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A researcher at the Covid-19 Centre said the concentration of cases in those regions is attributed to laxity in testing, low uptake of the vaccine.

English Situation Report on Kenya about Health, Protection and Human Rights, Flood and more; published on 24 May 2021 by IFRC

Kenya: Floods - Final Report Appeal n° MDRKE045 Format October – November – December 2020 Rains Season Heavy rains were experienced in many parts of the country following onset of the October-November-December (O-N-D) 2019. The enhanced OND 2019 rains resulted into widespread flooding affecting 29 counties in Kenya: Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Tana River and Taita Taveta of the Coastal region, Garissa, Wajir and Mandera of North Eastern Kenya and Marsabit, Isiolo and Samburu of the Upper Easte...

Opinion: Foreign loans have helped Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta make Kenya an economic giant Tuko 5 hrs ago Tuko.co.ke © Provided by Tuko Opinion: Foreign loans have helped Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta make Kenya an economic giant It was former Safaricom CEO, the late Bob Collymore, who once stated that Kenyans have peculiar habits. Though his viewpoint was defined by their use of the telco services, the same rings true in many other facets. For instance, Kenyans on Twitter, ...

THE STANDARD South B ward representative Waithera Chege during a meeting to educate residents on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report, yesterday. [Samson Wire, Standard] Regional supremacy and 2022 political ambitions could turn the exercise of picking a 10-member team to spearhead referendum campaigns into a nightmare for President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga. The perception that individuals who have been entrusted with the mandate could use it as a launch pad for the ne...

Patients discharged All wards remained closed after patients were discharged when clinical officers and nurses went on strike that has now entered the third week. The situation was similar in the five sub county hospitals including Chakoli, Khunyangu, Port Victoria, Nambale and Sio Port. A deserted outpatient section at the Busia County Referral Hospital. [Ignatius Odanga/Standard] Chief Officer for Health and Sanitation Isaac Omeri told The Standard that striking medics had refused to have tal...

Kenya: Road, Border Post Turn Moyale to Bustling Hub 9 December 2020 By Jacob Walter and Kennedy Kimanthi Moyale town, which borders Ethiopia, was once a trouble hotspot for authorities due to ethnic clashes coupled with sectarian fights and banditry. The once sleepy border town is inhabited by nomads and for many years, locals did not consider themselves Kenyans for the simple reason that there was little or no government presence in the area. But not anymore. An economic transformation has o...