9,144 frontline workers vaccinated as COVID-19 caseload hits 112,805

By Citizen Reporter,

9,144 frontline workers have been vaccinated in 40 counties since the exercise was launched, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said. He said county distri...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , frontline workers , kagwe , vaccine

Four patients succumb to COVID-19 as Kenya caseload hits 106,470

By Citizen Reporter,

4 patients succumbed to the disease pushing the country's cumulative fatalities to 1,863. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said the Kenya caseload now stands...

coronavirus , kagwe , vaccine

COVID-19: Kenya records 181 new cases, 88 recoveries, 1 death

By Ian Omondi,

The Ministry of Health on Saturday announced that 181 people tested positive for COVID-19 out of a sample size of 5,577 tested in the last 24 hours, t...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe

Man,23, narrates ordeal after siblings set him ablaze in Embu

By Anthony Ndwiga,

A 23-year-old man is recuperating at Embu Level Five Hospital after he was set ablaze by family members who accused him of witchcraft. Peter Nyaga ...

ablaze

Man arrested after gruesome murder of wife, two children in Mbeere

By Citizen Reporter,

Detectives in Mbeere are investigating an incident where a man is alleged to have killed his wife and two children aged 9 and 5 in the wee hours of Su...

murder , warunge

Kirinyaga pastor sentenced to 140 years in jail for defiling his two daughters

By Boniface Thuku,

A pastor in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County who pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating his two teenage daughters aged 14 and 16 years has bee...

Pastor who pleaded guilty to defiling, impregnating his two teenage daughters to be sentenced next week

By Johnson Muriithi,

A pastor in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County who pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating his two teenage daughters has been convicted and is se...

defilement , Kirinyaga County. , Pastor

‘BBI kuna wenyewe, mimi nafanya kazi ya maendeleo,’ says DP Ruto

By Citizen Reporter,

Deputy President Dr William Ruto has again dismissed the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) constitutional amendment push terming it a non-priority iss...

BBI , DP William Ruto , John Cardinal Njue , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kirinyaga: Pastor pleads guilty to defiling, impregnating his two daughters aged 14 and 16

By Boniface Thuku,

A pastor in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County has pleaded guilty to defiling and impregnating his two teenage daughters aged 14 and 16 years. The...

Kirinyaga

Pastor arrested on suspicion he impregnated his two teen daughters

By Johnson Muriithi,

Police in Kirinyaga County have arrested a pastor on suspicion that he impregnated his two teenage daughters. John Gichuki, a pastor in a local ako...

defilement , pastor arrested for defiling minor

Kagwe directs county gov’ts to advertise jobs for health workers

By Anthony Ndwiga,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has directed county governments to advertise vacancies for health workers who are on strike. Mutahi urged over 8,000 unemplo...

coronavirus , doctors strike , kagwe

Mudavadi said BBI talks paralysing Gov’t operations

By DPPS,

Amani National Congress party leader Musalia Mudavadi has said talks on the Building Bridges Initiative are paralysing government operations. Mudav...

BBI , Mudavadi , nyagah , ruto

17 dead, 302 new cases recorded as Kenya’s COVID-19 infections rise to 83,618

By Ian Omondi,

The Ministry of Health on Monday announced that 302 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 3,038 tested in the last 24 hours, bring...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe

COVID-19: Kenya records 413 new cases, 396 recoveries and 12 deaths

By Ian Omondi,

The Ministry Of Health on Monday said 413 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 3,489 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 77,...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe , ministry of health

Coronavirus: Kenya records 1,109 new cases and 21 deaths

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced 1,109 new coronavirus infections from a sample pool of 7,153 tested in the last 24 hours. The new infect...

coronavirus

COVID-19: Kenya records 1,008 new cases as 21 patients die

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Thursday said 1,008 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 6,038 tested in the last 24 hou...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe

COVID-19: Kenya records 14 new deaths, 631 cases and 371 recoveries

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has in a statement confirmed 631 new COVID-19 infections, tested from a sample of 6,142. The cases push the country's total ...

coronavirus

Coronavirus: Kenya announces 16 new deaths, 497 cases and 238 recoveries

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced 497 new cases of the coronavirus in the country, tested from a sample of 4,888. The new cases push Kenya...

coronavirus

IEBC leadership debate takes centre stage at DP Ruto event in Embu

By DPPS,

Deputy President William Ruto has said he has no problem with who leads the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). He said the out...

BBI , IEBC , ruto

Four more patients dead as Kenya records 178 new COVID-19 cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Four more patients have succumbed to the coronavirus in Kenya raising the country's COVID-19 death toll to 581. In a statement issued on Wednesday,...

coronavirus , COVID-19