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Thousands evicted in Kenya slum demolitions

Thousands of people have been made homeless in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, after a government excavator flattened their tin-sheet houses in the Kariobangi area. The demolition...

Coronavirus: Kenyan researchers ‘await approval for clinical trials’

Kenyan researchers are awaiting approval for clinical trials of three drugs in the treatment of Covid-19, the Daily Nation newspaper reports. The researchers plan to...

Kenya’s mass testing met with public defiance

A coronavirus mass testing campaign by Kenya's health ministry has recorded a low turnout after encountering unwillingness among members of the public. The government had...

Kenya coronavirus cases reach 435, mass testing setback in Mombasa

Kenya recorded 24 new coronavirus cases bringing the total tally to 435. 17 of the cases were recorded in Nairobi (10 in Eastleigh, 7...

Retired Kenyan bishop dies in Italy from COVID-19

A retired Kenyan Catholic Bishop has died in the Italian city of Turin from Covid-19 while undergoing treatment in hospital. Silas Njiru, who had served...

Kenyan research centre ‘running out of test kits’

The Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has depleted its supplies of coronavirus screening and testing kits, the Star newspaper says, quoting a report tabled...

Kenyan bouquets for UK attract criticism

What must have seemed like a good idea to remind people of Kenya's flower industry has come in for some criticism from the country's...

Coronavirus: Testing creates long tailbacks at Kenya-Uganda border

There have been long tailbacks on the Kenyan side of the border with Uganda after the government began mandatory testing of long-distance lorry drivers...

Kenya hunts those filmed fleeing coronavirus quarantine centre

Kenyans filmed escaping from a coronavirus quarantine centre will be hunted down and sent back there, President Uhuru Kenyatta has said. "We know you and...

Kenyans clap for health workers

Kenyan journalists at NTV on Tuesday led people in an appreciation clap for health care workers on the front line of coronavirus pandemic. The journalists...

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