By Faith Nyasuguta The Kenyan government will deny unvaccinated citizens services in government institutions and also entry into bars during the upcoming festive season. In what is projected to spur anxiety ahead of the December holidays, Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary(CS) Mutahi Kagwe directed that those seeking public services be fully jabbed to ensure the country […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta On Sunday, Sudan’s loftiest general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan penned a deal with Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to reinstate the coveted transition to civilian rule about a month after a military takeover. The agreement signed in the Khartoum presidential palace contains 14 points and it gives provision for Hamdok to be reinstated as prime […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta In Kenya, it is now official that secret wives, stepchildren, half brothers,half sisters and even distant dependants will no longer have a right to inheritance in the event of a benefactor’s death. On Wednesday, Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the Law of Succession (Amendment) Bill, sponsored by Homa Bay Town MP […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Some 10 people have been shot dead and many others wounded as thousands of Sudan residents protested against October’s coup, in Khartoum and other cities on Wednesday. The pro-democracy doctors’ union said that in the northern suburbs of the capital alone, seven people were shot dead by the security forces which aimed […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The head of the Kenyan prison service has been fired and arrested days after three inmates serving time for terror-related offences allegedly escaped from a maximum security prison. In a statement by President Uhuru Kenyatta, ex-boss Wycliffe Ogalo would be replaced with immediate effect “to entrench accountability in the ranks of the […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Over 100,000 Americans have succumbed to drug overdoses in the past year, during the Covid-19 pandemic. In history, the figure is the highest annual death toll recorded from drugs in the US. Statistics show that overdose deaths rose by 28 per cent in the 12 months ending in April 2021, according to […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta In Lagos, Nigeria, a gas explosion has killed at least five people, among them a child, an emergency services official has revealed to media outlets. According to a National Emergency Management Agency spokesperson, three men, one woman and a ten-year-old boy had died. A rescue operation is ongoing. Reports indicate that the […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan security officials are on high alert following the suicide bombing that hit Uganda’s capital Kampala on Tuesday killing three people and leaving 33 wounded. On Wednesday morning, security was beefed up in all installations and towns across Kenya and particularly along the border points. Police have also called on the public […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Triple suicide bombings have killed at least three people in Ugandan capital Kampala on Tuesday. Dozens have been nabbed in the bombings in a country that is seen as a stable bulwark against Islamic extremism in Africa. So far, over 33 people are undergoing treatment in hospital, including five in very critical […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Heavy rains and flooding in southern Egypt have left some three people dead and over 500 others hospitalized from scorpion stings, Al-Ahram, a government-run Egyptian newspaper, reports. Over the weekend, downpours, hail and thunder in the Aswan province pushed local authorities to dismiss school classes on Sunday, Aswan Governor Major General Ashraf Attia […]
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