COVID-19 Pandemic Kenya Reimposes COVID-19 Restrictions

NAIROBI – Kenya reimposed COVID-19 restrictions after the country’s positivity rate this week jumped to 22 percent, a 20 percent increase since January. Addressing the nation Friday, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta put the capital, Nairobi, and surrounding counties under lockdown. “Seventy percent of Kenya’s reported cases of More...

The world welcomes 2021 says goodbye to a Virus ridden 2020
Reuters: The world welcomed 2021 with muted celebrations , desperate to kiss 2020 goodbye but with cautious optimism that the new year brings hope and most of all economic recovery No light show illuminated Beijing More...

Kenya – Cautious optimism as the country opens up after months of partial lockdown
Reuters – Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on Monday a phased reopening of the country from a COVID-19 lockdown, lifting restrictions on travel in and out of the capital Nairobi and allowing air More...

Is it the time for an African at the helm of the World Trade Organisation ?
So the WTO needs a new director-general to succeed Roberto Azevêdo, who announced resignation last weekend. Who will replace him? After a Brazilian, a Frenchman (Pascal Lamy), a Thai (Supachai Panitchpakdi) More...

Kenya bears the brunt as floods devastate east Africa
Torrential rains have triggered devastating floods and landslides across East Africa in recent weeks, aggravating an already challenging situation as countries in the region battle the coronavirus pandemic. The More...

Mike Sonko who is being probed for graft distributes Alcohol to vulnerable Nairobians
The governor of Nairobi, Kenya was blasted on social media after announcing his plans to include “small bottles of Hennessy” in food packs being distributed to the city’s poor families amid the coronavirus More...

Latest Headlines – Kenya
Source: Daily Nation Today is the 33rd day since Kenya confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). We bring you key updates from the Nation’s special coverage team. You can subscribe to this More...

Companies Struggle With Late Payments as Kenya Faces Cash Crisis
Source: Bloomberg and other agencies President Uhuru Kenyatta’s remark that he did not understand why Kenyans are broke has stung his lieutenants into action. High-ranking government officials spent the More...

Are diaspora Kenyans only worth the dollar they remit? – Death in the Diaspora!
In a space of two months, two Kenyans living in Berlin Germany, both reported missing have been found dead in unexplainable circumstances. According to newspaper reports from Germany and the Kenya, in October, a More...

Raila Odinga Sworn In
A section of the crowd at the Uhuru Park grounds just before Hon. Raila’s arrival. Raila Amolo Odinga was on Tuesday sworn in as the People’s President at a Ceremony held at the Uhuru Park Grounds in More...