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[Nairobi News] Kenyans suffering from cancer will no longer need to travel abroad to seek in search of specialized treatment starting March next year.
South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
A year after becoming the first black African woman to scale the world’s highest mountain, Saray Khumalo seems to have set a Guinness World Record for the most money raised during an eight-hour stationary cycling fundraiser, a report by VOA said. The award-winning mountaineer and entrepreneur raised nearly $44,000 after eight hours of spinning to support an...
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Kaizer Chiefs have been drawn against the Cameroonian Champions in the preliminary CAF Champions League round. Draw in full below
Sanral's liquidity challenges might continue if the e-tolls impasse is not resolved according to the Auditor-general.
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Saturday that the country's coronavirus measures would be extended and its borders with Tanzania and Somalia closed.
\"Among the positive cases that have been registered in the country this week, a total of 43 cases have recently crossed the border from neighbouring Somalia and Tanzania,\" Kenyatta said in a televised address.
Kenya has so far reported 830 positive coronavirus cases and 50 deaths.
He is trying to gain entrance using every door and every window,\" Kenyatta said.
He also announced that truck drivers would be tested before entering Kenya, saying that border tests had identified 78 infected drivers, all turned back.
Controversial, yes. But impossible? Perhaps not: The FF Plus now believes that 'independence from South Africa' is a potential choice for the Western Cape.
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered the closure of Kenya's borders with Tanzania and Somalia to all passenger traffic beginning midnight on Saturday in measures to combat the spread of coronavirus.
\"There shall be cessation of movement of persons and any passenger ferrying automobiles and vehicles into and out of the territory of Republic of Kenya through the Kenya-Tanzania international border- and through the Kenya-Somalia international border except for cargo vehicles, with effect from midnight today, Saturday 16th, May 2020,\" President Kenyatta directed.
During his sixth presidential address on Coronavirus pandemic, he noted that only cargo trucks will be allowed into the country through the borders on condition that the drivers undergo mandatory tests for coronavirus.
\"All drivers of the cargo vehicles shall be subjected to mandatory COVID-19 disease testing and will only be granted entry into the territory of the Republic of Kenya if they test negative,\" the President said.
He said 43 cases reported in the last one week were imported through the Wajir, Namanga,Isebania and Namanga borders.
A warrant of arrest has officially been issued for ANC Secretary-General Ace Magashule. Here’s how the next week will most likely play out.
Nairobi — Seven of the new coronavirus cases that were reported in Kenya on Thursday are on mourners who had traveled from Kibera slum in Nairobi, the Health Ministry said.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the seven had obtained a permit illegally to attend a burial in Siaya, only to be found to be positive.
\"The Siaya story is a sad one because the departure point of that case is actually in Kibera, somebody in Kibera without the authority to authorize anybody to travel signed a document that allowed and was respected by police all the way from Kibera taking mourners for a funeral in Siaya,\" he said at a news conference on Thursday when he announced 80 new cases, raising the total in the country to 1,109.
He regretted that Kenyans were taking lightly the coronavirus situation in the country that continues to register double-digit figures.
Kenya is implementing a dusk to dawn curfew, and a cessation of movement in and out of Eastleigh estate in Nairobi and Old Town area of Mombasa.
Kenya's confirmed Covid-19 cases on Wednesday reached 1,471 after 123 more infections were recorded, the Health minister said.
This is so far the highest daily increase in the country since the virus was confirmed on March 13.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe confirmed three more Covid-19 deaths after three patients died in hospitals after contracting the virus.
In his daily coronavirus briefing, Mr Kagwe announced that urban poor areas in Nairobi have become a focal point of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Mr Kagwe said public transport is fuelling the spread of the virus in the slums.
Award-winning South African singer and actress Simphiwe Dana has officially announced she is gay through a series of Twitter posts last week.
Flame Tree sets sights on corporate bond
Wednesday, July 1, 2020 0:01
By PATRICK ALUSHULA
Flame Tree CEO Heril Bangera.
