Relief for ex-NHIF employees as PSC directs SHA to retain them

Nairobi, May 6 -- Former National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) employees have received temporary relief after the Public Service Commission (PSC) directed the Social Health Authority (SHA) to retain... Read More

Somalia, Burundi costliest call destinations from Kenya amid regional roaming plan

Nairobi, May 6 -- Kenyans are still paying significantly higher rates to call some African countries than markets outside the continent, such as the United States and India, due to gaps in the impleme... Read More

Samia reprimands Ruto over Tanga refinery plans

Nairobi, May 5 -- Kenya's president arrived in Dar es Salaam on Monday, May 4, for a state visit intended to improve relations with neighbouring Tanzania. However, he probably did not expect to be rep... Read More

Where's the truth? SHA's numbers don't add up

Nairobi, May 5 -- Kenya's new health insurer has more members, charges more money, and is losing billions. The old one, with fewer members and lower premiums, ran a surplus. When the government repla... Read More

Rain without a pause: Climate change deepens coastal seven-days rain phenomenon

Nairobi, May 5 -- Every year during the rainy season, Mombasa braces for a familiar stretch of unrelenting downpour. For days on end, the skies over Kenya's coast open without mercy, heavy rain pound... Read More

300 surgeons, 55 million people: The screen bridging Kenya's surgical gap

Nairobi, May 5 -- "I just did not want them to cut it off." Elias Muthoni says this quietly. He is 14 years old, and pain woke him up in the middle of the night. He does not remember the exact moment... Read More

Bound by law, broken by silence: One police officer's story exposes Kenya's bigamy dilemma

Nairobi, May 5 -- In 2016, two years after Kenya ushered in the Marriage Act, Siriri* was a happy police officer. He married his sweetheart in a church wedding in Kakamega County. But just four months... Read More

From staple to luxury: Avocado prices soar in Gusii

Nairobi, May 5 -- For years, avocados were a staple on dining tables across Kisii and Nyamira counties, from rural villages to urban centres. The fruit, available in multiple local varieties, was wid... Read More

Why doctors are alarmed by the rising acid violence - and what you need to do

Nairobi, May 5 -- Elizabeth Nasaka's classmate joked about pouring acid on her and two other classmates during a chemistry practical lesson. Just seconds after he uttered those words, Elizabeth began ... Read More

Linda Mwananchi conditions for ceasefire with rival ODM faction

Nairobi, May 5 -- The Linda Mwananchi faction of the ODM party has issued a raft of near-impossible conditions for any reunion with the rival Linda Ground team under party leader Oburu Oginga followin... Read More

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