Maize flour prices to increase over ‘unclarity’ on import ban: CMA

By Citizen Reporter,

The Cereal Millers Association (CMA) has criticised what it terms as unclarity with regards to the recent ban on maize imports from Uganda and Tanzani...

Cereal Millers Association , maize flour prices

Pharmacy board now denies reports one person died after receiving AstraZeneca vaccine

By Ian Omondi,

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has now refuted reports that one person died after taking the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Kenya. Th...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine

Probe after one person dies after taking COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine in Kenya

By Ian Omondi,

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) now says a probe has been launched after one person died after taking the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine in Kenya. ...

AstraZeneca vaccine , coronavirus , COVID-19 , PPB

Gov’t bans importation, sale and use of private COVID-19 vaccines

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has banned importation, distribution and administration of private COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe's announ...

coronavirus , sputnik

Kenyans warned against marketing brands of COVID-19 vaccines

By Citizen Reporter,

The Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya (PSK) has warned personalities against marketing brands of COVID-19 vaccines to the public using social media page...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , sputnik , vaccine

Confusion in Kenya over Sputnik V vaccine

By Tonny Ndungu,

Confusion has set in over the recently imported Russian-manufactured Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Kenya. On Tuesday, The Ministry of Health acting ...

coronavirus , sputnik , vaccine

58 people arrested, 124 premises closed in crackdown on illegal pharmacies

By Ian Omondi,

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) on Friday said 58 people have been arrested and 124 premises closed in a crackdown on illegal pharmacies in the C...

coastal region. , crackdown , Dr. Dominic Kariuki , Pharmacy and Poisons Board

No COVID-19 vaccines are available in Kenya for sale: MoH

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health now says the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine has not met all the necessary regulatory approvals for use in the country. The l...

coronavirus

Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine approved for emergency use in Kenya

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has granted Emergency Use Approval to a private pharmacy in Kenya for the Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik ...

coronavirus

Uganda bans 7 Kenyan peanut butter brands, cites cancer

By Citizen Reporter,

The Government of Uganda has suspended imports of seven Kenyan peanut butter brands days after they were banned from the local market. A statement ...

Aflatoxin , KEBS , Nuteez , Peanut butter , UNBS

KEBS suspends 7 peanut butter brands over high aflatoxin levels

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has suspended seven peanut butter brands after they were found to contain excess levels of aflatoxin. They sus...

Nuteez , peanut butter brands

Two new Ebola treatments show promise in the fight against the outbreak in Congo

By CNN,

The World Health Organization has decided to narrow an experiment with Ebola patients to two treatments that show real promise. The treatments, known...

Ebola in DRC

Suspension of Nuteez peanut butter lifted two months after recall

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya Bureau of Standards has lifted the suspension of the Nuteez peanut butter brand. The agency on Friday said the manufacturer, Jetlak Foods...

Jetlak Foods , nuteez peanut butter

KEBS suspends permits for ‘Nuteez’ peanut butter and two more brands

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has withdrawn the permit of Jetlak Foods Ltd and directed the company to withdraw from the market all its peanut ...

Jetlak Foods , Peanut butter

Gov’t recalls ‘Nuteez’ peanut butter countrywide

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Ministry of Health has recalled peanut butter brand 'Nuteez' countrywide after tests confirmed a contaminated batch in Nandi County. In a lette...

ministry of health , Nuteez

NTSA suspends licenses of 11 PSVs over traffic violations

By Ian Omondi,

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has suspended night travel licenses for five Public Service Vehicles (PSVs) and road service licens...

drunk driving , Francis Meja , Judiciary , NTSA , Traffic violations

83 unlicensed chemists shut down, dozens of operators arrested

By Josiah Mugo,

83 chemists have been closed down and 83 people arrested in an impromptu raid on illegal operators. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (KPPB) under th...

pharmacies closed , Pharmacy and Poisons Act , Pharmacy and Poisons Board (KPPB)

Government restricts sale of cough medicine over addiction

By Ian Omondi,

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has restricted the sale of medicines that contain codeine to prescription only. In a press statement released ...

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Police crack down on illegal pharmacies in Mombasa

By Patrick Kanga,

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (KPPB) has arrested 68 individuals found operating illegal pharmacies at the coast. During a crackdown targeting ill...

68 individuals , Arrest , coast , illegal pharmacies , Kilifi , KWALE , lamu , Mombasa , operating , Pharmacy and Poisons Board (KPPB) , Police

Kenyans React to Sepp Blatter’s Resignation

By Lisa Kamau,

FIFA President Sepp Blatter made global headlines Tuesday evening when he announced that he would resign less than a week after reelection.   ...