FILE PHOTO | NMG
Flame Tree Group (FTG) #ticker:FTGH intends to issue a corporate bond to fund growth despite the reduced investor appetite following loss of money in Chase and Imperial bank securities.
The bond plans come on the back of FTG having secured Sh905 million ($8.5 million) credit line from SBM bank to improve working capital and fund growth even as it froze payment on maturing loans in the wake of coronavirus.
Activity in the unsecured corporate bond market in the years leading to 2015 was fairly active until the Chase and Imperial Bank issuances brought a droughtt.
Investors are still seeking recourse on Sh4.82 billion and Sh2 billion Chase and Imperial bonds respectively after the two banks sank into receivership.
The residents say that the man was shot eight times by suspected police officers attached to Pangani Police Station and who were enforcing curfew orders, but the police point an accusing finger at suspected robbers.
In a police WhatsApp group that has most officers who operate within the city, there were claims that thugs were behind the murder.
\"He was not shot by the police but armed robbers who shot him and left him to die on the road,\" an officer, reacting to an earlier post that accused the police, wrote in the WhatsApp group.
Area residents who spoke to Nairobi News said the man was killed at 8pm in Mathare Area 3 at a time when officers were enforcing curfew orders.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i have in the past warned the police against using unnecessary force when enforcing curfew orders, but the officers seem to be ignoring the calls.
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta and his 'Handshake' partner Raila Odinga were no-shows in Naivasha yesterday, despite being expected.
Within the first month at the university, Mr Kang’ata had already been elected the vice-chairman of the Kenya Law Students Society.
Mr Kang’ata, who served Kiharu as MP between 2013 and 2017, credits this election to his rise to the Sonu leadership at a young age.
We would assemble at a place called Kamukunji, outside the university’s Hall 9, where students were given an opportunity to address the comrades (fellow students),” says Mr Kang’ata, a staunch Catholic and a law lecturer at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
However, as fate would have it, Mr Kang’ata would only serve in the Sonu leadership for six months because as he was suspended even before completing his first year after students went on the rampage.
But the case dragged on for long, forcing him to head to his parents’ home in Grogan estate, Murang’a.
Having nothing to do with his life, Mr Kang’ata who had scored grade “A” minus in his KCSE exams at Thika High School in 1997, turned to washing cars for a living.
Another two Covid-19 patients have died in Kenya as of Thursday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 132, the Health ministry said.
A total of 178 people tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours, Health Chief Administrative Secretary Mercy Mwangangi said Thursday.
Nairobi is leading with 100 cases followed by Kajiado with 21 cases.
Other counties that reported new cases on Thursday are Migori (17), Kiambu (16), Busia (8), Mombasa (7), Machakos (4) and Nakuru (2).
Uasin Gishu, Kericho and Taita Taveta recorded one case each.
The Eastern Cape is bearing the brunt of new COVID-19 infections, and the latest data shows the province faces an uphill battle to control the virus.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, today approved an €188 million loan to support the Government of Kenya’s efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the related economic, health and social impacts.
The loan will extend additional resources to Kenya as the country takes steps to contain the spread of the pandemic and deal with its unprecedented impact.
“We are very pleased to join other development partners in supporting the Government of Kenya’s efforts in mitigating the financial impact of the pandemic, especially in terms of the country’s expenditure in the health, social and economic sectors.
In April, the Bank extended an emergency grant to help countries in the East and Horn of Africa, including Kenya, that are contending with swarms of locusts that are threatening food security.
He added that the government recognizes truck drivers and their counterparts in the transport industry for their continued support to ensure adequate supplies of goods across the East African countries and for enduring long journey and waiting times at border points as each country tries to be vigilant in their containment measures against COVID.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has encouraged the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to focus more on the successful prosecution of high profile cases especially those involving misuse of public resources.
