Kenya’s COVID-19 positivity rate at 14.9% after 1,698 people test positive; 16 dead

By Ian Omondi,

The Ministry of Health on Thursday announced that 1,698 people tested positive for COVID-19 from a sample size of 11,352 tested in the last 24 hours, ...

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

Kenya’s COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 20.5% as 1,523 new cases recorded; 18 more dead

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Kenya's COVID-19 positivity rate has risen to 20.5 percent after 1,523 people tested positive from 7,423 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The M...

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7 cases of adverse COVID-19 vaccine side effects being probed: MoH

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Kenya Pharmacy and Poisons Board is currently probing 7 incidents of adverse side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine. The seven cases are from the 2...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , vaccine

Lockdown round 2: Now what for employees and business owners?

By Guest Writer,

On Friday 26 th March 2021, President Kenyatta announced the cessation of movement by air, road and rail movement in and out of Nairobi, Kajiado, Mach...

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Kenyan COVID vaccine offer to diplomats draws local doctors’ ire

By Reuters,

Kenya has offered free COVID-19 vaccines to all diplomats based there, including thousands of United Nations staff, even though it has not completed i...

coronavirus , kenyan doctors

CS Kagwe warns of ‘more aggressive’ COVID-19 strain as 1,279 new cases recorded

By Ian Omondi,

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced that 1,279 people tested positive for COVID-19 from 7,450 samples, taking the total caseload to 116,310....

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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

First Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Africa under COVAX arrive in Rwanda

By Reuters,

The first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 shots to be dispatched to Africa under the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme arrived in Rwanda on Wednesday. ...

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Kagwe: 400,000 health workers to be vaccinated starting Friday

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said phase one of the COVID-19 vaccination will begin on Friday and is targeting over 400,000 health workers as well as tho...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , kagwe , vaccine

COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Kenya from Tuesday: CS Kagwe

By Citizen Reporter,

Health CS Mutahi Kagwe has said the COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Kenya from Tuesday next week. He said first priority will be given to health ca...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , kagwe

Karatu Stadium contractor slammed over construction delays

By Bernard Ndong,

The Government has expressed serious concerns over the slow pace of putting up Karatu stadium, a 4,000-capacity modern sports facility under construct...

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Kenyans abroad sent home a record Ksh.341 billion in 2020

By Kepha Muiruri,

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a record Ksh.341 billion in 2020, growing their remittances by 10.7 per cent from Ksh.308 billion in 2019....

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , diaspora remittances

US House approves Ksh.99 trillion COVID-19 rescue package

By CNN,

Congress voted Monday evening to approve a far-reaching $900 billion (99 trillion Kenya shillings) Covid relief package that promises to accelerate va...

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Local contractors eye collaborations to grow share in projects

By Kepha Muiruri,

Stakeholders in Kenya’s construction sector have sought collaboration with government agencies to grow the share of local contractors in projects. ...

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Diaspora dollar flow rises by 17 per cent to Ksh.29 billion in October

By Kepha Muiruri,

Inflows from Kenya’s diaspora have continued to grow by 17.3 per cent to Ksh.28.8 billion ($263.2 million) in October from Ksh.24.6 billion ($224.3 ...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , diaspora remittances

New FAO Kenya boss Carla Mucavi takes office

By Citizen Reporter,

The newly appointed Food and Agriculture (FAO) Representative to Kenya Carla Elisa Luis Mucavi has taken office. On Monday, she was welcomed by the A...

26 more patients dead as Kenya records 1,216 new COVID-19 cases

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Twenty-six more patients have succumbed to the coronavirus disease in Kenya raising the death toll to 1,180. At the same time 1,216 people have tes...

coronavirus , COVID-19

24 dead as Kenya coronavirus cases soar to 64,588

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya's total coronavirus caseload has hit 64,588 after 1,344 cases were reported by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. The new cases are from 7,16...

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144 people test positive for coronavirus in Kenya, caseload rises to 34,201

By Citizen Reporter,

144 more people have tested positive for coronavirus in Kenya raising the country's caseload to 34,201. Also Read: WHO says drop in COVID-19 cases ...

coronavirus , kagwe

COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Crowded jails, detention centres and Kenyan journalist who bore the brunt

By VOA,

Ethiopia arrested thousands of protesters, opposition members and journalists during July's sectarian unrest. Also Read: Kenyan journalist Yassin J...

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