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Ministry Of Health Closely Monitoring Cholera Outbreak in Garissa, Wajir, Tana River Counties

15Jan

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local news

Ministry Of Health Closely Monitoring Cholera Outbreak in Garissa, Wajir, Tana River Counties

The Ministry of Health is keeping close surveillance on Garissa, Wajir and Tana River counties following the recent increase in cases of Cholera. The three counties are among 14 counties that have been seriously affected by the disease since October last year when the first case was reported. The cases in Nairobi, Kiambu, Kajiado, Nakuru and Uasin Gishu have gone down, but the ministry is warning Kenyans against laxity even as they try to stop the spread of this acute diarrhoeal disease. Three months after the first case of Cholera, more than 3,000 people have been affected in 14 counties. The spread has been attributed to the movements and sharing of meals during the festive season. According to the head of Disease Surveillance and Response at the Min...

Prince Harry’s Memoir Breaks UK Sales Record On First Day Of Release

11Jan

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International news

Prince Harry’s Memoir Breaks UK Sales Record On First Day Of Release

Prince Harry's "Spare" became the UK's fastest selling non-fiction book ever, its publisher said on Tuesday, after days of TV interviews, leaks, and a mistaken early release of the memoir containing intimate revelations about the British royal family. Harry's book has garnered attention around the world with its disclosures about his personal struggles and its accusations about other royals, including his father King Charles, stepmother Camilla and elder brother Prince William. "We always knew this book would fly but it is exceeding even our most bullish expectations," Transworld Penguin Random House Managing Director Larry Finlay said in a statement. "As far as we know, the only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry (Potter)." Citin...

ICT,CS Owalo Says First Locally-Made Mobile Phone To Be Ready By August

11Jan

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Technology

ICT,CS Owalo Says First Locally-Made Mobile Phone To Be Ready By August

Information Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo says Kenya is on its track to manufacturing mobile phones under the ambitious multi-million-shilling Konza Techno-polis plan in Malili, Machakos County. As the fate of Konza, which was touted as Africa’s Silicon Savanah ahead of its launch in January 2013, remains unclear ten years later, the CS says the infrastructure is already in place and that local telecoms will be among the first firms to set camp this year. “The telecoms have realised that in the near future, Kenya must become a manufacturer of phones and cheap technology as opposed to a chief importer, so we are going to start manufacturing, the technology is already there and we are going to roll out this initiative by July,” Owalo said on Tuesday. Speaking to Citi...

21 Die In Bus Crash On Kenya-Uganda Border

9Jan

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Africa

21 Die In Bus Crash On Kenya-Uganda Border

Twenty-one people were killed when a bus heading for the Kenyan capital Nairobi crashed shortly after crossing the border from Uganda, police said Sunday, the latest in a recent spate of deadly road accidents. The Ugandan government is planning to issue new measures to try to improve road safety after a surge in accidents in the East African country over the festive period. Ugandan regional police spokesman Rogers Taitika told AFP that 21 people were confirmed dead after the accident on Saturday evening. Those killed were mostly Kenyans but also included eight Ugandans. The bus was travelling from the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale to Nairobi and crashed in the Kenyan town of Lwakhakha, just across the border from a Ugandan town of the same name. Another 49 people were inju...

Kenya Methodist University Bans Dreadlocks, Mini skirts and 5 more outfits

7Jan

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Kenya Methodist University Bans Dreadlocks, Mini skirts and 5 more outfits

The Kenya Methodist University (KeMU) has introduced a new dress code barring female students from wearing tumbo cuts and miniskirts as well as various other clothing the institution has deemed inappropriate. In a memo dated January 5, 2022, Dean of Students Dr. Esther Mbaabu noted that female students who wear see through clothing and body tight trousers will be in breach of the newly introduced dress code. "All students are required to comply with the University code of dressing and wear appropriate attire during study, at meal times in the dining hall and in all university functions," said Dr. Mbaabu in the memo. Tumbo cuts, bare back clothing, miniskirts, skirts and dresses whose slits are above the knee line, blouses whose necklines run down more than 4 inches, body...

