Tag Archives: KENYA

  Kenya hit out at the United Kingdom after London added the east African country to its coronavirus travel ‘red list’. In a strongly-worded statement on Saturday, Kenya’s foreign affairs ministry said the decision was ‘discriminatory’ and lacked ‘logic and scientific knowledge of the disease or the spread of the …

  Mama Sarah Obama is dead, family sources confirmed to local media outlets on Sunday evening. She was the grandmother to Barack Obama, the former President of the United States. Mama Sarah had been sick for a while and died while undergoing treatment at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral …

The High Court in Kenya is due to rule today (Wednesday) on whether to decriminalise female genital mutilation for adult women. The case is in response to a 2017 petition by a doctor who argued that banning the practice was unconstitutional as women had the right to choose what to …

Female prisoners in Kenya are calling for a change in laws that prevent them from enjoying sexual intimacy with their spouses when they visit them in jail. The sex starved inmates have been making this demand since 2014. They claim the current laws only allow a very limited time for …

The High Court in Kenya has ordered the government to give compensation of about $30,000 each to four people for failing to protect them from sexual and gender-based attacks during the violence that hit the country after the disputed 2007-2008 election. The ruling is seen as a landmark, with Naitore …

When Felix Kiprono expressed “interest” in Barack Obama’s daughter Malia, many argued he is either not serious or he was simply a gold-digger, but the Kenyan lawyer quickly dismissed those claims. “People might say I am after the family’s money, which is not the case. My love is real,” he …

Just a day after bars reopened in Kenya, two people died in a bar brawl in the capital, Nairobi. The ministry of health’s secretary Rashid Aman on Wednesday said bar owners should follow the guidelines put in place to prevent the spread of the virus. He termed the deaths “unfortunate” …

One person died on Monday in a car park while waiting for treatment at Kenya’s largest referral hospital as health workers downed their tools to protest against delayed pay of improved salaries and allowances. The management of Kenyatta National Hospital said the deceased, a motorbike taxi rider, arrived at the …

Kenya will receive the COVID-19 vaccine in small portions from 2021 until the country has enough to vaccinate the people at “the highest priority” when the vaccine is available, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced. In a report published on its website on Monday this week, the WHO said that each …

With classrooms closed to curb coronavirus, girls are more at risk of FGM, teenage pregnancy and child marriage. Thirteen-year-old Gumato* can finally walk again without feeling pain. The hot desert wind blows through her curly hair as she strolls between the portable, dome-shaped huts, made of acacia roots and covered …