Khayelitsha becomes first township to confirm COVID-19 case
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World Bank offers $60m to Kenya to fight coronavirus outbreak
The funding will improve surveillance, laboratory services, isolation units, equipment, supplies and communication to help mitigate the virus in Kenya, the World Bank said on Twitter.
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Kenya confirms first case of coronavirus in East Africa
A 27-year-old Kenyan woman tested positive for the virus on 12 March in Nairobi, a week after returning from the United States via London.
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Kenya bans all international conferences for 30 days in light of coronavirus
The country's Minister of Health Mutahi Kagwe has also issued an alert banning non-essential travel to countries with COVID-19.
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Kenya university berated for blaming 'reckless' rape victim
The memo highlighted one case when it said a female student 'entertained herself in various joints around the city and decided to walk all alone (drunk)' when her bag was snatched and three men raped her.
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'Nothing left': Kenyan mother's fields stripped by locust swarm
Farmers called the authorities as soon as the locusts arrived. Authorities used planes to spray the swarm, and while some died most ended up in Kimanzi’s fields.
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Thousands gather to bid farewell to Kenya's longest-serving leader Moi
Daniel Arap Moi’s coffin, draped in the Kenyan flag, was carried on a gun carriage from the State House, the official seat of the presidency, on the 5 km route to the stadium in the capital, Nairobi.
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Rhinos in Kenya face a new threat: drug-resistant bacteria - study
Scientists behind a study in a recent issue of New York-based academic journal EcoHealth discovered that bacteria samples found in the endangered animals in Ruma National Park, a protected area on the shores of Lake Victoria, had developed alarming levels of antibiotic resistance.
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Thousands gather to bid farewell to Kenya's longest serving leader Moi
Moi’s coffin, draped in the Kenyan flag, was carried on a gun carriage from the State House, the official seat of the presidency, on the 5 km route to the stadium in the capital, Nairobi.
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Kenya to hold state funeral for Moi
Moi's body will lie in state for public viewing from Saturday until Monday, before a memorial service on Tuesday in the Nyayo national stadium in the capital Nairobi, officials said.
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Kenya leader warns against US, China rivalry in Africa
President Uhuru Kenyatta was speaking on a visit to Washington, where speculation has built that the United States will seek to negotiate a free-trade agreement with Kenya, in what would be a first with an African nation.
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Kenyan military takes control of funeral home late ex-President Moi was taken to
Medical specialists have moved in to perform a postmortem on the 95-year-old.
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Rushing downstairs at end of school, 14 Kenyan children killed in stampede
At least 39 more pupils were badly hurt in the incident at the Kakamega Primary School, the Daily Nation newspaper said, citing Western Region Police Commander Peris Kimani.
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Former Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi has died: sources
Former Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi, who ruled the country with an iron fist between 1978 and 2002, has died aged 96, a relative and government source said Tuesday.
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What does the surprise exit of Burundi's Nkurunziza mean?
In 2015, his push for a third term led to the death of 1,200 people while more than 400,000 fled their homes, prompting a probe by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into intimidation and atrocities.
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Locusts the latest curse of East Africa weather extreme
Dense clouds of the ravenous insects have spread from Ethiopia and Somalia into Kenya, in the region's worse infestation in decades.
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Kenya's president reshuffles cabinet, confirms Yatani as finance minister
Kenyatta announced the changes in a televised speech on the economy.
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Three teachers killed near Kenya's Somalia border
The militia also attacked a local police station and destroyed a telecommunications mast.
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Kenya's Kipruto breaks 10k world record in Valencia
Kipruto bettered the previous fastest time set by Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, also in Valencia last month, by 14 seconds.
