USAID Stories

Farmers in Isiolo, Garissa, seven other counties to receive Sh6.3 billion USAID grant
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 16, 2025

The five-year programme aims to tackle food insecurity and enhance agribusiness in some of Kenya's most vulnerable regions.

Turkana farmers in Loima to benefit from Sh39.5 million irrigation project
Issa Hussein  |  Jan 14, 2025

The project includes the construction of two canal linings, a water conveyor system, and a storage facility, all aimed at boosting food security in Tu...

Somalia intensifies push to flush out ISIS elements holed up in Puntland’s Almiskaad mountains
Hassan Mohamed  |  Jan 12, 2025

Puntland officials say hundreds of ISIS fighters from the Middle East have been sneaking into its eastern rugged Golis and Alimiskaad mountainous regi...

Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid
Reuters  |  Dec 25, 2024

The U.N. also will end 2024 having raised about 46% of the $49.6 billion it sought for humanitarian aid across the globe, its own data shows. It’s the...

State proposes higher taxes on health-risk products to fund health programmes
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 22, 2024

The move comes as concerns grow over the declining availability of donor funding for interventions related to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

Mayotte authorities race to help cyclone survivors amid fear of hunger and disease
Reuters  |  Dec 17, 2024

More than three-quarters of Mayotte's roughly 321,000 people live in relative poverty, and about one-third are estimated to be undocumented migrants.

French military aid starts to arrive in cyclone-battered Mayotte archipelago
Reuters  |  Dec 16, 2024

Authorities had also established an air bridge between Mayotte and Reunion Island, another French overseas territory on the other side of Madagascar.

Garissa, Turkana's unpaid bills to contractors hit Sh9.7 billion in three months
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 09, 2024

The rising debts have placed immense pressure on the private sector, with businesses struggling to cope with unserviced bills.

HIV/AIDS claimed the lives of over 2,600 children under 14 in Kenya last year - report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 02, 2024

The same report indicates that 3,743 new HIV infections were recorded among children under the age of four during this period.

World AIDS Day: There’s hope for cure - where we stand now
The Conversation  |  Dec 01, 2024

Much progress has been made during the 30 years in the fight against HIV/Aids. An HIV diagnosis is no longer the death sentence it was in the 1990s.

Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens as prices of basic goods skyrocket
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 29, 2024

About 1.8 million people in Gaza are facing unprecedented levels of food insecurity.

Several Nairobi roads to be closed temporarily for World Aids Day marathon
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 28, 2024

The marathon will begin at Nyayo National Stadium and follow a route through some of Nairobi's busiest streets.

Delays in seeking treatment lead to higher HIV deaths among Kenyan men - report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 18, 2024

Women regularly interact with health services, especially during pregnancy, where they get tested for HIV. Men, on the other hand, usually wait until...

COP29: Wealthy nations urged to increase Climate funds
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 11, 2024

The global climate finance gap remains a critical issue as countries and communities in the Global South face worsening climate impacts.

WHO pushes for new malaria, TB and HIV vaccines to benefit Kenya
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 10, 2024

This initiative aligns with the Immunisation Agenda 2030, which aims to ensure that communities worldwide benefit from vaccines that protect against s...

Police investigating how suspect in Eastleigh killings got Kenyan ID card
Amina Wako  |  Nov 08, 2024

On November 6, Hashim was linked yet again to another murder of Deka Abdinoor Gorone, whose mutilated body was found near Lang’ata Cemetery.

Hero on call: Paramedic volunteers to save lives in times of crisis
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 02, 2024

Koome was on October 18, 2024 named CSR Ambassador of the year by the Work Place Safety Association of Kenya.

App boosts Kenyan hair braiders left behind by digital gender gap
Reuters  |  Nov 01, 2024

So far, 180 customers and around 100 hair braiders have signed up, with more on the waitlist as Onwuamaegbu seeks to expand the app slowly.

New HIV infections in Kenya drop by 83 per cent in 10 years
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 30, 2024

Health CS Deborah Barasa has said new HIV cases have fallen to 16,752 in 2023, down from 101,560 in 2013.

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