Kenyan authorities warn fake HIV drugs are circulation despite crackdown on counterfeits
Truvada is used in treating HIV and as a preexposure prophylaxis for people at high risk, including those with multiple sexual partners and those who share needles while injecting drugs.
Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130 as thousands rendered homeless
Emergency workers fear the death toll could rise since there were many people still unaccounted for. Parts of the country remained cut off and inaccessible after roads and bridges were washed away, marooning thousands of residents.
UN plastic treaty talks in Nairobi grapple with 500 proposals on reuse, recycle and ban debate
The plastics industry, oil and petrochemical exporters, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, have said a global deal should promote recycling and re-use of plastic, but environmental campaigners and some governments say much less needs to be produced in the first place.
Africa Fertiliser Financing Mechanism commits $2m to support 100,000 smallholder farmers in Kenya
The fertiliser market’s leading players include importers, blenders, and the Kenyan government, which runs a fertiliser subsidy programme. In 2021, Kenya imported 758,000 tonnes of chemical fertilisers. Kenyan farmers pay $35 for a 50 kilogramme fertiliser bag.
Kenya parliament okays deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti, despite opposition
Ms Boss called a vote and lawmakers approved the deployment, citing a report that said the deployment meets the constitutional requirement to take into account public views, which were collected between November 2 and 9.
Carbon credits: Kenya gears up for direct air capture push in ‘Great Carbon Valley’
Kenya is the world’s seventh-largest producer of geothermal energy. Geothermal and other renewable energy sources account for around 90 per cent of grid electricity in the country, meaning that DAC machines can operate without themselves generating substantial emissions.
‘No money, no police’, Kenya dithers on deal with UN to send security forces to Haiti gangland
Nearly 200,000 Haitians have now lost their homes to gangs who pillage neighbourhoods operated by rivals in their quest to control more territory. Many of the displaced are now sleeping outside or in makeshift settlements that are crowded and extremely unsanitary.
Why Kenya’s visa openness plan poses puzzle to its security, economy and foreign diplomacy
Principal Secretary for Interior Raymond Omollo explained that top on the list of bolstering legislation and policy is protection of economic, security and political interest of the country as the East African nation adjusts to the unstinted cross-border movement of people, goods and services that are likely to have an adverse impact on Kenya’s economy, security and sovereignty.
Kenya to pay back $300 million of $2 billion bond in December, says President Ruto
Kenya will in December pay back $300 million of a $2 billion Eurobond that falls due next June, President William Ruto said on Thursday. The East African nation is being watched closely to see how it handles the bond due to its growing debt repayments, weakening currency and a surge...
AstraZeneca plans to expand its Cancer Care project beyond Kenya’s largest referral hospital
By boosting equitable access to state-of-the-art technology that can provide early and accurate detection, the donation is expected to enhance survival rates among prostate cancer patients significantly.
