNUN , Nurses strike , Seth Panyako

Health crisis worsens as doctors join clinical officers, nurses in strike

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenyans seeking medical services in public hospitals are set to undergo untold suffering as doctors across the country on Monday downed their tools af...

ministry of health

Health crisis looms as KMPDU says strike to proceed on Dec 21

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya faces a health crisis after KMPDU said the doctors strike will proceed starting Monda, December 21. Also Read: ‘Don’t insult us, we are n...

Chibanzi Mwachonda , coronavirus , kagwe , KMPDU

Doctors union blasts CS Kagwe over sacking threat

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union has lashed out at Health CS Mutahi Kagwe following his remarks on the health workers s...

Chibanzi Mwachonda , coronavirus , health workers strike , kagwe , KMPDU

BBI signatures verification to begin after Ksh.93M budget approved

By Citizen Reporter,

The BBI signatures verification exercise is set to begin after the National Treasury approved the Ksh. 93,729,800 budget. Also Read: ‘Our dignity...

BBI , BBI signature collection

‘Our dignity is more important than BBI!’ Clinical officers stage protest in Nairobi

By Citizen Team,

The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) on Monday gathered at Uhuru Park in Nairobi from where they proceeded to the Ministry of Health headquarte...

BBI , clinical workers , COVID-19 , KUCO , Wachira Peterson

DP Ruto hits out at Raila Odinga over health workers remark

By Bernard Rotich,

Deputy President William Ruto has hit out at former Prime Minister Raila Odinga on his recent remarks over issues relating to health workers and comba...

coronavirus , doctors strike , ruto

‘Don’t insult us, we are not contracting COVID-19 in bars,’ doctors insist

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has come out to strongly condemn claims that doctors are contracting COVID-19 outside healt...

KMPDU