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Kenya: Back-to-School Confusion As New Lockdown Rules Kick Off
Nation, 30 March 2021
School children could once again be forced to stay home longer following the indefinite Covid-19 containment measures President Kenyatta announced on Friday unless the current… Read more »
Back-to-School Confusion as Kenya's New Lockdown Rules Kick In
School children could once again be forced to stay home longer, following the indefinite Covid-19 containment measures President Kenyatta announced on March 26, 2021. This is unless the current infection rate and spread brought on by the Covid-19 third wave, is urgently brought under control. The president did not indicate when the raft of stringent measures will be lifted. Actual class attendance has also been suspended. The only exceptions were candidates sitting for their examinations and those in medical training institutions.
Education Chief Administrative Secretary Sarah Ruto addressing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education candidates at St.Peters Mumias Boys High School in Kakamega County on March 29.
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Kenya: Pandemic Hits Top Banks Hard
Nation, 29 March 2021
Equity Bank and NCBA are the latest top tier banks to report double digit drops in profitability for the year ended December 2020, as lenders are hit hard by huge provisions for… Read more »
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Kenya: Covid-19 Positivity Rate Shoots Up to 26.6% With 902 Cases
Capital FM, 29 March 2021
The country's COVID-19 positivity rate on Monday rose to 26.6 per cent after 902 cases were reported from 3,395 samples tested within 24 hours0. Read more »
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Kenya: You'll Need Negative Covid-19 Antigen Result to Visit Mombasa
Nation, 29 March 2021
Anyone travelling into Mombasa must now provide a negative coronavirus Rapid Antigen test, which will be authenticated by a multi-agency team stationed at the exit and entry of the… Read more »
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Kenya: Covid-19 Hurdles - Kenyans Are 'Hoarding' More Than 20,000 Oxygen Cylinders
Nation, 29 March 2021
There's an acute shortage of medical oxygen in hospitals across the country due to a surge in infections occasioned by the third wave of Covid-19. Read more »
InFocus
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Kenya's health ministry has reportedly confirmed that they have identified Covid-19 variants, first detected in South African and the UK. The news follows reports that at least ... Read more »
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Hospitals around the country are reportedly running out of beds in their intensive care units as Covid-19 spreads fast across the country. A spot check at private hospitals, ... Read more »
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Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has urged Kenyans to remain on high alert while following Covid-19 protocols, such as social distancing, wearing face masks and washing hands ... Read more »
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The Ministry of Health has reportedly ordered county governments and port services to improve on the capacity at laboratories for specimen collection, shipment and timely ... Read more »
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Parents, head teachers and unions have expressed fears of a possible Covid-19 explosion in boarding schools after the institutions reopened with little or no infrastructural ... Read more »