Global Superstar Madonna Tours Kibera Slums In Kenya Visit

4Jan

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Entertainment

Global Superstar Madonna Tours Kibera Slums In Kenya Visit

American music icon Madonna Louise Ciccone, known as Madonna, is in Kenya and has created a beautiful mural of broken glass in Kibera, Nairobi. Posting on her Instagram account Tuesday evening, the Grammy-award winner shared photos and videos of her creating the artistic "tree of life" mural together with her children. The 65-year-old star wrote that the mural is in honour of "the great work that Kennedy Odede is doing" for Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO). Madonna said Odede created the organization "when he was a child living in the slums of Nairobi to improve the lives of families living in these challenging conditions." She added that they are impressed with Odede's work "and his commitment to this community and excited to continue working with him and his wife Je...

President Ruto to hold media roundtable interview today

4Jan

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Politics

President Ruto to hold media roundtable interview today

President William Ruto will on Wednesday evening hold a media roundtable interview with local and international media houses. The interview that will air live across TV and radio stations comes just a few days after he marked his first 100 days in office. The development was announced by State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed on Tuesday. The President marked his 100 days on December 22, 2022. A survey released by Infotrak on Ruto's performance in the 100 days said he had scored an overall grade C in fulfilment of pledges on the economy, governance, gender equality and infrastructure. Opposition leader Raila Odinga said President Ruto's first 100 days have been a road to nowhere. He said Kenyans are worse off than they were during the campaigns when the Ru...

Electricity prices to rise by 15% in January 2023 as subsidy is dropped

31Dec

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Business

Electricity prices to rise by 15% in January 2023 as subsidy is dropped

Consumers will be hit by an electricity price shock in January 2023 as the subsidy which retired president Uhuru Kenyatta initiated is dropped. Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) director-general Daniel Kiptoo said the 15 per cent discount would not be extended beyond its expiry date of December 31, 2022. “When the new government came in, it withdrew the support (subsidy) in August, and thus after the end of December, we will revert to the rates that were in place before January,” President William Ruto has been against subsidies imposed by his predecessor on items like petrol and maize which were meant to ease the cost of living crisis and boost economic growth. However, Ruto eliminated subsidies terming them unsustainable. In his inaugural speech on Tues...

Tory Lanez Has Been Found Guilty Of Shooting Megan Thee Stallion In The Feet

24Dec

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Entertainment

Tory Lanez Has Been Found Guilty Of Shooting Megan Thee Stallion In The Feet

A jury convicted rapper Tory Lanez on all counts in the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, an incident that left her with gunshot wounds in her feet and prompted online hate and attacks on her credibility from his supporters that she described in emotional testimony. Lanez, 30, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was found guilty Friday of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence. Lanez had pleaded not guilty to all three charges, which carry a combined sentence of up to 22 years in prison. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for roughly one and a half days before reaching the verdict. Chaos erupted as the verdict was read, according to reporters inside the cour...

Harvey Weinstein Has Been Found Guilty Of Rape And Sexual Assault Charges In Los Angeles

20Dec

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Entertainment

Harvey Weinstein Has Been Found Guilty Of Rape And Sexual Assault Charges In Los Angeles

jury in Los Angeles found former movie producer Harvey Weinstein guilty on Monday of raping and sexually assaulting a woman, two years after he was found guilty of rape and sexual assault in New York. Weinstein, who was first charged with rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles in 2020, faced two counts of rape and five other counts of sexual assault stemming from allegations made by four women about events that occurred between 2005 and 2013. The charges of sexual assault include forced oral copulation, sexual battery by restraint, and sexual penetration by a foreign object. The jury found Weinstein guilty of one count of forcible oral copulation, one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object, and one count of forcible rape, all related to Jane Doe 1. He faces up to 24 yea...