by Melissa Oduor | Mar 26, 2020 | news
Kenya has reported and confirmed three more cases of COVID 19, bringing the total today to 31 cases. This is after two people testes positive of the virus in Kilifi, and one from Nairobi. Giving the daily update of the virus, Health Ministry Chief Administrative...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 26, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Mombasa-based edible oil and soap maker Pwani Oil has provided 122 handwashing kits and 70 cartons of soap to be distributed to medical personnel in eleven counties in the ongoing effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. The health facilities set to benefit from this...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 26, 2020 | news
Clergy Association of Kenya has called on the government to consider the plight of Kenyans who make daily earnings as they struggle to make ends meet. In a press conference the association has also called on the government to direct house owners to give their tenants...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 26, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
PrideInn Group has partnered with government to avail rooms to quarantine incoming travelers before they return back to their homes. PrideInn group which is among selected city hotels has offered its properties as quarantine or isolation facilities during the...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 26, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
All public service vehicles will start operating from 6am to 6pm immediately the curfew that was announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday comes into effect tomorrow evevning. This is according to the Matatu and Boda Boda operators’ federation. Addressing the...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 25, 2020 | news
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto will take an 80{d59e984f9fbc5c09e4ab0305e27bfa5819922b7230cd324f89a660f78358ca33} pay cut in a move aimed at cushioning Kenyans against the economic effects of coronavirus pandemic. Addressing the nation, President...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 25, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) has warned that it will revoke licenses of traders found to have hiked Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices as Kenya battles with Covid-19 pandemic. This follows reports that a section of Liquefied Petroleum Gas...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 25, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Picture courtesy Kenya has joined the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) campaign to sensitize travelers about the importance of staying at home now; while planning to travel later. The Campaign, dubbed ‘Travel Tomorrow’, is anchored on the need to...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 25, 2020 | news
Photo courtesy Police in Kisumu have lobbed teargas to disperse crowds of small scale businesses in Kibuye Market after residents defied the County Government’s measures to stay at home. The residents who turned up at the market to go on with their businesses,...
by Melissa Oduor | Mar 25, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
High end hotels The Tribe Hotel, Ole Sereni and DusitD2 have announced that they have stopped operations until further notice, due to effects of the coronavirus pandemic that has imposed travel restrictions and directed for social distancing. In separate notice, the...