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Confirmed cases = 6,673
\t\tActive cases = 4,435
\t\tRecoveries = 2,089
\t\tNumber of deaths = 149
\t
John Hopkins Uni stats valid as of July 1, 2020
June 21: 100 days since index case; 4,738 cases
\tHealth Minister Mutahi Kagwe today announced that Kenya was marking 100 days since the first case was confirmed.
Total confirmed cases = 3,860
Total recoveries = 1,328
Total deaths = 105
Active cases = 2,427
\tFigures valid as of close of day June 16, 2020
June 15: 3,727 cases; burial guidelines relaxed
\tThe health ministry announced a relaxation of burial guidelines for victims of COVID-19.
Confirmed cases = 3,727
\t\tNumber of deaths = 104
\t\tRecoveries = 1,286
\t\tTotal tests = 118,701
\tMinistry of Health data, valid as of June 12, 2020
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June 10: Kenya tops 3,000 mark
\tCase load topped 3,000 mark today with 105 new cases taking the tally to 3,094 confirmed cases, Health CAS Rashid Aman disclosed at the daily briefing on COVID-19.
Total confirmed cases = 2,600
Total recoveries = 706
Total deaths = 83
Active cases = 1,811
June 3: 2,216 cases, record recoveries
\t“This is the highest number of recoveries we have so far recorded since we announced the first discharge case on 1st April, 2020,” CAS Health Rashid Aman announced at today’s briefing.
\tMajor topics covered below include:
\t\tMay 31: Cases approach 2,000; Laikipia records case
\t\tMay 30: 1,888 cases, Kericho records infection
\t\tMay 27: Record one-day increase
\t\tMay 26: Govt intensifies voluntary testing calls
\t\tMay 23: 1,192 cases, additional health workers to be hired
\t\tMay 21: record one-day increase, Wajir rolls out campaign
\t\tMay 20: cases pass 1,000 mark, foreigners deported
\t\tMay 16: 830 cases, TZ, Somali borders shut
\t\tMay 14: Cases hit 758, focus turns to Kenya-Tanzania border town
\t\tMay 12: 715 cases, border crossings becoming flash point
\t\tMay 11: Cases reach 700, mass prisoner release
\t\tMay 10: 649 cases, Raila worries about Magufuli
\t\tMay 8: May 8: Govt to foot quarantine bills, cases at 607
\t\tMay 7: 582 cases, lockdown in Eastleigh, Mombasa City
\t\tMay 5: KQ’s UK repatriation flight returns
\t\tMay 4: Cases hit 535, govt decries abuse of relaxed measures
\t\tMay 3: KQ repatriation flight, Nairobi fumigation
\t\tMay 2: Case count at 435, mass testing starts
\t\tMay 1: Case count hits 411, Uhuru vows transparency
May 31: 1,962 cases as Laikipia records infection
\tToday, 74 people have tested positive for the virus fro
On Monday, two groups clashed outside of a South African high school at a protest over an alleged whites-only party that took place two weeks ago.
Below is an alphabetical list of all African countries, along with capitals and the state names as they are known within each country. In addition to the 54 sovereign states in Africa, the list also includes the two islands still governed by European states and Western Sahara, which is recognized by the African Union but not the United Nations.
