Kenya

Kenya’s number of COVID-19 cases passed 10,000 mark on Sunday as the Ministry of Health intensifies measures to contain the spread of the respiratory disease.Mutahi Kagwe, Cabinet Secretary in the ministry, said some 379 people tested…

A man suspected of having coronavirus in south-eastern Kenya was beaten up by a group of youths and later died in hospital. Local police chief Nehemiah Bitok confirmed the death to the BBC and said no arrests had been made and…

Kenya has confirmed three more cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to seven.Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe said all the cases (the patients) had arrived from abroad.The latest cases involve a couple who had travelled from Spain's…

The World Bank said on Monday it had committed $60 million to Kenya to help the East African nation battle the coronavirus outbreak that has spread to at least 30 countries on the continent.The funding will improve surveillance,…

A Kenyan judge has been arrested and accused of coaching the main suspect in a murder trial - a widow whose husband was found in a septic tank.Appeal Court Judge Sankale ole Kantai did not comment after his alleged link to murder…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday expressed solidarity with the government and people of Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the deadly flood disasters and devastating mudslides wreaking havoc in some parts of their…

Plateau state government has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Keticho County in Kenya to establish a tea processing factory in Plateau state.The memorandum of understanding was signed on behalf of the two…

Kenya on Thursday said it would increase forest cover to at least 10 per cent by planting two billion tree seedlings by 2022, Kariako Tobiko, Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary said.Tobiko said this in a speech read on his…

Kenya’s Finance Minister Henry Rotich has been sacked a day after he was arraigned in court on charges of corruption. Labour Minister Ukur Yattani has been seconded to the role in an acting capacity. Mr Rotich pleaded not guilty to…

Three suspected al-Shabab militants have been killed after they attacked a police camp in Kenya's eastern County of Garissa, close to the border with Somalia, police say. Other fighters were repulsed by security officers, a statement said.…