Articles by Dorcas Wangira

Kenya to use Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine despite concerns

1015, February 11, 2021 (EAT)

The first doses of the COVID-19 are expected in the country no later than the end of February. The Ministry of Health says that the country is prep...

Health ministry says all preparations in place to receive, distribute COVID-19 vaccines

1153, February 3, 2021 (EAT)

As Kenya looks forward to receiving the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in mid-February, the Ministry of Health says the country is ready to store an...

COVID-19: Most Kenyans don’t welcome anal swab

1641, February 2, 2021 (EAT)

Testing for COVID-19 has become part of our new normal. With the PCR test, one has to have both the oral and nasal-pharyngeal swabs taken for testing....

CS Kagwe says COVID-19 vaccines could be delivered before end of January

1120, January 14, 2021 (EAT)

The government now says the first batch of vaccines is on the way and Kenyans could begin getting the jabs as soon as this month. Kenya expects to ...

Lawrence Warunge at the Kiambu Law Court on January 11, 2021.

Lawrence Warunge’s mother had broken arms, autopsy reveals

2044, January 12, 2021 (EAT)

Ann Wanjiku, the mother to Lawrence Warunge who is suspected to be behind the macabre killings, had broken arms, the autopsy has revealed. Accordin...

Over 300 families in Starehe to lose homes as demolition set for Tuesday

1013, December 29, 2020 (EAT)

Close to 360 families in Starehe who reside in government housing units are facing eviction to pave way for a housing upgrading project. Earlier on...

Neal Browning receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential ...

Kenya to receive 24M doses of COVID-19 vaccine free

1450, December 18, 2020 (EAT)

Kenya has joined other countries in the rush to secure the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the acting Director General in the Health Ministry Dr. Pa...

Women in Business: Rose Mwebi fights to stay afloat amid COVID-19

1054, October 31, 2020 (EAT)

Rose Mwebi, 42, steels herself everyday to keep her business ventures in Kenya's Kisii County afloat at the time of a global pandemic. She cannot a...

’13-year-old Monicah Atieno who went missing in August was being trailed,’ father says

1057, October 30, 2020 (EAT)

A family in Kariobangi North is appealing to the government for help in finding their daughter who disappeared three months ago. Monicah Atieno, a ...

Kembi Gitura in heated exchange with Senators over KEMSA saga

1217, August 29, 2020 (EAT)

A Senate committee has directed for another special audit on how the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) appropriated funds for COVID-19 supplies...

WHO raises concern over rising COVID-19 cases in Kenya

1107, August 13, 2020 (EAT)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns over the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Kenya, which they attribute to laxity and lack of...

Bar owners oppose proposed COVID-19 rules

1014, July 23, 2020 (EAT)

The proposed sale of alcoholic drinks rules which seeks to ban the sale of alcohol to sit-in customers in public places has sparked uproar with restau...

Coronavirus poses threat to people living with diabetes

1221, July 12, 2020 (EAT)

45-year-old Thomas Nyandoro Kauzi, who lives in Surungai, Kapsabet, Nandi county has been living with diabetes and hypertension since 2008. He work...

New recommendations push schools’ re-opening to 2021 over COVID-19

1055, July 2, 2020 (EAT)

The planned re-opening of primary and secondary schools has been deferred. The new recommendation presented to the president proposes to have schoo...

Why babies below 2 years should not wear face masks

1044, May 15, 2020 (EAT)

Even as the world adapts to a new normal of wearing face masks, Centres for Disease Control globally maintain that children aged below two years shoul...

Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya

1551, June 1, 2020 (EAT)

Kenya loses an estimated Ksh. 30billion every year in tax evasion, unlicensed goods and counterfeit, according to various studies. The country is t...

Babu Owino moved to Gigiri Police Station after arrest over DJ Evolve’s shooting

1350, January 18, 2020 (EAT)

Embakasi MP Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino has been transferred to the Gigiri Police Station. Also Read: CCTV footage believed to be from Babu Owino ...

Family of boy ran over by Ruto convoy say DP ‘did not honour his word’

2224, July 20, 2019 (EAT)

Sidney Mambala’s life was tragically cut short when he was knocked down by a car in DP William Ruto convoy in Budalang’i, Busia. One month late...

Nairobi School prefects: 12-member team to probe assault allegations

1133, July 10, 2019 (EAT)

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday formed a 12-member team to investigate claims that a Form 2 student at Nairobi School was assaulted by prefects. ...

Nairobi School on the spot after student allegedly assaulted by prefects

1207, July 9, 2019 (EAT)

A Form 2 student at Nairobi School is facing urgent brain surgery after he was allegedly assaulted, a consultant radiologist’s report has revealed. ...