Hertta-Maria Amutenja The Standing Committee on Health, Social Welfare and Labour Affairs has recommended to the National Council that the Ministry of Health and Social Services should benchmark and adopt Kenya’s Linda Mama maternal healthcare model. This suggestion comes after a comprehensive study visit to the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya, where the committee...
November 10, 2024
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Kenyan marathon world record-holder Kiptum killed in car crash
Tributes flowed on Monday for Kenyan running sensation Kelvin Kiptum after the marathon world record-holder was killed in a car crash at the age of 24 in his home country. The favourite for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics was driving from Kaptagat to Eldoret in western Kenya around 11 pm (2000 GMT) on Sunday when...
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Kenyan cult leader charged with 191 murders
A CULT leader in Kenya has been charged with murder after more than 400 bodies were found buried in shallow graves in a remote forest in the east of the country. Survivors and victims’ families have said Paul Mackenzie urged followers to fast in order to “go see Jesus”. He and 29 others pleaded not...
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Namibia’s deforestation woes could be solved by Kenyan initiative
Staff Reporter IN the wake of environmental concerns related to deforestation and bush encroachment, Namibia has suspended all activities related to the harvesting of mopane tree species for charcoal, firewood, and dry wood in the Kunene region. The arid-sub-Saharan country, can however take a lesson from the Kenyan-Seed ball project which has seen an efficient...
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Kenyan marathon aces Kipchoge and Kiptum to go head-to-head in Paris
Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and world record holder Kelvin Kiptum were on Monday named in Kenya’s provisional marathon team for next year’s Olympics Games in Paris. An equally stacked women’s squad sees the inclusion of defending Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir, Boston and New York Marathon champion Hellen Obiri and the women’s former world...
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Kenyan Kiptum sets world record to win Chicago Marathon
Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men’s world record to win Sunday’s Chicago Marathon in two hours and 35 seconds while Dutch runner Sifan Hassan won in the second-fastest women’s time in history. Kiptum crushed the old world record of 2:01:09 set by Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge in winning the 2022 Berlin Marathon. “I feel so happy,”...
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UN Security Council approves Kenyan troops for Haiti
The UN Security Council has given the green light for Kenya to send security forces to Haiti. The force is expected to help the Haitian government combat violent gangs. It is the first time in almost 20 years that a force would be deployed to Haiti. The post UN Security Council approves Kenyan troops for...
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Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute
A Kenyan court has given Facebook’s parent company Meta and content moderators suing it for unfair dismissal 21 days to resolve their dispute out of court. According to Reuters, the 184 content moderators are suing Meta and two subcontractors after they say they lost their jobs with one of the firms, Sama, for organising a...