‘Rethink about border shutdown,’ says governor

The  Government has been advised to shut regional boundaries as one way of addressing the rising cases of new Covid-19 infections in the country. The  Kajiado County Governor, Joseph Ole Lenku  while speaking in Machakos on Wednesday during a Council of Governors (CoG) meeting said people crossing into the country from neighbouring nations could spell […]

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Government confirms 8 more cases of Corona, institutes tough measures

The  government has confirmed eight more cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of people infected to 15. Out of the 8 cases, five are Kenyans while three are foreign nationals, a Mexican and two from French. Giving an update on the country situation on Sunday evening, Health Cabinet Secretary(CS), Mutahi Kagwe said all the […]

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Address health care at community level to address UHC

Governments that are largely focusing a lot on curative care instead of preventive and promotive health care have their priorities wrong, AMREF claims. Kenya equally has not got it right yet and the system still channels a lot of resources towards secondary and tertiary care and which is a problem. Dr. Githinji Gitahi, global CEO […]

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County government to divert development funds due to drought

Isiolo  County Government will redirect development funds in order to provide relief food to hungry residents following prolonged drought. The  Isiolo Governor, Dr. Mohamed Kuti said that the looming drought has forced the County Government to reduce development funds in order to purchase relief food, animal feeds and drill more boreholes. Dr. Kuti who was […]

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