by Melissa Oduor | May 4, 2020 | news
The Media Council of Kenya has held a webinar today to reflect on press freedom in the country and provide call for safe environment for journalists exercising their work. In a TV interview today, Media Council of Kenya Chair Maina Muiruri said that the government and...
by Melissa Oduor | May 1, 2020 | news
As the country’s COVID-19 fight enters a new month, Health Ministry Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has denied that the ministry is mismanaging funds, especially on the numerous adverts on coronavirus spread and staying home. The Cabinet Secretary has hit out at a...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 30, 2020 | news
Kenya has recorded the highest number of recoveries in a single day since the first Covid-19 case was recorded on March 13, 2020. This is after 15 more people recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours, marking the highest number of discharges in one day....
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 30, 2020 | news
Pan African Housing Financier, Shelter Afrique, through its foundation, the Shelter Afrique Foundation has donated Ksh 1,000,000 to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) towards the purchase of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing kits to boost the...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 30, 2020 | news
Seven people have been reported dead in Marsabit county following a cholera outbreak. According to the County Health Executive Jama Wolde134 others have been hospitalized in Illeret Ward. The outbreak is said to have spread from neighboring Ethiopia. Marsabit county,...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 30, 2020 | news
The Kenya Church Response to Prayer has launched six months of marathon prayers organized by the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya. During the prayer sessions conducted online for the sake of the nation of Kenya, the church concluded prayers that ran from the 1st of...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 29, 2020 | news
President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed George Opondo Ooko as the new Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) board chairperson. This effectively revokes the the appointment of Nicholas Gumbo who has been serving as the KNH Board Chair since May 2019. In a gazette notice,...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 29, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Photo courtesy The Kenya Association of Travel Agents (KATA) and various other associations under the umbrella body Kenya Tourism Federation (KTF) have come together through a webinar to discuss measures of business survival during and after the COVID-19 crisis. The...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 29, 2020 | BUSINESS NEWS
Safaricom has announced an after-tax profit of Ksh. 71.7 billion in the 2019/2020 financial year with service revenue growing to Ksh. 251.2billion. The revenue growth for the year was driven by growth in M-PESA revenue, which grew by...
by Melissa Oduor | Apr 28, 2020 | news
A section of evangelical church leaders in Nakuru have called on the government to allow churches to hold Sunday services with restrictions to prevent COVID 19. Speaking to the press, the leaders appealed to the government to have few people noting that members need...
