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The COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was confirmed to have reached Kenya on 12 March 2020, [3] with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa .
Kenya had an estimated 5 million malaria cases and over 12,000 deaths reported in 2022, according to the World Health Organization. Most of those affected are children under 5 and pregnant women.
Here is a brief overview of the HIV epidemic in the country as reported by the Ministry of Education in June 2014, as well as the UNAIDS report on Kenya for 2017. [6] [1] 53,000 Kenyans were infected with HIV In 2017. 8,000 children, 27,000 women, and 18,000 men were infected with HIV in 2017.
e. Corruption in the government of Kenya has a history which spans the era of the founding president Jomo Kenyatta, to Daniel arap Moi 's KANU, Mwai Kibaki 's PNU governments. President Uhuru Kenyatta 's Jubilee Party government, and the current William Ruto 's Kenya Kwanza administration has also been riddled with massive cases of graft.
In early June 2021, Africa faced a third wave of COVID infections with cases rising in 14 countries. By 4 July the continent recorded more than 251,000 new Covid cases, a 20% increase from the prior week and a 12% increase from the January peak. More than sixteen African countries, including Malawi and Senegal, recorded an uptick in new cases.
April 11, 2024 at 10:09 AM. (Reuters) -Moderna said on Thursday it had paused its plans to build a vaccine manufacturing facility in Kenya, following a post-pandemic decline in demand for COVID-19 ...
BBI Judgement. David Ndii & Others V. Attorney General & Others also known as the BBI Judgement was a landmark ruling made in the Kenya High Court on 13 May 2021, declaring an injunction on Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from proceeding with President Uhuru Kenyatta 's and retired Prime Minister Raila Odinga 's ...
Arshad Sharif, a Pakistani journalist, was shot and killed in Kajiado, Kenya, by local police on 23 October 2022. [1] The Kenyan police described the shooting as a case of "mistaken identity", [1] [2] and there was speculation on social media that he had been assassinated. [1] On 24 October, the Kenyan Independent Police Oversight Authority ...