COVID-19: Police fire teargas, clobber citizens at Likoni ferry
Police in Mombasa on Friday fired teargas canisters and clobbered citizens who tried to force their way towards the ferry at the Likoni channel, following a new queuing system introduced to reduce congestion and curb spread of the deadly Coronavirus. Impatient commuters who found the queues too long and slow attempted to form crowds and surge towards the ferry, […]
Covid-19: UK Prime minister Boris Johnson tests positive
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for Coronavirus. According to UK media outlets including the BBC, Johnson said he developed mild symptoms over the past 24 hours, including high temperature and cough. He said he will now isolate himself but keep carrying on with government duties via video conferencing. Mr Johnson was last […]
Ouma Oluga resigns as KMPDU secretary-general
Kenya Medical Practitioner and Dentist Board (KMPDU) Secretary general Ouma Oluga has resigned as the secretary-general following his new appointment as chief officer of Health in Nairobi County. This is after the head of public service Joseph Kinyua directed ministry, departments and county governments to release 32 other officers to report to the director-general , […]
COVID-19: Woman in quarantine commits suicide
A woman who had been placed in mandatory quarantine at a government facility has allegedly committed suicide. The 27-year-old South African woman who was placed in forced isolation with three others at Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI) in Nakuru was found dead on Friday morning. The deceased is said to have hang herself with a […]
KPA MD Daniel Manduku resigns
The Kenya Ports Authority managing director Daniel Manduku has resigned weeks after being arrested and subsequently being released over the irregular award of a cargo storage tender at the Nairobi Inland Container depot. Parliament summons DPP, DCI over failed KPA MD’s graft case In a letter seen by Baraka FM dated the 26th of March, […]