donor health funding Stories

Kenya to only approve donor projects with secured funding, aligned to national priorities - Treasury CS Mbadi
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 10, 2025

The CS told senators that a team from the Office of the Deputy President and the National Treasury is reviewing all ongoing donor-funded projects to e...

Taxpayers lose Sh4.8 billion to interest payments on delayed donor projects - report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 03, 2025

According to the Auditor General's report, the payments, which were avoidable, stemmed from weak contract oversight and poor cash flow management that...

Faith leaders call for more awareness to tackle endemic diseases as donor cuts bite
Alfred Onyango  |  Apr 30, 2025

The leaders particularly call for increased awareness campaigns aimed at educating the public on the dire consequences of preventable diseases.

Global immunisation campaigns struggle as funding cuts, outbreaks threaten progress
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 26, 2025

Despite the success of vaccines in saving over 150 million lives over the last five decades, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus warned that f...

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.

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