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Numbers don't lie: Why Ruto's plan to plant 15bn trees by 2032 is a tall order

Nairobi, May 10 -- Kenya's plan to plant 15 billion trees in 10 years -1.5 billion a year, 125 million a month and four million a day - seems like a tall order. The country has only managed to plant 7... Read More


Relief as government, KMPDU officials sign deal to end 56-day strike

Nairobi, May 8 -- The government and KMPDU officials have signed a return-to-work formula at KICC, Nairobi ending a 56-day strike. KMPDU officials are expected to give directions to medics on when to... Read More


Man under siege: Why restless nurses want Seth Panyako out

Nairobi, May 7 -- Amid his calls for a nationwide nurses' strike, Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) Secretary-General Seth Panyako is a man under siege. The official, who on Sunday issued a one-w... Read More


Last chance for State-doctors talks before court steps in

Nairobi, May 6 -- The Employment and Labour Relations Court has given the government and striking doctors 48 hours to finalise the return-to-work formula. Justice Bryam Ongaya says if that fails, the... Read More


Doctors' strike: Fury as Waiguru, Nakhumicha, Ndung'u skip parliamentary meeting

Nairobi, April 30 -- The nationwide doctors' strike has now lasted for 48 days. As a result, the Senate Standing Committee on Health and the National Assembly Portfolio Committee on Health summoned se... Read More


Brace for more heavy rains, warns Kenya Met Department

Nairobi, April 24 -- Kenya Meteorological Department director David Gikungu has warned Kenyans to brace for more heavy rains that could uproot trees and cause floods and mudslides. Dr Gikungu also re... Read More


Flu season is here: Concerns as KNH recordspatient influx

Nairobi, April 10 -- Doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) say they have recorded a huge rise in the number of patients battling influenza. This has raised concerns that a major outbreak could ... Read More


How Kenyan medics are abusing women with forced sterilisations and getting away with it

Nairobi, April 8 -- Kenyan women seeking maternal health services are being subjected to non-consensual pelvic exams, forced sterilisation, and unnecessary caesarean sections without their consent, a ... Read More


Resign or we leave, disgruntled nurses warn KNUN SG Panyako

Nairobi, April 7 -- Disgruntled members of the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) have threatened a mass exodus from the union which boasts of over 20,000 members if their secretary general Seth Pa... Read More


Former deputy director of Africa CDC Ahmed Ogwell lands UN job

Nairobi, March 28 -- Dr Ahmed Ogwell, who previously served as the deputy director at Africa CDC, has been appointed the new vice president of global health strategy at the United Nations Foundation. ... Read More