U.N. says human rights must be at core of COVID-19 recovery

By VOA,

The U.N. high commissioner for human rights has issued a call to action for international Human Rights Day to build back in a more sustainable and j...

coronavirus , human rights

Police fire in the air to save woman found dancing naked at a fresh grave in Masinga

By Alphonse Mbithi,

Police in Milaani, Masinga were forced to fire into the air to disperse a crowd that was baying for the blood of a suspected witch doctor. Reports ...

Man found dead in Kitui lodging, police suspect sex-pill overdose

By Jackson Muli,

A middle-aged man was discovered dead inside a guest house in Kitui on Saturday morning. Kitui Central Sub County Director of Criminal Investigatio...

viagra

Migori: Witch doctor stabbed severally by unknown attackers

By George Juma,

Police in Awendo Sub County have launched investigations after a local witch doctor was stabbed severally and left for the dead inside a sugarcane pla...

Witch doctor

Anne always in trouble: Links to alleged corruption not new to Waiguru

By Sam Gituku,

In seven years, Governor Anne Waiguru has grown from a hard working and visible Cabinet Secretary to one of the most controversial politicians as she ...

EACC , Kirinyaga , waiguru

At 90, she said her final goodbyes as doctors prepared her to die from coronavirus. Then she survived

By CNN,

Geneva Wood knew her life was about to end. She could feel it with every strained breath. She was well aware her 90-year-old lungs were filling wit...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Geneva Wood

Ventilators explained: Their importance in the fight against coronavirus

By Agencies,

The novel coronavirus causes a respiratory illness called COVID-19 that in severe cases can ravage the lungs. It has so far killed at least 34,000 ...

coronavirus , ventilators

COVID-19: What people living with HIV should know

By Citizen Reporter,

The Ministry of Health has now released a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) in regards to what people living with HIV should know about the no...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , HIV , ministry of health

Migori: Man dies after taking a concoction given by a witchdoctor

By George Amolo,

Police in Uriri, Migori county are pursuing a woman and a witch-doctor over the death of an 18-year-old man who died after consuming a concoction offe...

man dies after consuming concoction in migori

China’s coronavirus deaths surpass SARS as millions stagger back to work

By Reuters,

China raised the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic in 2002/2003, as m...

china , coronavirus

What could be causing itching, burning sensation when urinating

By Citizen Reporter,

Ever gone to the bathroom only to feel a burning sensation when you are urinating? This is a symptom that many women can relate with and a now obvi...

urinating , UTI

OPINION: More capacity building needed in the surgery ecosystem in Africa

By Citizen Reporter,

By Dr. Esther Njoroge … Today, as the world commemorates World Anesthesia Day, we hope deliberations from the 7th All Africa Anesthesia Congress ...

World Anesthesia Day

Three ‘witch doctors’ arrested after conning Nairobi couple Ksh.2M

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Police in Nairobi have arrested three suspects accused of defrauding a couple of Ksh.2 million in Westlands area. The suspects; Titus Fedha, Haji S...

Nairobi , witchcraft

Malawi court uses death sentence to help stop attacks on albinos

By VOA,

A court in Malawi sentenced three people to death this week for killing an albino person. They had been found guilty of a gruesome murder in which the...

Albinos under threat , Malawi , murder case

Mourning Ken Okoth: Police deployed as mourners flock Lee Funeral Home

By Citizen Reporter,

Family, friends and Kibra constituents flocked Nairobi Hospital and Lee Funeral Home after the news of the death of MP Ken Okoth. Okoth died on Fri...

colon cancer , Ken Okoth

How China is slowly expanding its power in Africa, one TV set at a time

By CNN,

In the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Michael Nganga is watching a Chinese Kung Fu movie. His small home in Limuru doesn't have running water and i...

China in Africa , Pang tV , StarTimes , TRANSSION

Kenyans yet to embrace family members, friends who struggle with mental illness

By Wambui Kihara,

A family in Central Kenya who recently prepared to bury their kin was in shock after the church informed them it would not take part in the ceremony b...

depression , Kenya Counselling & Psychological Association , Mental Health , suicide

Atwoli: I did not say Ruto will die but he will not be on the ballot in 2022

By Shadrack Ilava,

COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has refuted claims that he wished Deputy President William Ruto dead. According to him, his message was that ...

atwoli , ruto

DP Ruto reacts to Atwoli’s remarks of not being on 2022 ballot

By Eric Ayiro,

Deputy President William Ruto has dismissed COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli's claims that he (Ruto) will not be on the presidential ballot in th...

Francis Atwoli , william ruto

London mum gets 11yrs for mutilating daughter in landmark FGM trial

By Reuters,

The first person in Britain to be convicted of female genital mutilation (FGM) was sentenced to 11 years on Friday for cutting her three-year-old daug...

FGM