307 more people test positive for COVID-19
The country has recorded 307, the highest number of COVID-19 new cases in 24 hours. According to Health Chief Administrative Secretary Dr. Rashid Aman, the cases are from 3,591 samples tested bring the total confirmed cases to 6,673. Of the new cases, 298 are Kenyans while 18 are foreigners. With 215 being males and 92 […]
Fish prices skyrocket in Taveta after Tanzanian supply is cutoff
Fish prices have skyrocketed rapidly in Taveta over the past month leaving residents worried that the commodity could soon become a luxurious good. This is after Tanzanian fishermen stopped landing their catches in Kenyan soil over fears of being placed on forced quarantine as per the ministry of health’s directive on persons arriving from foreign […]
Coastal counties set to lose billions if CRA allocation formula is adopted
Anxiety is gripping senate on anticipated proposal by Commission of Revenue Allocation, on adoption by the house of a new formula on allocation of funds to the counties. In the new proposal by the CRA, formula assigns health 15 per cent, basic share 14 per cent, agriculture 10, while population has been weighted 18 from […]