We demand full disclosure on COVID-19 funds – Karua

By Erick Owenga,

NARC Kenya party leader Martha Karua is demanding accountability and transparency from the government on how COVID-19 funds have been spent during thi...

coronavirus , Covid-19 emergency fund , karua

Senate suspends physical meetings over rising cases of COVID-19

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Kenyan senate has banned physical meetings for a month to avert the spread of the new coronavirus. Speaker Kenneth Lusaka said the move was inf...

coronavirus

Gov’t lists its 14 quarantine, isolation facilities in Nairobi County

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Ministry of Health has published a list of 14 isolation and quarantine facilities within Nairobi County where patients can seek help. St George...

coronavirus

16-year-old succumbs to coronavirus in Kenya, caseload rises to 21,363

By Citizen Reporter,

A 16-year-old patient is among 23 people to succumb to coronavirus in Kenya as the country reported 727 more people had tested positive. Health CS ...

coronavirus

KMPDU boss Chibanzi Mwachonda tests positive for COVID-19

By Citizen Reporter,

Dr. Chibanzi Mwachonda, the acting Secretary General of the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) has tested positive for...

Chibanzi Mwachonda , coronavirus , KMPDU

OPINION: Corruption, greed could impede Kenya’s war on COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

By Allan Chesang I googled the meaning of the word corruption, and this is what I found; dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power; a f...

EACC investigating top KEMSA officials over Ksh.7.7 billion tender for COVID-19 PPEs

By Sam Gituku,

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is investigating top officials at the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) in relation to a contr...

COVID-19 , Dr. Jonah Manjari Mwangi , EACC , kembi Gitura , KEMSA , PPEs

COVID-19: Kenya records 278 new cases, 89 recoveries and 2 deaths

By Ian Omondi,

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Wednesday announced that the country’s COVID-19 infections rose to 8,528 after 278 more patients tested pos...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , CS Mutahi Kagwe , Governor Kivutha Kibwana , makueni county

Public hospitals start receiving PPEs worth Ksh.3M from Kenya COVID-19 Fund

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kenya COVID-19 Fund Board, in partnership with Equity Group Foundation (EGF) have embarked on the distribution of locally manufactured PPEs to pub...

coronavirus , karuku , Kenya COVID-19 Fund , PPEs

David Ansell retires as Equity Group Board Chair, Prof. Isaac Macharia takes over

By Citizen Reporter,

The Equity Group Board has appointed Prof. Isaac Macharia Equity Group Holdings Board Chairman to take over from David Ansell. Ansell did not offer...

David Ansell , Equity , munga

Athi River Shalom Hospital cleared to resume operations

By Enock Muswii,

Athi River Shalom Hospital has been cleared to resume normal operations barely three days after three patients succumbed to COVID-19. Kenya Medical...

athi river shalom , coronavirus , shalom

EABL parent firm Diageo lines up Ksh.10.6 billion recovery fund for bars

By Kepha Muiruri,

The East African Breweries Limited (EABL) parent firm Diageo has launched a worldwide Ksh.10.6 billion ($100 million) fund to support the recovery of ...

Diageo Plc , East Africa Breweries Ltd(EABL)

China promises debt relief to African countries as part of COVID-19 support

By PSCU,

President Xi Jinping of China on Wednesday assured African countries that his country will continue supporting COVID-19 containment measures on the co...

china , coronavirus , COVID-19 , President Xi Jinping

Sossion wants teachers, learners equipped with PPEs when schools reopen

By Makori Ongechi,

With schools in the country expected to gradually reopen from September, stakeholders are now weighing in on the modalities of resumption. Among th...

COVID-19 , KNUT , tsc , Wilson Sossion

The 2020/21 budget winners and losers

By Kepha Muiruri,

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani’s maiden budget statement delivered a mixed bag of fortune for Kenyans in a quest to strike a balance in net ...

2020 Finance Bill , 2020/21 budget , National Treasury

School after COVID-19: PPEs, sanitisers and more nurses for temperature screening

By VOA,

School districts may need to spend an estimated $1,778,139 (Ksh.189million) above their budgets to safely reopen because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a n...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , online learning , schools

PPEs for crew, early check-ins: How flying in a Covid-19 era will look like

By Kepha Muiruri,

Flying under the new Covid-19 era is expected to take in dramatic changes as airlines scramble contingency plans to stay in the skies amidst a global ...

Aviation , Covid-19 pandemic , Kenya Airways (KQ)

Kenya COVID Fund gets Ksh.3.7B in donations

By Elphas Lagat,

The COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund Board has received donations totaling Ksh. 3.7billion. Ksh. 3.2billion was received by the committee in cash w...

coronavirus , KAM , karuku , Kenya COVID Fund

Safaricom Foundation donates PPEs to healthcare workers in Uasin Gishu

By Citizen Reporter,

Safaricom Foundation, in partnership with SPEAK, a local NGO, and Uasin Gishu County, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) worth Ksh. 1mil...

coronavirus , PPE , Safaricom foundation

Gov’t bans movement in and out of Eastleigh, Old Town areas starting tonight

By Ian Omondi,

The government has now banned movement in and out of Eastleigh in Nairobi and Old Town in Mombasa after the two areas registered worrying double-figur...

COVID-19 , Eastleigh , Old Town