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24-year-old arrested for stabbing husband to death in Roysambu
By Nganga Njoroge,
1431, August 10, 2020 (EAT)
A 24-year-old was on Sunday evening arrested over the suspicion that she stabbed her husband to death on Sunday night in Marurui, Roysambu in a family...
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Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response
By CNN,
1109, August 8, 2020 (EAT)
Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...
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Marian Awuor Adumbo, nurse who succumbed to COVID-19, buried in Homa Bay
By Aly Abich,
1240, August 8, 2020 (EAT)
Nurse Marian Awuor Adumbo, who died from COVID-19 complications slightly over a week after giving birth, has been buried. The deceased was laid to ...
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Homa Bay nurse dies of COVID-19 complications a week after giving birth
By Ian Omondi,
1210, August 7, 2020 (EAT)
Marian Awuor Adumbo, a nurse working at the Rachuonyo sub-county Hospital in Homa Bay, has died from COVID-19 complications at a Kisii health facility...
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Large U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now
By Reuters,
1459, July 31, 2020 (EAT)
The first two COVID-19 vaccine trials in the U.S. will not be tested in pregnant women this year, raising questions about how this vulnerable populati...
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Providing women with contraception could save poor countries billions – researchers
By Reuters,
1104, July 29, 2020 (EAT)
Low- and middle-income countries could save billions of dollars a year in health care costs by investing in making contraception widely available to w...
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Baringo teens trading sex for money to buy sanitary towels
By Citizen Reporter,
1213, July 26, 2020 (EAT)
Poverty and lack of parental responsibility have been cited as the major reasons for a rise in teenage pregnancies especially during this COVID-19 per...
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Embu County commissioner asks men to dress wives in uniform to avoid preying on school kids
By Anthony Ndwiga,
1454, July 23, 2020 (EAT)
Embu County Commissioner Abdulahi Galgalo has warned men who have a tendency of preying on minors. Galgalo urged men in Embu County to start dressi...
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Atheists support Susan Kihika’s Reproductive Health Bill
By Citizen Reporter,
1633, July 12, 2020 (EAT)
The Atheists in Kenya Society has expressed support for the controversial Reproductive Health Bill 2019 unveiled by Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika. Th...
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Two thirds of girls are married before 18th birthday in Homa Bay, Migori, Meru
By Citizen Reporter,
1014, July 12, 2020 (EAT)
Child marriage is the number one driver of teen pregnancies in the country, according to a new report titled the State of Kenya Population 2020. An...
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President Kenyatta orders probe on Gender-Based Violence, teenage pregnancies
By Ian Omondi,
1434, July 6, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed concern and sounded the alarm on rising cases of Gender-Based Violence and instances of teenage pregnancy. T...
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OPINION: Will telemedicine in Kenya outlast COVID-19?
By Guest Writer,
1745, July 4, 2020 (EAT)
By Dr. Robert Korom Telemedicine has witnessed explosive growth globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the technology that enables tel...
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Lamu cop Rodgers Ouma jailed for life after raping woman who went to station
By Citizen Reporter,
1845, July 3, 2020 (EAT)
Rodgers Ouma, an officer who was attached to the Lamu Police Station has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a woman. The woman had gone...
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Police officer Ouma found guilty of raping woman who went to report case
By Citizen Reporter,
1603, July 2, 2020 (EAT)
A court has found a police officer guilty of raping a woman who had gone to report a case at the Lamu Police Station. Lamu Principal Magistrate All...
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Three more people succumb to coronavirus in Kenya as 155 test positive
By Citizen Reporter,
1537, June 23, 2020 (EAT)
Three more people have succumbed to coronavirus in Kenya as 155 others tested positive in the last 24 hours. The death toll now stands at 128 with ...
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WHO: COVID-19 pandemic drain on health systems leaves women’s health at risk
By VOA,
1556, June 13, 2020 (EAT)
The COVID-19 pandemic drain on health systems has left few resources for anything else. As a result, World Health Organization Director General Dr....
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Coronavirus threatens Kenya goal to end FGM by 2022
By Reuters,
1926, June 9, 2020 (EAT)
The coronavirus pandemic has put Kenya's goal of ending female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2022 in jeopardy, campaigners against the practice warned, ...
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Nairobi MCA Abdi Guyo suspended for 1 year after missing 11 consecutive Assembly sittings
By Tonny Ndungu,
1253, June 9, 2020 (EAT)
Majority Leader at the Nairobi County Assembly Abdi Ibrahim Hassan Guyo and Spring Valley Matopeni Ward MCA has been suspended for 1 year after missin...
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Pregnant women with COVID-19 show placenta injury in small study
By Reuters,
1710, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
The placentas of 16 pregnant women found to have COVID-19 during routine testing at a Chicago hospital all showed evidence of injury, indicating that ...
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Let’s intensify efforts to end obstetric fistula even as we battle Covid-19, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta says
By PSCU,
1145, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has expressed the need to intensify the ongoing efforts to end obstetric fistula even as the country battles the COVID-19...
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