SAMUELE TINI, COIKE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS The world of Italian solidarity and cooperation in Kenya starts again from coordination and security. The post-Silvia Romano after-Silvia of Onlus and NGOs rooted in every corner of the country, from the slums of Nairobi to the semi-arid areas of Samburu, from the palm forests of the coast to the […]
KENYATTA: “KES 250M FOR POOR FAMILIES VIA MPESA”
ONLY 31 CASES, “BUT INFECTION IN THE COUNTRY ARE RISING” It was Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta who yesterday updated the number of cases of Covid-19 virus positivity in the country during an official statement to the State House. There are 31 new infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to […]
“CURFEW AND LOCKDOWN IN KENYA TO END SOON”
YESTERDAY THE PROMISE OF PRESIDENT KENYATTA The national curfew, at least in some counties of Kenya, could end soon. This was stated by President of the Republic Uhuru Kenyatta during his speech yesterday morning at the government building. According to Kenyatta, not only could the curfew from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. be suspended before […]
NIGERIA IMPOUNDS UK PLANE FLOUTING COVID-19 RULES
Pictured: An aircraft belonging to UK firm Flair Aviation. Nigeria on Sunday impounded an aircraft belonging to the company for illegally running a passenger service. ABUJA Nigeria on Sunday impounded a UK plane for illegally running a passenger service. The plane had been approved to strictly for humanitarian operations. The aircraft belonging to Flair Aviation, […]
US FACES SEVERE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN AS VIRUS TOLLS FALL IN EUROPE
Pictured: Cyclists wearing protective face masks ride down a street in the Cobble Hill neighborhood in New York City, USA on May 17, 2020. The world’s biggest economy faces a severe downtown but will not suffer another Great Depression, US Fed chief Jerome Powell said on Sunday. Washington The world’s biggest economy faces a severe […]
HAMSTER TESTS SHOW MASKS REDUCE COVID-19 SPREAD
Pictured: Police Constable Caroline Makena display masks she sews at Tot Police Station in Elgeyo-Marakwet County on April 17, 2020. Tests on hamsters reveal the widespread use of facemasks reduces transmission of the deadly coronavirus, a team of leading experts in Hong Kong said Sunday. The research by the University of Hong Kong is some […]
COURT ORDERS NSSF TO JOIN NGONG FOREST LAND CASE
Ankhan Holdings initially sued the KFS in 2017 in the High Court to stop reclamation of the land. The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will now have to fight in court to keep a 1,000-acre-portion of Ngong Forest it bought from Ankhan Holdings — a company associated with Jonathan Moi, Sammy Boit Kogo and Hubert […]
Silvia and Kenya: what we should know
In Malindi and its hinterland soaked by the great seasonal rains and undermined by the partial lockdown, we have not yet disposed of the joy for a story that has written the best of “The End” possible, but we are already looking ahead so that this unexpected precedent, a kidnapping in one of the most […]