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Joe Biden announces $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package
By VOA,
1204, January 15, 2021 (EAT)
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a coronavirus response plan Thursday evening, emphasizing the urgency of passing legislation to help Americans...
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After sitting on the fence, Kenya takes up debt-suspension offer
By Kepha Muiruri,
1839, January 11, 2021 (EAT)
Kenya has agreed to take up the debt service suspension initiative (DSSI) after tiptoeing around the deal for months. The Paris Club which represen...
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2020 review: On public debt, it’s from the frying pan towards fire
By Kepha Muiruri,
1028, December 31, 2020 (EAT)
In a nutshell, Kenya’s stock of public debt stood at Ksh.1.3 trillion a decade ago, today, this stock has climbed to Ksh.7.1 trillion as of Septembe...
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Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law after lengthy delay
By CNN,
826, December 28, 2020 (EAT)
President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion dollar coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a govern...
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US House approves Ksh.99 trillion COVID-19 rescue package
By CNN,
1243, December 22, 2020 (EAT)
Congress voted Monday evening to approve a far-reaching $900 billion (99 trillion Kenya shillings) Covid relief package that promises to accelerate va...
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WHO scheme risks failure, leaving poor countries with no COVID-19 vaccines until 2024
By Reuters,
1726, December 16, 2020 (EAT)
The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a “very high” risk of failure, potentially leaving nations home to billio...
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Morocco says Covid-19 vaccine will be free to all citizens
By Reuters,
830, December 9, 2020 (EAT)
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI ordered that all Moroccans should receive a coronavirus vaccine for free, the Royal palace said on Tuesday. Morocco plan...
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COVID-19 pandemic drives spike in suicides in Japan
By CNN,
1030, November 30, 2020 (EAT)
Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The first time, she was just 22 years old with a full-time job in publishing that didn't pay ...
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Banks loan restructures hit Ksh.1.4T in October
By Kepha Muiruri,
1704, November 27, 2020 (EAT)
Local banks have now restructured Ksh.1.38 trillion in customer loan repayments as part of relief measures passed on to borrowers over COVID-19 relate...
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BWIRE: After public lynching of KEMSA, what next?
By Guest Writer,
1810, November 23, 2020 (EAT)
By Victor Bwire The usual mob injustice, transactional nature and emotional approach to dealing with fraud and corruption in public institutions in...
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Kenya seeks three and a half year access to IMF emergency loans
By Kepha Muiruri,
1054, November 21, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya is in deep talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the access of emergency bail out loans over the next three and a half years, th...
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Yvonne’s Take: I’m glad one MP wept, while another asked for a helicopter
By Yvonne Okwara,
1652, November 20, 2020 (EAT)
How many harrowing tales have you heard about people who have survived COVID-19 or those who’ve lost the battle? Most people now have a story to ...
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New York City closes schools amid COVID-19 surge
By VOA,
1017, November 19, 2020 (EAT)
New York City Wednesday ordered schools to close, as the city recorded a seventh-straight day with a COVID-19 positivity rate of over 3%. Also Read...
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Tobacco manufacturers fingered for profiting off the pandemic
By Kepha Muiruri,
1540, November 17, 2020 (EAT)
Tobacco manufacturers have been fingered for using the COVID-19 pandemic to weaken regulations limiting tobacco use. This is according to a new rep...
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Moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19
By Reuters,
1602, November 16, 2020 (EAT)
Together with Pfizer Inc’s vaccine, which is also more than 90% effective, and pending more safety data and regulatory review, the United States cou...
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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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COVID-19 restrictions led to polio, measles outbreaks: WHO
By VOA,
1451, November 7, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday the COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictions and demands on resources have stifled immunization programs, ...
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Kiambu County opens Ksh.25M isolation unit in Tigoni
By Citizen Reporter,
2028, November 6, 2020 (EAT)
Kiambu Governor James Nyoro officially opened the county’s Covid-19 isolation center in Tigoni on Friday. The facility with a capacity of 104 bed...
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Uhuru unveils policy measures to speed up UHC roll-out
By PSCU,
1905, October 31, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta today unveiled a raft of policy interventions aimed at fast tracking the national rollout of the Universal Health Coverage (U...
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OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic
By Guest Writer,
1401, October 28, 2020 (EAT)
By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...
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