Angola, Republic of Luanda Angola
Benin, Republic of Porto-Novo (official)
Botswana, Republic of Gaborone Botswana
Burundi, Republic of Bujumbura Burundi
Cabo Verde, Republic of (Cabo Verde) Praia Cabo Verde
Cameroon, Republic of Yaoundé Cameroon / Cameroun
Chad, Republic of NDjamena Tchad / Tshad
Comoros, Union of the Moroni Komori (Comorian)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (DRC) Kinshasa Republique Democratique du Congo (RDC)
Congo, Republic of the Brazzaville Congo
Côte dIvoire (Ivory Coast) Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (administrative seat) Cote dIvoire
Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti Djibouti / Jibuti
Egypt, Arab Republic of Cairo Misr
Eritrea, State of Asmara Ertra
Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Addis Ababa Ityopiya
Gabonese Republic, (Gabon) Libreville Gabon
Gambia, Republic of The Banjul The Gambia
Ghana, Republic of Accra Ghana
Guinea, Republic of Conakry Guinee
Kenya, Republic of Nairobi Kenya
Lesotho, Kingdom of Maseru Lesotho
Liberia, Republic of Monrovia Liberia
Madagascar, Republic of Antananarivo Madagascar / Madagasikara
Malawi, Republic of Lilongwe Malawi
Mali, Republic of Bamako Mali
Mauritius, Republic of Port Louis Mauritius
Morocco, Kingdom of Rabat Al Maghrib
Mozambique, Republic of Maputo Mocambique
Namibia, Republic of Windhoek Namibia
Niger, Republic of Niamey Niger
Nigeria, Federal Republic of Abuja Nigeria
**Reunion (an Overseas Department of France) Paris, France
[dept. capital=Saint-Denis] Reunion
Rwanda, Republic of Kigali Rwanda
**Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
(a British Overseas Territory) London, U.K.
(administrative centre= Jamestown,
Saint Helena) Saint Helena,
Bodies of two infants have been recovered from the Nairobi River near Korogocho area by Sonko Rescue Team.
The two bodies now brings the total number of bodies recovered from the river since the beginning of the cleaning exercise early last year to 21.
According to Fredrick Okinda, who was leading the clean up exercise, one of the team members found one infant wrapped in polythene paper while the other was found floating nearby.
Nairobi governor Mike Sonko has urged the police to come up with more concrete solutions that will help nab those dumping babies and promoting abortion.
\"Most of the cases are about defilement but reported to us as a teenage pregnancy.
Tough decisions for Kenya in next 10 days
Friday, May 29, 2020 0:01
By DENNIS KABAARA
Coronavirus COVID-19 medical test vaccine research and development concept.
It was said that Covid-19 silenced Kenya’s March 2018 “handshake” and its ensuing Building Bridges to Unity Initiative (BBI).
Neither stimulus “remakes” Kenya, yet (let’s see how far the SME loan guarantee goes, and how long it stays).
Mostly, he has a chance to translate the current “spray and pray” approach into a uniquely Kenyan “remake” (not just recovery) that recognizes a trilemma (not dilemma) around lives (health, food, water and the other basics), livelihoods (opportunity, resilience and sustainability) and (least mentioned) living (the reshaping of society and our social capital in a post-Covid era).
Forget “The Purge” and “Casino Royale”, let’s delve into this “remaking Kenya” perspective next week.
Mara Phones has opened the doors to its first franchise Mara Experience Store, located at the Maponya Mall in Soweto.
Major topics covered below include:
May 27: govt intensifies voluntary testing campaign
\tGovernment is intensify calls for people to submit themselves for voluntary testing as the steady rise of cases continue across the country.
Total confirmed cases = 1,348 (new cases = 5)
Total recoveries = 405
Total deaths = 52
Active cases = 891
\tFigures valid as of close of day May 26, 2020
May 23: 1,192 cases, additional health workers to be hired
\tThirty-one new cases were registered today taking the tally to 1,192; President Kenyatta disclosed in an address.
May 16: 830 cases, TZ, Somali borders shut
\tTotal confirmed cases = 830 (new cases = 49)
Total recoveries = 301
Total deaths = 50 (5 new)
Active cases = 481
\tKenya’s case count reached 830 as pf today President Uhuru Kenyatta announced in an address today.
May 14: Cases hit 758, focus turns to borders
\tTotal confirmed cases = 758 (new cases = 21)
Total recoveries = 284
Total deaths = 42
Samples tested over 24-hours = 1,486
Total samples tested = 36,918
\tGovernment reports that a new area of focus in the fight against the virus are the frontiers.
May 12: 15 new cases, border crossing concerns
\t“We are upscaling security on border points and testing truck drivers to contain cross border infections,” CS Dr. Rashid Aman told the press today as he gave case statistics on the coronavirus pandemic.
