Top Jubilee officials fingered in controversial medical kits project

By Edwin Obuya,

Top officials in the Jubilee Government are on the limelight for reportedly bungling the Managed Equipment Service MES project. In a damning report...

MES project

Ruto to Kalonzo: You worked with Raila twice and it failed, work with me in 2022

By Tonny Ndungu,

Deputy President William Ruto has asked Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka to consider working with him ahead of the 2022 General Election. Ruto was spea...

Kenya’s new envoy to China presents papers to Chinese President Xi Jinping

By Allan Irungu,

Newly appointed Kenyan envoy to China, Ambassador Sarah Serem has officially presented her letters of credence to President Xi Jinping, the Ministry o...

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Shisha ban: Court says CS ignored the law but upholds new rules

By Dzuya Walter,

The High Court in Nairobi has declined to set aside the Shisha ban by former Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu. In her ruling on Thursday, Justice Ros...

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Banning shisha was premature, says Balala

By Citizen Reporter,

Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala is questioning the rationale used in banning the shisha trade and the harassment of club owners saying this wil...

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The women in Uhuru’s new Cabinet

By Sally Boyani,

When President Uhuru Kenyatta named his partial Cabinet on January 6, he was criticised for not naming a single woman. On Friday, he finally named ...

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‘Produce victims,’ KNH staff demand in clash with activists over rape claims

By Citizen,

By Laura Atieno A war of words ensued at Kenyatta National Hospital on Tuesday after activists and health workers clashed at the facility. KNH s...

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DCI detectives dispatched to probe Kenyatta National Hospital rape allegations

By Ian Omondi,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has dispatched officers to Kenyatta National Hospital to look into the allegations of rape at the fac...

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Women MPs tour KNH amid emerging rape reports

By Wahome Gitonga,

Pressure continues to mount on the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) management to act on rape and assault allegations on new mothers going to nurse th...

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KEWOPA chair Purity Ngirici calls for probe into KNH rape claims

By Citizen Reporter,

Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA) chair Purity Ngirici has called for tough action against perpetrators of the alleged physical and psych...

Claims of rape on new mothers at Kenyatta National Hospital

By Sally Boyani,

Corridors of hope for patients in Kenyatta National Hospital have turned into corridors of horror and trauma for new mothers after rape allegations su...

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Shisha dealers dealt a blow in move to restore its use in Kenya

By Dzuya Walter,

The ban on smoking and importation of shisha in Kenya is still on after the High Court on Monday (January 15) declined to suspend the ban imposed by ...

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Mailu: Why I banned shisha in Kenya

By Dzuya Walter,

Health Cabinet Secretary Dr. Cleopa Mailu has asked the court to dismiss the case challenging shisha ban claiming that consumption of the product in K...

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13 Cabinet Secretaries dropped as President names new cabinet

By Majanga Michael,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday released his new Cabinet that will help his Jubilee administration achieve what he terms as his "Big Four". In a...

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Health CS Cleopa Mailu bans sale,smoking of shisha in Kenya

By Brian Okoth,

Health Cabinet Secretary Dr. Cleopa Mailu has banned the importation, manufacturing, sale, use, advertisement, promotion and distribution of shisha in...

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Union wants facility held responsible for nurse’s killing

By Sally Boyani,

The Kenya National Union of Nurses on Saturday 9th December condemned the killing of a nurse at Chiromo Lane Medical Center in Nairobi three days ago....

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World Pneumonia Day: Infection leading child killer in Kenya

By Fridah Wangeci,

Pneumonia has been ranked as one of the major killers of children in Kenya, something that experts believe can be prevented. A child under the age ...

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Waziri Mailu agiza wadau kwenye bima ya NHIF washauriane

By Kadzo Gunga,

Waziri wa afya, Daktari Cleopa Mailu, ameamuru kusitishwa kwa mfumo mpya uliokuwa umetolewa na shirika la kitaifa linalosimamia bima ya afya NHIF, kwa...

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Mailu suspends NHIF move cutting outpatient visits to four a year

By Wangui Ngechu,

Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu has suspended with immediate effect the decision by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to limit outpatien...

Nurses strike is still on, says union

By Fridah Wangeci,

The Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Secretary General Seth Panyako on Thursday said that the nurses will continue with their strike until their ...