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Day: August 6, 2024

Planners meet ahead of elevation of Eldoret to City

Uasin Gishu Governor County Dr. Jonathan Bii presided over the opening of this year’s Town and County Planning Association of Kenya (TCPAK) conference in Eldoret as the metropolis awaits the conferment of city status on August 15th this year.

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Border communities resolve to foster peaceful co-existence

Kenyan, South Sudanese, and Ethiopian border communities have resolved to foster peaceful co-existence amongst themselves by addressing perennial cross border conflicts between the Turkana of Kenya, the Toposa of South Sudan, and the Nyang’atom of Et…

Three tourists, one Kenyan die in Narok road crash

Three foreign tourists and one Kenyan died on the spot Monday after the vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a road accident in the Katakala area, along the Narok-Bomet highway.

Narok County Police Commander Riko Ngare said the accident i…

Health Ministry intensifies the fight against jiggers

The Ministry of Health has resolved to adopt a multi-agency approach, including a private-public partnership strategy, in the fight against the jigger menace.

Public Health Principal Secretary (PS) Mary Muthoni revealed on Monday that the jigger inf…

Expectant teens urged to regularly attend antenatal clinics

Murang’a County has employed various measures aimed at encouraging expectant mothers and especially teens to regularly attend antenatal clinics.

The County Executive Committee (CEC) Member for Health, Dr. Fredrick Mbugua, has noted that proper atten…

Environment Ministry, UNICEF unveils disaster risk model

The State Department for Environment and Climate Change, in partnership with UNICEF and other stakeholders, has developed the Children’s Climate and Disaster Risk Model (CCDRM).

CCDRM is an online platform to track climate and disaster risk levels f…

Enhanced TB response

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a tuberculosis (TB) support programme aimed at enhancing TB response and management in seven counties.

This was revealed by the Nakuru County Executive Member for Health, Ro…

Healthcare workers in Kiambu trained

The Kiambu County Department of Health Services, with I-TECH’s support, has successfully completed a four-day training programme for healthcare workers across various county facilities.

The programme centres on monitoring and prevention of infection…

FM Taye Confers with Egypt’s Ambassador To Ethiopia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Taye Atske-Selassie, met today with Ambassador Mohamed Omar Gad, Egypt’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, to discuss bilateral, regional and multilateral issues of concern.

Among other things, the discussion center…