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Kenya’s Ministry of Health reported that the country’s positivity rate stood at 1.2% Monday after 1,318 samples were tested with 16 returning positive. The total number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at 252,688 from a total of 2,675,023 cumulative tests conducted since March, 2020. Kakamega and Meru…

Police officers in Busia have arrested eight suspects in connection to the chaos that broke up during a visit by H.E the Deputy President Dr. William Ruto in Busia yesterday. The eight are part of a rowdy group that stoned and blocked motorists in Korinda area. They indiscriminately pelted stones…

STATEMENT OF KENYA’S PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA ON THE ICJ RULING ON MARITIME DISPUTE AGAINST SOMALIA “Today, 12 th October, 2021, the International Court of Justice (the ICJ), delivered its decision in the Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean Case (Somalia – Kenya). While Kenya is not surprised at the decision,…

The United Nations’ highest court ruled Tuesday in favor of Somalia in a years-long dispute with Kenya about their maritime border, a decision that could worsen the fragile relationship between the neighboring countries. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Somalia, not Kenya, should control most of the triangle…

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has issued a statement on the Pandora Papers leaked to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in Washington. The President says the reports will enhance the financial transparency and openness required in the country and globally. “My attention has been drawn to comments surrounding the…

The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world’s richest and most powerful people have been revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore data in history. Branded the Pandora papers, the cache includes 11.9m files from companies hired by wealthy clients to create offshore structures and trusts…

President Uhuru Kenyatta Wednesday announced a reshuffle in the cabinet in what the Head of Public Service, Joseph Kinyua, says is aimed at promoting “enhanced operational efficiency, institutionalizes the implementation of various ongoing groundbreaking reforms, better orientates portfolio responsibilities with both national development plans as well as the needs of…

Kenya said Tuesday that it will disburse 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to its prisons as it began a five-day special vaccination drive. According to Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe, the government is targeting to vaccinate over 50,000 prisoners at the country’s 133 correctional facilities. In this regard, Kagwe and Interior…

Kenya’s Ministry of Health reported that the country’s positivity rate stood at 4.0% Tuesday after 6,305 samples were tested with 255 returning positive. The total number of confirmed cases in the country now stands at 248,770 from a total of 2,543,687 cumulative tests conducted since March, 2020. Nairobi county posted…