Dreams of my father: The Kenya African Rifles paramedic gave me life, hope and eight mothers
When both my parents were alive and living together, it was in a polygamous family, in which my mother was the eldest of the mothers that my father had assembled. At one time there were eight mothers under one roof of a house with 12 rooms. The house still stands on the biocultural landscape of Bulawa, Nawaka, but it has been greatly improved by Charles Afunaduula Ovuma’s children.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon going for double gold in Paris Olympics is she stays free of injury
The athletics competition at the Paris Olympics will take place from August 1-11 at the Stade de France.
Gang-ravaged Haiti replaces police boss with former chief pending arrival of Kenyan force
A recent survey by local rights group RNDDH found that 20 police officers have been killed so far this year and more than 320 since 2015. Police officers also reported late pay, insufficient training, workplace harassment, dismissal threats, knife and gunshot injuries and equipment shortages – including of weapons, ammunition, shields and vehicles.
Top Kenyan official optimistic new technologies bolstered by new laws will cut foreign medical tourism
Muthoni said the Digital Health Act would not only provide the necessary legal and institutional framework for the use of the information technology in the provision of healthcare services but also facilitate the rollout of universal health coverage (UHC) in the country.
WFP to refugees in Kenya: We provide free food, free water, free health and education, so you should accept cut food rations
The cuts to both food and vouchers were imposed with little warning, people in Dadaab – Kenya’s largest refugee settlement – complained. They also came on the heels of heavy flooding in April, which displaced 20,000 people and drove up prices in local markets, deepening everyone’s despair.
Kenya budget reins in deficit at 3.3 per cent, aims to cushion fragile economic growth and recovery
The East African country sold a $1.5 billion international bond in February at a premium to fund the buyback of a large portion of a $2 billion bond maturing in June. Before that, investors had feared Kenya might not be able to repay the bond due to its strained public finances.
Cambridge University ‘loans’ 39 traditional artifacts to Uganda in a major act of restitution
The objects, selected by Ugandan curators, represent a small fraction of about 1,500 ethnographic objects from Uganda that Cambridge has owned for a century. Cambridge acquired most as donations from private collections, and many were given by an Anglican missionary active in Uganda in the 1890s and early 20th century.
Kenya’s cabinet approves sale of its shares in six listed companies
The move complements government plans to offload shares in other state-owned companies. In November, Ruto said the government planned to privatise 35 state companies after enacting a law in October to guide the process.
Cooking and coughing: Respiratory diseases surge in Kenya as 20 million people burn wood to save money
Respiratory diseases have been the most prevalent diseases in Kenya for the past several years and are on the rise, according to government authorities, with 19.6 million reported cases last year. Burning biomass such as firewood is the largest contributor to those diseases, said Evans Amukoye, a scientist with the Kenya Medical Research Institute’s respiratory diseases research centre.
Resilience facility: IMF in staff level agreement with Kenya, urges fiscal consolidation
Although Kenya has been facing liquidity challenges since 2022, it managed to sell a new $1.5 billion Eurobond from international markets in February, albeit at a steep price, to partly buy back another Eurobond that is maturing in June.
