Hospital owner allegedly scammed patients out of Ksh.37M using fake COVID-19 tests

By CNN,

A hospital owner in Bangladesh was arrested Wednesday on charges of fraud, after allegedly issuing thousands of fake Covid-19 test results to deceive...

Bangladesh , COVID-19 , Rapid Action Battalion

UK to pay Kenyan teachers in Dadaab, Kakuma Ksh.155 million

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Teachers in Kenya who are educating children in refugee-hosting communities are set to receive Ksh.155 million from the UK Government to ensure vulner...

Dadaab , refugees

BWIRE: Players in education sector should allow for alternative data sources

By Victor Bwire,

For a long time, the issue of allowing alternative ways of generating and collecting data to supplement government convention ways of data collection ...

education , ICAN

BWIRE: Education tool to help assess learners progress ahead of SDGs deadline

By Guest Writer,

With just 10 years to go before 2030 deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), experts are various of the 17 identified sectors...

SDG

US procures almost entire supply of COVID-19 drug

By VOA,

The Trump administration says it has locked down nearly the entire supply of one of the only available anti-COVID-19 drugs from the manufacturer for t...

coronavirus

New Zealand records new coronavirus cases days after declaring itself COVID-19 free

By Reuters,

New Zealand, on Thursday recorded its third new case of the coronavirus this week as quarantine breaches and other failures undermined public confiden...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , New Zealand , Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Reasons President Kenyatta gave for extending COVID-19 restrictions

By Benjamin Muriuki,

A section of Kenyans were in high hopes that President Uhuru Kenyatta would ease down if not remove some of the restrictions set by the government to ...

COVID-19

Tanzania’s Interior minister orders pot-bellied traffic police officers be assigned ‘other duties’

By Tonny Ndungu,

Tanzania Interior Minister George Boniface Taguluvala Simbachawene has instructed the country's Inspector General of police Simon Sirro to re-assign p...

Plane crashes in Pakistan with 99 on board, many feared dead

By Reuters,

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with 99 passengers and crew crashed into a residential area of the city of Karachi on Friday, with many ...

Pakistan plane crash

Two women killed by family members after leaked video of them kissing man emerges

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ...

honor killing , Human Rights Commission , pakistan , Qandeel Baloch , World Economic Forum

Two Pakistani women murdered in so-called honor killing

By CNN,

Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, ag...

pakistan

6,000 more children under five could die each day as COVID-19 weakens health systems

By Citizen Reporter,

An additional 6,000 children could die every day from preventable causes over the next six months as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to weaken health ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , unicef

30 out of 193 Kenyans who tested positive for Covid-19 abroad died, CS Omamo says

By Nganga Njoroge,

30 out of 193 Kenyans who have tested positive for Covid-19 outside the country have succumbed to the virus, Foreign Affairs CS Omamo has said. Acc...

coronavirus , Diaspora , omamo

Seven Kenyans sue gov’t claiming rights were violated while in mandatory quarantine

By Dzuya Walter,

Seven Kenyans, among them a minor, have sued the government and are seeking damages claiming their rights were violated when they were held in mandato...

COVID-19 , Quarantine

Coronavirus case detected at workers’ quarters in India’s presidential palace

By Reuters,

About 500 people entered self-isolation at the Presidential House in the Indian capital on Tuesday after a worker’s relative tested positive for cor...

coronavirus. india

Miss England drops crown to return to work as doctor amid coronavirus pandemic

By CNN,

A beauty queen who was crowned Miss England in 2019 has returned to the United Kingdom from overseas charity work to continue her career as a doctor...

Bhasha Mukherjee , coronavirus , Miss England , Pilgrim Hospital

Kenya confirms an additional 4 cases of the coronavirus, total at 126

By Tonny Ndungu,

Kenya has confirmed an additional 4 cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the tally to 126. The four were in a cluster of 372 people who were te...

Coronavirus in Kenya , mutahi kagwe

Kenya releases 4800 prisoners to decongest prisons over coronavirus

By Tonny Ndungu,

The National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) after multi-agency consultations has resolved to release 4800 prisoners who are serving t...

coronavirus , prisoners

IEBC postpones all scheduled by-elections indefinitely

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commision (IEBC) has postponed all scheduled by-elections over the new coronavirus. The by-elections affec...

dabado , IEBC , wundanyi by election

CS Kagwe announces 22 more cases of coronavirus in Kenya, total at 81

By Citizen Reporter,

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Kenya has risen by 22 bringing the total number in the country to 81. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said on W...

coronavirus , kagwe