Kenya: Hope for patients as GSK licenses new TB vaccine
Pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline has licensed a new tuberculosis vaccine to the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute (MRI), paving way for the continued development...
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IMF mission expected in Kenya for talks on $1.5b standby loan
An IMF delegation is set to visit Nairobi this month to resume negotiations over the $1.5 billion standby facility intended to cushion the Kenyan shilling...
Coronavirus fears: 2 with high fever quarantined in Kenya
Two people with a high fever were on Sunday quarantined in Kenya over fears that they were infected with the coronavirus. The precautionary measure was...
Bid to bar Kenya from ICJ maritime case with Somalia flops
A Kenyan court has dismissed a petition to bar Kenya from participating before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a maritime dispute with Somalia....
Kenya rated second best in English fluency test
Kenyans are the second most fluent English speakers in Africa, according to a ranking by global private language tutor, Education First (EF), a ranking which...
Kenya eyes new trade agreement with US next week
Kenya is expected to sign a new free trade deal with the US next week in a move that could make the country the only...
Union objects as Kenya Airways plans to lay off staff in restructuring
Kenya’s national carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) plans to send home some of its workers as its nationalisation starts in the next few days. The airline’s...
Student with coronavirus-like symptoms isolated in Kenyan hospital
A student from China who arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) with coronavirus-like symptoms has been admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)...
Plans in high gear for East African coast highway
The Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) has started the process to construct part of the 460-kilometre East African Coastal Corridor development project. Tenders were advertised...
In East Africa, S. Sudan most corrupt, Rwanda least: report
South Sudan has been ranked the most corrupt country in East Africa followed by Burundi. Kenya and Uganda tie in third position, according to latest...
