Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna on Tuesday said the government will withhold services for yet to be vaccinated citizens as the directive issued on November 21 came into force. Oguna said unvaccinated Kenyans can only access web-based government services following the expiry of the month-long deadline set by the government. Speaking at Mau Summit when he […]
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Kenya Meteorological Department has warned of heavy rains in 32 Counties in the next 24 hours. They include Nairobi, Machakos, Kitui, Makueni, Kajiado, Tana River, Lamu, Garissa, Mandera, Wajir, Marsabit, Isiolo, Kiambu, Murang’a, Embu, Kirinyaga, Meru, Nyeri, Tharaka, Nyandarua, Laikipia, Samburu, Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot, Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu, Nyamira, Kisii, Narok, Nakuru, Migori. The […]
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Kenya is on high alert over a new coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa and has moved to enhance surveillance on travellers coming into the country from six southern African countries. Acting Director-General of Health Patrick Amoth Friday November 26 said that passengers coming into the country from Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and […]
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The government has said Ugandans are crossing to Kenya to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) as a way to escape tough penalties against the practice in Uganda. FMG, where the genitalia of a woman is cut for non-medical reasons, is prevalent among the Sabiny and the Pokot in Uganda despite having been outlawed in Uganda […]
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The Assets Recovery Agency is seeking to freeze a bank account, owned by a Kenyan student, holding over Ksh. 100 million amid concerns that the cash could be proceeds of crime. The Nairobi Technical Training Institute student, 21-year-old Felesta Nyamathira Njoroge, has however insisted that the Ksh.102,654,024 in her Co-operative Bank account was a gift […]
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Kenya is pushing for a speedy resolution of the conflict in Ethiopia to avert a possible influx of refugees and sneaking of illegal arms into the country. This comes as experts warn that another fluid border could result in a spillover of the conflict and trade disruptions, given that Ethiopia is one of its key […]
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Almost 90 per cent of severely ill Covid-19 patients in hospitals across the country share one thing — they are unvaccinated. The Ministry of Health states that out of the more than 500 cases that were admitted, more than 400 were unvaccinated. As for the critically ill patients, almost all of them have not been […]
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It’s a bizarre tale from the corridors of justice. The man who impersonated a magistrate and managed his ‘own court’ in Nakuru, now needs a lawyer to secure his freedom from a real magistrate. Victor Kiprono Ng’eno exploited loopholes in the justice system to run his criminal activities for years as he reportedly conned unsuspecting […]
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The High Court has declared the Huduma Namba roll out illegal on grounds of being in conflict with the Data Protection Act, 2019. Section 31 of the Data Protection Act requires data processing to be preceded by a data protection impact assessment to assess any data processing risks so that they can be mitigated. Delivering […]
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Kenya now lies outside the top ten places in the latest 2021 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index published on Wednesday in 11th spot. This to mark a drop of four places in the index featuring 23 continental financial markets from 7th place in 2020. Kenya’s overall score of 47 points is meanwhile nine points lower […]
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