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Kenya: Rent Prices in Nairobi Drop
Capital FM, 13 August 2020
Rent prices in Nairobi dropped in the second quarter of 2020, new data has revealed. Read more »
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Kenya: Keep Off Covid-19 Billions, Court Tells Hospital Managers
Nation, 12 August 2020
Hospital administrators have lost their bid to get a share of the Sh3.4 billion Covid-19 Emergency Fund and other benefits allocated to frontline health workers by the Ministry of… Read more »
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Kenya: 18 More Succumb to Covid-19 as Kenya Caseload Crosses 28,000
Nation, 12 August 2020
The Ministry of Health has announced that 18 more patients have died of the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the overall death toll to 456. Read more »
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Kenya: Landlords Now Want Direct Contact With Tenants' Employers Over Rent Arrears
Nairobi News, 16 June 2020
The Landlords and Tenants Association of Kenya (LATAK) now want permission to contact tenant's employer directly over the raising cases of arrears occasioned by Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Among African Nations at Risk of Most Covid-19 Deaths
Nation, 11 August 2020
Kenya is among five African countries projected to record the largest number of Covid-19 deaths on the continent by December, according to a study. Read more »
Rent Prices in Nairobi Take a Dive Due to Covid-19
Rent prices have reportedly dropped by 0.2% as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has affected most parts of the general economy. 47% of tenants surveyed asked their landlords for rent discounts of between 25 and 30% - an indication of the economic devastation caused by the pandemic. In June, Nairobi was ranked the most expensive city to live in in East Africa by Mercer 2020 Cost of Living survey.
InFocus
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Kenyan citizens have been asked to reconsider all travel to the United States due to the unchecked spread of Covid-19, while those already in the U.S. have also been asked to ... Read more »
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Violent extremist organisations like Al-Shabaab are still looking for opportunities that will emerge with the pandemic to accomplish their missions, the U.S. Africa Command's ... Read more »
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As the country gears towards utilising locally manufactured personal protective equipments over imported ones, Kenyans have been warned to be on the lookout for defective and ... Read more »
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At least 3.6 million people are at risk of hunger at a time the country is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic while Kenya Airways pilots are seeking the intervention of President Uhuru ... Read more »
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An official update on the programme indicates that more than 400,000 girls aged 10 have missed out on the first phase of the exercise due to closure of schools for December ... Read more »
Pandemic restrictions have emptied Nairobi streets of the usual traffic (file photo).
