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FDA approves groundbreaking twice-yearly HIV prevention shot
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 19, 2025

Unlike daily PrEP pills or injections given every two months, the shot could be more appealing to people who struggle with adherence or wish to avoid...

MoH flags surge in youth HIV infections, calls for stronger prevention strategies
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jun 18, 2025

Medical Services Principal Secretary Dr Ouma Oluga says nearly 6,000 new infections had been recorded among individuals aged 15 to 24.

Refugees allowed to use refugee IDs for SIM cards registration
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 13, 2025

The department clarified that registering a SIM card under someone else’s name is illegal and amounts to proxy registration, which is expressly prohib...

Taita Taveta’s Miasenyi residents celebrate after getting national IDs after three-day drive
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jun 09, 2025

The Mashinani registration drive is part of a wider county strategy to reach underserved communities and make essential government services accessible...

Government launches national ID registration for 18-year-old secondary school students
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 03, 2025

The State Department for Immigration and Citizen Service said this will help students avoid delays in accessing tertiary education, job opportunities,...

Mobile ID registration to fast-track HELB loans, jobs for Kenyan students
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 03, 2025

The drive will help students avoid delays in accessing tertiary education, job opportunities, and financial support such as HELB loans after completin...

Wajir launches campaign against HIV, teen pregnancies, GBV as new infections emerge in ASAL counties
Issa Hussein  |  May 31, 2025

Wajir County executive committee member for health and sanitation, Habiba Ali, highlighted the increasing cases of HIV that she said needed a more uni...

Turkana celebrates major milestone in fight against mother-to-child HIV transmission
Issa Hussein  |  May 23, 2025

According to the county government, the transmission rate in Turkana is currently at 16.9 per cent, which is double the national rate of 7.3 per cent,

Free gynaecology camp restores health, dignity to women in Lamu
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 21, 2025

The initiative, conducted at King Fahd and Mpeketoni Sub-County hospitals, provided advanced laparoscopic procedures that addressed a wide range of re...

Police raid Gachagua’s homes in night-time operation amid uproar over ‘inciteful’ remarks
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 19, 2025

The former deputy president touched on the 2007 post-election violence, a period during which over 1,200 people died in ethnic clashes, suggesting tha...

CAF to unveil new trophy and identity ahead of Pyramids vs Sundowns final
Erick Kariuki  |  May 16, 2025

CAF is set to unveil a new trophy and visual identity for the CAF Champions League just days before the final between Pyramids FC and Mamelodi Sundown...

Nearly half of women-led aid groups at risk of closure amid global funding cuts — UN
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 15, 2025

According to the findings, 90 per cent of the 411 women-led and women’s rights organisations surveyed across 44 countries reported experiencing fundin...

Palestine lifts ban on Al Jazeera's operations in Palestinian territories
XINHUA  |  May 13, 2025

The Palestinian Authority imposed the ban in January, citing concerns over what it described as "incitement and threats to civil peace" in Al Jazeera'...

Mass registration exercise offers relief to Mombasa residents seeking ID issuance
Farhiya Hussein  |  May 11, 2025

For years, residents in various informal settlements across Mombasa have been grappling with prolonged wait times, missing documents, and complicated...

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...

Grace and Amy: The story of sisterhood behind UK’s first womb transplant birth
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Apr 08, 2025

After their family is complete, the womb will be removed, allowing Grace to stop taking daily immunosuppressants that help prevent her body from rejec...

Kenya’s HIV crisis: The fear of running out of medication
Charity Kilei  |  Mar 30, 2025

Kenya’s HIV programme has long relied on USAID support, but with the healthcare system under immense strain, the government maintains that existing st...

Muslim community from Mt Kenya decry discrimination in ID acquisition despite Ruto directive
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Mar 20, 2025

Many Muslims in the region continue to face discrimination and delays in accessing these crucial documents, which affects their ability to fully parti...

State gazettes scrapping of Sh300 ID application fee
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 19, 2025

Ruto’s directive came days after he also removed the vetting requirement for ID applicants in the Northeastern region, a process that had been critici...

All Kenyans to receive ID cards free of charge as Ruto scraps Sh1,000 fee
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 13, 2025

He emphasised that the process should be fair and non-discriminatory to ensure every eligible citizen receives their ID card without charges.

18 suspects arrested in Eastleigh over tax fraud in fabric smuggling scheme
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Mar 11, 2025

The arrests were made Monday evening after the Elite Operation Support Unit (OSU) who have been trailing the suspects nabbed them after they tried to...

Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strand drugs in warehouse
Reuters  |  Mar 11, 2025

The 90-day foreign aid freeze, ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump after taking office on January 20, has upended the global supply chain for medic...

Kenya faces HIV treatment crisis as only six-month supply of ARV drugs remaining
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 28, 2025

The freeze has also affected about 41,000 workers, mainly in the health sector, with counties struggling to absorb them.

Ruto orders shutdown of diesel power plant in Lodwar as state signs Sh10 billion rural electrification deal
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

The president noted that many rural areas remain without electricity, even as national access has grown from 29 per cent in 2013 to 75 per cent today.

Isiolo, Marsabit, Mandera among 12 counties to benefit from state’s Sh10bn electricity access deal
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 19, 2025

Speaking during the contract signing, President Ruto said the initiative was part of Kenya's goal to achieve universal electricity access by 2030.

Kenya to use Sh28 billion annually on HIV programmes as foreign aid policies change
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 07, 2025

With potential shifts in US aid strategies, Kenya needs to prepare for possible reductions or redirection of donor contributions.

Kenya to integrate HIV, TB, malaria treatment into mainstream healthcare
Charity Kilei  |  Feb 05, 2025

The Ministry of Health is gradually increasing domestic healthcare financing to ensure uninterrupted access to these life-saving services, even as don...

Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital staff sent on unpaid leave due to US aid freeze
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 04, 2025

The programme, which has been providing support to thousands of HIV/AIDS patients, employs between 2,000 and 5,000 permanent and casual workers across...

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