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Curfew to run until May 29, for the infected zone.

14Apr

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Politics

Curfew to run until May 29, for the infected zone.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has said the ongoing curfew will run until May 29, 2021. This is both for the disease infected zone and the rest of the country. The infected zones curfew run from 8pm to 4am while the rest of the country from 10pm to 4am. The president in his directives last month did not give a timeline for the curfews only noting that the restrictions will stay in place "until otherwise notified." In the Gazette Notice dated April 12, Matiang'i said the curfew will be in place for 60 days effective March 29, 2021. The initial Legal Notice issued on March 29 had indicated that the 8pm to 4am curfew would run across the country and would be in place for 30 days. In the revised Gazette Notice, the CS also included Advocates as among t...

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...

Kiambaa Member of Parliament dies in Nairobi.

31Mar

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Kiambaa Member of Parliament dies in Nairobi.

Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange has succumbed to Covid-19 related complications. He passed in Nairobi Hospital where he was receiving treatment on Wednesday early morning. Koinange was among the forefront campaign for the building bridges initiative (BBI) in Kiambu County. President Uhuru Kenyatta mourned him as a keen and steadfast supporter of the country’s peace agenda through the House committee he chaired. National Speaker Justin Mturi said the National Assembly has been robbed off a dependable member of parliament.

Former NTV anchor Winnie Mukami dies of Covid -19 complications.

18Mar

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Life Style

Former NTV anchor Winnie Mukami dies of Covid -19 complications.

Former NTV news anchor Winnie Mukami is dead. The former news anchor also served as a board member at Kenya pipeline. Mukami died as a result of Covid-19 complications on Thursday. In 2010 Mukami left NTV after seven years at Aga khan-owned media house. Mukami became known in 2003 anchored NTV news during its launch. Her demise comes two days after Royal Media Services journalist Robin Njogu also succumbed to the disease

Uhuru declares 7 days of national mourning in honor of Magufuli.

18Mar

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Uhuru declares 7 days of national mourning in honor of Magufuli.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed that Kenya observe a seven-day period of national mourning in honour of the late Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli. Addressing the nation from state house on Thursday said that the flags of the East African community and kenya’s national flag be flown at half-mast throughout kenya and all diplomatic missions abroad from today until the sunset on the day of Magufuli’s funeral. Uhuru said magufuli was well known by the locals and cross the boarders for his hard stance when it comes to developments and service to the people. Until his death magufuli was serving his second term in office as the fifth president of Tanzania. Magufuli who in the past proclaimed there was no Covid-19in Tanzania had been rumored have been struck by the virus f...

Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli is dead.

18Mar

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Politics

Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli is dead.

Tanzania president John Pombe Magufuli is dead. This message was revealed by Tanzania Vice president,Samia Suluhu Hassan that magufuli died of heart complications. Samia said that magufuli was hospitalized on March 6 at the Jakaya Kikwete cardiac institute and died in Mzena State Hospital in Dar es Salaam. She announced that the country would have a 14-day period of mourning’s as arrangements for burial are made. During this period all flags will fly at half-mast. This comes after weeks of speculation on his whereabouts with the suspicion that he had been hospitalized for Covid-19. After hours of frenzied social media speculation on whether Magufuli had been admitted to the Nairobi Hospital with Covid-19, the government put a statement in March 10 put out a statement say...

Robin Njogu, veteran Royal Media Services journalist, succumbs to COVID-19

16Mar

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Business

Robin Njogu, veteran Royal Media Services journalist, succumbs to COVID-19

Robin Njogu, the Managing Editor of the Radio News section at Royal Media Services, is dead. The veteran radio news journalist succumbed to COVID-19 at the Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, his family has said. The decorated scribe had an illustrious career spanning decades, with his latest stint being at Royal Media Services where he was in charge of news, overseeing thirteen radio stations. He previously served at Capital FM and Nation Media Group. A trained fact checker, Robin was the go-to person and led the flock when it came to debunking fake news. He mastered the art of news and current affairs. He was also part of a 15-member Task Force on the Improvement of Government Information and Public Communications appointed by ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru in January 2019.

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...

KENYA HEALTH WORKERS HESITANT ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINE.

8Mar

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Life Style, Science

KENYA HEALTH WORKERS HESITANT ABOUT COVID-19 VACCINE.

Health workers have doubt about the safety of the vaccine, this coms after Kenyan’s effort to vaccinate its population against health workers. According to various health professional representatives, a lack sensitization and training by the government is contributing to hesitancy yet they have been scientifically proven to be safe and effective. According to the National Vaccine Deployment Plan, the government was to conduct a two-day training last week. Last week 6 health workers took the vaccine publicly to boost confidence to the people. The 6 include Dr.Patrick Amoth, acting director general ministry of health Dr. Kennedy Koech, a Maxillo facial surgeon at KNH; Dr Evanson Kamuri, chief executive of Kenyatta National Hospital,Jemimah Katama,Infection and control officer at...