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Kenya: When COVID-19 Took School Away From Children
Nation, 8 July 2020
Children joined the list of major casualties of the coronavirus pandemic when the government suspended the school calendar Tuesday. Read more »
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Kenya: Kirinyaga Deputy Governor Roped Into Theft of Sh138 Million for e-Learning
Nation, 8 July 2020
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) is probing an alleged theft of Sh138 million from a donor-funded project in Kirinyaga County that has now entangled deputy governor… Read more »
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Kenya: Schools to Remain Closed Until 2021
Capital FM, 7 July 2020
Schools in Kenya will not re-open until 2021 due to fears of COVID-19 infections which has started taking toll in the country. Read more »
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Kenya: CS Magoha Cancels KCPE, KCSE Exams as COVID-19 Bites
Nation, 7 July 2020
Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) George Magoha announced Tuesday that national examinations will not take place this year as the Covid-19 pandemic has rendered the school calendar… Read more »
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Kenya: Thousands of Machakos Schoolgirls Pregnant During COVID-19 Outbreak
Capital FM, 17 June 2020
A sudden surge in reported teen pregnancies within Machakos County is threatening to cut short the pursuit for education by vulnerable girls with latest statistics now showing… Read more »
COVID-19 Closes Academic Year in Kenya
Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has said it will not be practical and safe to re-open schools because the peak period for the novel coronavirus infections is just starting. All learners will be required to repeat their current classes when schools re-open in 2021. Cases of teenage pregnancy, rape and theft of e-learning funds have rocked counties as pupils stay away from schools due to the pandemic.
InFocus
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The continued ban on the importation, which was a temporary measure to contain COVID-19, is putting 2 million livelihoods at stake, according to the Mitumba Association of Kenya ... Read more »
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Health Chief Administrative Secretary, Mercy Mwangangi, has attributed the surging rate of infection to high importation of cases into the two counties at the beginning of the ... Read more »
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Families of Covid-19 patients who have been buried by health officials donned in personal protective gear have decried the manner in which their family members have been buried, ... Read more »
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Isolation facilities are full and since 80% of the patients in various hospitals are asymptomatic many will be released to be taken care of at home, according to Health Cabinet ... Read more »
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Health workers say patients fear contracting the virus, forcing those with obstetric fistula, a childbirth-related injury caused by birthing complications, to suffer in silence. ... Read more »
