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La Nina to cause drier than normal conditions in East Africa – WMO
By VOA,
1035, October 30, 2020 (EAT)
The World Meteorological Organization predicts La Nina will continue through January and is expected to usher in drier and wetter conditions than norm...
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Swelled by rain and COVID curbs, locusts ravage Ethiopia
By Reuters,
1026, October 21, 2020 (EAT)
Marima Wadisha, a mother of 10, screamed, threw rocks and in her desperation even fired bullets at locusts that descended on her sorghum fields in nor...
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271 more people test positive for coronavirus, MOH urges youth to stop ‘reckless behaviour’
By Citizen Reporter,
1640, August 18, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya's coronavirus cases have risen to 30,636 after 271 more people tested positive. Health CAS Rashid Aman said the new cases are from a sample s...
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Kenyans turn to their families in the village as coronavirus steals jobs
By Reuters,
1106, August 11, 2020 (EAT)
In the last three months, teacher Faith Njeri has been a regular customer at a courier service office in Nairobi, collecting parcels sent from her vil...
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President Kenyatta commends progress in South Sudan peace process despite COVID-19 disruption
By PSCU,
1544, July 14, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended parties to the South Sudan peace process for the progress achieved in recent months despite the health and econ...
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BWIRE: Food security crucial amid Covid-19
By Victor Bwire,
1200, August 7, 2020 (EAT)
By Victor Bwire Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's focus has been on the containment of the outbreak, and with nearly all sect...
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Locust kebab or cannibalism? How to rid East Africa of the destructive insects
By Reuters,
1613, July 2, 2020 (EAT)
Eat them, poison them, and use scent to drive them to cannibalism - as a second wave of locusts threatens to devour East Africa’s crops, scientists ...
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COVID-19: US grants Kenya Ksh.5.3 billion to support health and economic recovery
By Kepha Muiruri,
1243, July 1, 2020 (EAT)
The US government has granted Kenya Ksh.5.3 billion ($50 million) to support Kenya’s response and recovery efforts. The grant made through the US...
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A new generation of locusts has hatched in Turkana and are eating everything in sight
By Reuters,
1602, June 30, 2020 (EAT)
The branches on trees around Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downwards under the weight of voracious young locusts. Numbers of lo...
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China promises debt relief to African countries as part of COVID-19 support
By PSCU,
1042, June 18, 2020 (EAT)
President Xi Jinping of China on Wednesday assured African countries that his country will continue supporting COVID-19 containment measures on the co...
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Registrar of Political Parties gazettes Wetangula removal as Ford Kenya leader
By Ian Omondi,
1433, June 8, 2020 (EAT)
Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula's battle to retain his seat as Ford Kenya party leader was on Monday dealt a blow after the Registrar of Political Par...
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Wetangula dismisses ouster from FORD Kenya, suspends SG Eseli Simiyu
By Citizen Reporter,
1655, May 31, 2020 (EAT)
Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula has dismissed a FORD Kenya meeting that was held on Sunday to remove him from the party leadership. Speaking just h...
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DIAZ: A silver lining amidst COVID-19 pandemic
By Guest Writer,
1124, May 30, 2020 (EAT)
The better part of Sunday April 12 saw the majority of social media platforms remain awash with doctored images showing Mt. Kenya as supposedly seen f...
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Kenya receives another Ksh.4.6B loan from World Bank for locust invasion response
By Kepha Muiruri,
1450, May 22, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya has received an addition Ksh.4,6 billion credit facility to address the locust invasion. This comes barely a day after the receipt of a Ksh.1...
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Health workers suspend strike for 21 days because Kenya has ‘too many problems’
By Tabitha Rotich,
1652, May 18, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya’s healthcare workers who were set to down their tools on Monday upon the expiration of their strike notice have now suspended the planned go-s...
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Ethiopia steps up aerial spraying to stop new desert locust invasion
By VOA,
1154, May 12, 2020 (EAT)
Ethiopian officials have deployed helicopters to spray new swarms of desert locusts that are eating crops and threatening the country’s food securit...
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Gen. Robert Kibochi sworn in as new Chief of Kenya Defence Forces
By PSCU,
1732, May 11, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday witnessed the swearing in of General Robert Kibochi as the new Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces (CDF) at State Hou...
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OPINION: Employed by nature
By Guest Writer,
1511, May 8, 2020 (EAT)
By Nancy Githaiga How many times are you asked these questions? unafanya kazi wapi? (where do you work?) or Uko wapi siku hizi? (where are you nowa...
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CBK expected to cut base lending rate amidst uncertainty on policy results
By Kepha Muiruri,
1555, April 27, 2020 (EAT)
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is largely expected to cut its base lending rate further when the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets on Wednesday. ...
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Panic over bizarre swarm of narrow bee flies ‘Nairobi flies’ in Kabarnet
By Evans Chumo,
1806, April 22, 2020 (EAT)
Businesses in Kabarnet, Baringo County came to a standstill after a swarm of narrow bee flies invaded the town on Wednesday morning. They covered l...
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