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System error: Why Kenya should have done better pre- corona
The coronavirus pandemic continues to expose systematic failures in the country. From healthcare to transport to an economy hanging on to...
Apr 6, 2020
Kenya has freed nearly 5000 inmates via newly adopted Skype court sessions
Kenya is decongesting its prisons to prevent overcrowding as a way to curtail the spread of coronavirus in the country. In the past...
Apr 3, 2020
Kenyan president apologises for police violence during curfew
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has apologised for violence by the police following the enforcement of a nationwide curfew last week....
Apr 2, 2020
Kenya and Uganda in Fresh Disagreement Over Border Closure
Kenya and Uganda locked horns over the issue of truck driver clearance following the closure of the Kenya Uganda border on Sunday, March...
Apr 1, 2020
Kenya Police Abuses Could Undermine Coronavirus Fight
Kenyan authorities have started enforcing a dusk to dawn curfew, just days after the country recorded its first corona-related death. The...
Apr 1, 2020
Kenya police under fire over 'excessive force' as curfew begins
Human rights groups have condemned the "unnecessary and excessive use of force" by Kenyan police as the country imposed a dusk-to-dawn...
Mar 31, 2020
This isn’t the time for profiteering
The world is reeling from the Covid-19 contagion. It is a pandemic that has disrupted the order of things due to the burden on public...
Mar 30, 2020
Kenya goes into dusk-to-dawn curfew as contact tracing expands to 1,000
Kenya registered its first Covid-19-related death late Thursday, reported at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi. The deceased, a...
Mar 30, 2020
Mandera Governor Roba takes pay cut in fight against Covid-19
Mandera County Government has temporarily trimmed off the salaries of some officials as a contribution towards the fight against...
Mar 30, 2020
Kenya Ports boss Manduku resigns as graft charges drag on
Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director Daniel Manduku, who is facing corruption charges, has resigned. Mr Manduku is facing...
Mar 27, 2020
Kenyans warned to break curfew at their own peril
Police have warned travellers to plan their trips beforehand to ensure they are not caught in transit when the dusk to dawn curfew kicks...
Mar 27, 2020
Kenya’s coronavirus strategy is straight out of the colonial playbook
The covid-19 pandemic is now menacing Africa, making its way through the continent and spreading fear. As of this week, the majority of...
Mar 26, 2020
Kenya president, top officials take pay cut, taxes reviewed
The coronavirus epidemic continues to disrupt life across the world. The disruption is all but gathering steam in affected even...
Mar 26, 2020
Corrupt Kenya will find it hard to survive the economic effects of Covid-19
Kenya Airways was already a troubled entity even before the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19). Now the virus threatens to bring the...
Mar 25, 2020
Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi arrested over coronavirus post
Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi was Tuesday arrested over a post he made on social media on the coronavirus disease. Nyakundi was summoned and...
Mar 25, 2020
It’s a living hell for Kenyans flying back from overseas
Overwhelming numbers, poor planning and Kenyans’ indiscipline have been blamed for the mess that is the quarantine plans for passengers...
Mar 25, 2020
It’s business as usual as Kenyans snub stay home orders
Most Kenyans are not obeying the health guidelines the government has issued to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Nation has...
Mar 24, 2020
Kenya is not adequately prepared to tackle Covid-19
The magnitude of the spread of coronavirus can be compared to the Spanish Flu in 1918, which is believed to have been the deadliest...
Mar 23, 2020
Uhuru names Air Force General Mohamed Badi to head newly-created Nairobi Metropolitan Services
President Uhuru Kenyatta has created the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) office headed by Major General Mohamed Badi (pictured) of...
Mar 19, 2020
Study reveals scale of foreign aid diversion offshore
Kenya is an economic success story by any measure. The country is the fourth-largest economy by GDP in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) after...
Mar 18, 2020
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