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Kenyan opposition leader Odinga says he still believes he won election, but will respect court ruling

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who is contesting his loss in this month’s presidential election in the Supreme Court, said he will respect the court’s ruling – but still believes he won. This is Odinga’s fifth run at the presidency, blaming previous

August 29, 2022

Africa

Kenya says it will move ahead with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya is going ahead with its plan to inoculate its citizens against COVID-19 using a vaccine developed by AstraZeneca, a senior health ministry official said on Thursday, dismissing concerns over its efficacy. South Africa paused the rollout of the

February 11, 2021

Kenya

Five hotel workers among new cases in Kenya

Kenya’s Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe has confirmed 12 new coronavirus cases in the country, five of them involving hotel workers. Mr Kagwe told a media briefing that more than 450 samples were tested by Friday morning and that: “We have already got

April 17, 2020

Kenya

Kenya confirms its first coronavirus case

Kenya has confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus, Minister of Health Mutahi Kagwe said on Friday. Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said the patient arrived in the country on 5 March but was given a positive diagnosis on 12 March. She

March 13, 2020

Africa·Breaking News

Al-Shabab attacks military base used by United States troops in Kenya

Al-Shabab Militants attacked a military base used by United States troops in Kenya early Sunday. A pre-dawn attempt by al-Shabab forces to breach security at Manda Bay Airfield was repelled, U.S. Africa Command said in a statement. But it added that “the

January 5, 2020

Zimbabwe

Nearly 4000 arrested for violating immigration laws at Beitbridge border

Nearly 4000 people were arrested for violating immigration laws in December, state media in Zimbabwe reported on Friday. According to a report in the Herald, the department of immigration arrested 3967 people for border jumping, failure to get a passport stamped and

January 3, 2020

Kenya

Kenya’s exports to China grow by $74m (£61m) in six months

The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics has said the country exported goods worth $74m (£61m) to China in the first six months of 2019 compared with $43m worth of goods exported during a similar period last year. Kenya has been conducting an

October 9, 2019

Africa

Wedding guest in Kenya dies of cholera

A wedding guest in Kenya has died and 40 others were admitted to hospital over the weekend in the capital, Nairobi. The newly married couple did not suffer from any food poisoning, flying for their honeymoon to Dubai immediately after their wedding

August 15, 2019

Kenya

Dennis Itumbi Aide to Kenya’s deputy president arrested

Police in Kenya have arrested an aide to Deputy President William Ruto in an ongoing investigation over an alleged plot to assassinate the politician. Dennis Itumbi – who is the secretary for digital in the presidency – was arrested in the Central

July 3, 2019

Africa·Kenya

Tanzania summons Kenya diplomat over MP’s ‘xenophobia’

Tanzania’s prime minister has met the Kenyan high commissioner after he was summoned to explain comments by a Kenyan governing party MP that Tanzanian business people should leave his country. MP Charles Njagua Kanyi said: “Tanzanians and Ugandans have taken our business,

June 26, 2019

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