Dr Mercy Mwangangi, the Chief Administrative Secretary of Health has addressed reports that 17 MPs and Senators had tested +ve for covid-19, following a voluntary testing exercise that was done in parliament. In a statement on Wednesday, Mwangangi acknowledged that they had seen the headlines on local dailies but said that the Ministry of Health...
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DJ Mo the NTV’s Crossover 101 host has begged his singer wife Size 8 not to ask for more children because he is having a hard time taking care of their two kids, as he works from home. In a video he shared on Instagram, Mo said that being with their two children, Wambo and...
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Today, the Ministry of Health introduced new rules for all operating and working in salons and barber shops. CAS Mercy Mwangangi announced that all salon and barber shop workers must have a face mask on while attending to clients. “In addition to the measures we have already put in place we are adding on a...
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Moses Kuria, the Gatundu South MP has joined Kenyans in responding to media reports that 17 MPs have tested positive for covid-19 after a voluntary test run that saw 50 parliamentarians test for the disease. Kuria called on Health CS Mutahi Kagwe to immediately publish the names of the 17 MPs if it was true...
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Mike Sonko, the Nairobi Governor has announced that he has been banned from distributing food to the needy living in slums. In a tweet, the Sonko who has been handing out foodstuff to people living in slums whose jobs have been affected by the spread of Covid-19 said that the ban was indefinite. He however,...
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Kenneth Lusaka, the Senate speaker has addressed claims by several media platforms that almost 20 legislators tested positive for Covid-19. Reports on KTN News, claimed that at least 20 of them had tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Speaker Lusaka stated he could not confirm nor deny the reports that have since gone viral. However,...
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Yesterday Citizen TV news anchor Waihiga Mwaura put Transport CS James Macharia on the spot in a hard-hitting interview over the government’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The news anchor sought to find out why it took the government long before international flights were banned in Kenya. “If we had banned international flights earlier, might...
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The covid-19 pandemic is infecting and killing black people in the United States at disproportionately high rates, according to data released by several states and big cities, highlighting what public health researchers say are entrenched inequalities in resources, health and access to care. The statistics are preliminary and much remains unknown because most cities and...
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Parliament has been forced to halt all sittings that were scheduled for this week following President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cessation of movement order on the Nairobi Metropolitan area. National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi made the announcement on Monday evening after consultations with his Senate counterpart Ken Lusaka. “After intense consultations with my Senate counterpart Ken Lusaka...
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Uhuru Kenyatta revealed that he initiated the arrest of Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi and is hoping for his 10-year sentence. The president was speaking in an interview with a local Kikuyu vernacular station when he touched on the issue of Saburi. Uhuru said he is hoping the Deputy Governor gets a decade behind bars...
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