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Raila’s sister Dr Wenwa appointed to Kemri board

21May

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Science

Raila’s sister Dr Wenwa appointed to Kemri board

ODM leader Raila Odinga's sister Dr Wenwa Akinyi Odinga has been appointed as a member of the Kenya Medical Research Institute board. Health CS Mutahi Kagwe appointed her alongside Prof Timothy Mwololo Waema, Dr George Njoroge and Marstella Bahati Kahindi. They will serve for three years from May 17. The changes were gazetted on Friday.

Kenya gets 130,000 jabs of AstraZeneca from DRC.

21May

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Business, Science

Kenya gets 130,000 jabs of AstraZeneca from DRC.

Kenya has received 130,000 more doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The vaccines, which arrived in Nairobi on Thursday morning, came from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has said it is unable to administer about 1.3 million doses before expiry on June 24. The DRC received 1.7 million doses through Covax on March 2 but has only administered a paltry 400,000 over fears the vaccine could lead to rare blood clotting Unicef redistributed the remaining doses to several countries including Kenya, Central African Republic, Ghana, Senegal and Togo. Head of vaccines deployment task force Dr Willis Akhwale confirmed the doses arrived safely in Nairobi. He said another 136,000 are remaining from Kenya’s vaccination exercise countrywide. The total 266,000 doses wil...

Beatrice Makokha’s 3kg growth removed after 21 years.

14Apr

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Life Style, Science

Beatrice Makokha’s 3kg growth removed after 21 years.

Beatrice Makhoka, the Bungoma woman who has lived with a 3kg facial growth for 21 years could soon resume normal life. This is after a team of doctors at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital successfully removed the growth that blocked her face, including her nose, and interfered with her breathing. She has lived with the heavy growth for 21 year and was almost giving up her struggle to live. The medics removed the growth during a daylong surgery at the Eldoret-based hospital, where she is now recuperating in the Neuroward. “Beatrice underwent the surgery which was successful. She is doing well and she is upbeat. I have talked to her and she is so grateful to the hospital and all the support she has received,” the hospital CEO, Dr Wilson Aruasa, said. Dr Aruasa ...

Heavy rainfall expected this week,country wide.

6Apr

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Life Style, Science

Heavy rainfall expected this week,country wide.

A few areas in the Northwest and Northeast are likely to experience strong south-easterly winds with speeds exceeding 25 knots. The ongoing heavy rainfall in the Coastal area caused floods on Monday, which eroded a section of Garissa-Garsen road, about kilometers from Bura town. The weatherman has hinted that most parts of the country will receive rainfall in the next seven days, though rainfall amounts and coverage are likely to reduce as the forecast period progresses. A few areas in the Northwest and Northeast are likely to experience strong south-easterly winds with speeds exceeding 25 knots. Evening showers are expected over a few places throughout the forecast period. Turkana, West Pokot, and Samburu counties will also experience morning rains on Tuesday, Wednesda...

Hospital asking for cash for Covid-19 patients.

2Apr

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Life Style, Science

Hospital asking for cash for Covid-19 patients.

Families are struggling to find beds in hospital for severely ill Covid-19 patients, and where a bed is found, they have to part with hundreds of thousands of shillings in deposit before admission. For six hours, Winnie Oketch’s family struggled to get a bed in hospitals in Nairobi. Phone calls were made from hospital to hospital, to no avail. At exactly 11:55am on Wednesday, March 31, they made the first call to Kenyatta National Hospital requesting an intensive care unit (ICU) bed, since the 48-year-old had started developing breathing difficulties. The phone was engaged for almost 20 minutes before went through. “Right now, all the beds are full and we are not admitting,” said the voice on the other end. “Can’t we get a bed at the High Dependency Unit for her to be s...

DPP orders speedy probe into state witness Wambua’s death.

18Mar

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Life Style, Science

DPP orders speedy probe into state witness Wambua’s death.

The DPP has orderd the IG of police to conduct speedy investigations into the death of National Land Commission deputy director of communications, Jeniffer Wambua. The body of Wambua was found earlier this week at the city Mortuary. The body had been collected from Ngong area on Saturday. Through senior Director of public prosecutions Joseph Kinyanju he told the chief magistrate Francis Andayi that thorough investigation will be conducted to ensure the culprits are brought to book. The deceased was a prosecution witness number 4 who had given her evidence and was waiting to be cross examined by the defense lawyers in a criminal case facing Lugari Mp Ayub Suvula and twenty others. The defense team through Kerate Wandugi told the court that they were shocked to learn of the m...

Germany, Italy, France suspend AstraZeneca shots.

16Mar

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Life Style, Science

Germany, Italy, France suspend AstraZeneca shots.

Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, but the World Health Organization (WHO) said there was no proven link and people should not panic. Still, the decision by the European Union’s three biggest countries to put inoculations with the AstraZeneca shot on hold threw the already struggling vaccination campaign in the 27-nation EU into disarray. Denmark and Norway stopped giving the shot last week after reporting isolated cases of bleeding, blood clots and a low platelet count. Iceland and Bulgaria followed suit and Ireland and the Netherlands announced suspensions on Sunday. Spain will stop using the vaccine for at least 15 days, Cadena Ser radio reported, citing unnamed ...

AstraZeneca vaccine finds no evidence of blood clot risk.

15Mar

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Science

AstraZeneca vaccine finds no evidence of blood clot risk.

AstraZeneca Plc said on Sunday a review of safety data of people vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine has shown no evidence of an increased risk of blood clots. AstraZeneca’s review, which covered more than 17 million people vaccinated in the United Kingdom and European Union, comes after health authorities in some countries suspended the use of its vaccine over clotting issues. Authorities in Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the Netherlands have suspended the use of the vaccine over clotting issues, while Austria stopped using a batch of AstraZeneca shots last week while investigating a death from coagulation disorders. uropean Medicines Agency has said there is no indication that the events were caused by the vaccination, a view that was echoed by the World Health Organisa...

State lists Hospital where Kenyans can get COVID vaccine.

13Mar

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Opinion, Science

State lists Hospital where Kenyans can get COVID vaccine.

At least 622 public and private hospitals across the country have been approved as Covid-19 vaccination centres in efforts to have many people vaccinated. Samburu and Elgeyo Marakwet will only have one centre providing Astrazeneca Vaccine. The vaccine will be accessible in nine centres in Mombasa County at hospitals in Mvita,Likoni,Chngamwe,kisauni and Nyali. Kwale has 7 centres ,kilifi has 13 whereas Tana River will be able to access the jab at Hola Refferal hospital Garissa has approved 12 centres 6 wajir while Mandera has seven centres. For Nyanza the jab will be accessible at 19 hospitals in siaya,34 in Kisumu 20 in Homa Bay 30,in kisii 33 and 13 in Nyamira.

All Eyes on Uhuru amid surge of Coronavirus.

12Mar

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Politics, Science

All Eyes on Uhuru amid surge of Coronavirus.

President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to address the nation in the next few hours to address the nation on Covid-19 situation and review the containment measures a day after the highest case were reported since January. On Thursday 829 people tested positive for the coronavirus. The figures were higher on Wednesday with 13.6 percent. Data from the Health Ministry showed that 91 patients were in ICU on Thursday, up from 89 on Wednesday. “Even as we increase the sample size to a minimum of 7,000 having received the necessary reagents the sheer number itself tells you the whole story,” Health CS Mutahi Kagwe said on Wednesday. “I, therefore, want to support and agree with CoG that now the time has come to start looking back at some of the measures that we have taken whether to increase...