NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 8 – The National Assembly has rejected a motion seeking to implement Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and a policy requiring all civil servants, public officers, and State officers to exclusively use public healthcare facilities. Nominated MP Sabina…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial plans for a new military push in the Gaza Strip have raised warnings from the army leadership, opposition from hostage families and concerns that more Palestinians will be killed. They also risk isolating his…
Every crisis has a turning point to leverage on to create better resilience and response mechanisms to handle future similar challenges or other threats. The terror attack on the US embassy in Nairobi on August 7 1998 presented Kenya with…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 8 – President William Ruto has formed a team that will coordinate the compensation of protest victims. In a presidential proclamation on Friday, civilians and security personnel who suffered injuries or lost their lives during demonstrations and…
Ghana’s President John Mahama has promised a full investigation into Wednesday’s helicopter crash that killed two government ministers and six other people. Defence Minister Edward Omane Boamah and Environment, Science and Technology Minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed,50, were among those killed…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 8 – The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping sickness as a public health problem. According to the global health body, this makes it the tenth country…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 8 – Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has dismissed claims of strained relations between Kenya and the United States, assuring that diplomatic ties remain intact and active. Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Regional Integration, chaired…
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 8 – Forty Hospitals have been suspended from the Social Health Authority (SHA) for engaging in illegal practices. According to Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, some government and private health facilities fraudulently convert outpatient cases into inpatient…
NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 7 – Principal Secretary for National Treasury Chris Kiptoo has denied any financial loss in the management of the government’s digital payments platform, e-Citizen, despite a damning special audit report by the Auditor General that flagged multi-billion…
NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 7 – Six people have been killed after an aircraft belonging to belonging to AMREF Flying Doctors crashed in Nairobi‘s Mwihoko area, Githurai 45. Kiambu County Commissioner Henry Wafula said four people on the plane were killed…