Governors Sonko and Mutua ugly war

By Elphas Lagat,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and his Machakos counterpart Alfred Mutua are embroiled in a political fight over the state of affairs in their respective...

Kalembe Ndile , kONZA City , Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua , Mbagathi Hospital , Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko

Shock as expectant mothers labour on benches, newborns forced to share incubators at Mbagathi Hospital

By Dennis Musau,

Images that would break even the strongest of hearts. Mothers and their babies forced to share incubators as the crisis at Mbagathi Hospital emerges. ...

incubators , Mbagathi Hospital , mothers , Nairobi

Nairobi roads closed on Saturday for Mater Heart Run

By Sophie Njagi,

A number of roads have been closed on  Saturday for the Mater Heart Run. The exercise that kicked off at 7am is taking place simultaneously in 10 ...

Mater Heart Run

Girl who carried her dead baby for 5km to mortuary now goes back to school

By Violet Auma,

A 16-year-old girl who hit headlines after carrying the body of her dead baby for about 5km to a mortuary after officials at a city hospital refused t...

Daisy School , Immaculate Auma , Kakamega County , Mbagathi Hospital

Ailing Mbagathi Hospital out of drugs

By Kadzo Gunga,

It has now emerged that Mbagathi hospital in Nairobi has not had essential medicine for days. Many of those going to the pharmacy with prescription...

KEMSA , Mbagathi Hospital , Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko

Former Nairobi Town Clerk John Gakuo dies

By Citizen Reporter,

Former Nairobi Town Clerk John Gakuo is dead. Gakuo died on Tuesday morning at the Mbagathi Hospital after he was taken ill while at Nairobi West ...

Gakuo

Return grabbed Langata Primary School land, 14 others – Sonko

By Lawrence Baraza,

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has ordered that those who grabbed land belonging to Langata Primary School and 14 other public facilities must relinquish...

langata primary , NLC shocker on reclamation of grabbed land , Riparian land

Aga Khan Hospital to pay Ksh.3M for negligence

By Allan Obiero,

A Kisumu court has ordered the Aga Khan Hospital in Kisumu to pay a woman Ksh.3million in damages for negligence. Antonina Akinyi had sued the hosp...

Aga Khan Hospital , nairobi womens

Revealed: Mbagathi maternity wing had been ordered to close before fire incident

By Ian Omondi,

Emerging reports indicate that Mbagathi Hospital’s maternity wing was supposed to have been closed and out of operation even prior to the Tuesday ni...

Fire , Mbagathi hospital maternity wing

16 newborns escape death after Mbagathi hospital fire

By Lawrence Baraza,

Mothers and their newborns narrowly escaped death on Tuesday night after a fire incident at the Mbagathi Hospital maternity wing. Some who were pre...

Mbagathi Hospital

Government to put up 30,000 low cost houses in Nairobi

By PSCU,

The Government is set to launch a low cost housing project that will see 30,000 houses constructed in Nairobi's Eastlands area, as part of President U...

Big four agenda , Government low cost houses , Kenyatta National Hospital , Kenyatta visits KNH , Makongeni , mama Lucy Hospital , Mbagathi Hospital , Park Road , Shauri Moyo , Spokesperson Manoah Esipisu

Uhuru to sack CSs, County bosses who botch ambitious Nairobi project

By Wangui Ngechu,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has vowed to sack senior government officials if they fail a new and ambitious Nairobi regeneration project. Nairobi Gover...

chief of staff Nzioka Waita , Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company , Kenyatta National Hospital , Mama Lucy , Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko , Nairobi regeneration project , President Uhuru Kenyatta

One dead, 20 hospitalised after food poisoning at Kisii burial

By Vincent Mwasi,

One person has died and twenty others are still receiving treatment at Kenyenya Hospital in Kisii County after suffering suspected food poisoning at a...

20 hospitalised after food poisoning , cholera symptoms , food poisoning , kisii burial , Kisii County , One dead after suspected food poisoning

Polisi wanaolinda maonyesho ya kilimo waugua Kipindupindu

By Makori Ongechi,

Maafisa wanne wa polisi wamefikishwa katika hospitali ya Mbagathi hapa jijini baada ya kuonyesha dalili za kuwa na maradhi ya kipindupindu. Kwingineko...

ASK , Cho;era , Police

Empty beds in big, busy hospitals; where are patients?

By Koome Kimonye,

Pain, misery, anguish and death! These are the faces of patients, their relatives and caretakers in different public health facilities across the coun...

busy hospitals; where are patients? , doctors strike , Empty beds in big , kenya , Kenyatta National Hospital , KMPDU , KNH , KNUN , Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital , Mbagathi Hospital

We will not work without pay, Nairobi doctors tell Kidero

By Atieno Mboya,

Doctors in Nairobi County took to the streets on Wednesday to protest delayed salaries. Led by the National Secretary General of Kenya Medical Prac...

doctors strike , EVANS KIDERO , Nairobi

Nairobi medics down tools over pay

By Citizen,

Doctors in Nairobi County have downed their tools in protest of what they term as salary delay and promotion among other issues. While addressing t...

doctors strike , Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Union Secretary General Nairobi branch Dr. Thuranira Kaugiria , Nairobi , salary delay

County exonerates Mama Lucy hospital of any wrongdoing in baby Dominic’s death

By Wangui Ngechu,

A task force set up to investigate the death of a three-month-old baby boy at the Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital in Nairobi, now says it is satisfied with ...

Baby Dominic , cleared , death , Governor Dr Evans Kidero , Kenyatta National Hospital , mama Lucy Hospital , task force

Major estates in Nairobi to experience six-day water shortage

By Benjamin Wafula,

The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company has announced interruption of water supply from Monday, March 14, 2016 6am to Saturday, March 19, 2016 at ...

Nairobi , WATER SHORTAGE

NYS projects were political launch-pads, says Kidero

By Alex Kubasu,

Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans Kidero on Wednesday took a veiled swipe at former Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru, accusing her of using the susp...