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Push: Kenyans who are not vaccinated will not be allowed to use public amenities such as transport. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images)
COVID 19

Kenya to make Covid vaccination mandatory

The unvaccinated will be denied use of public services on 21 December, but only 5% of the population has been vaccinated

  • Soila Kenya, The Continent
3 min read
Covid-19 toll: The Bungoma County isolation team prepare to move the coffin of Dr Doreen Lugaliki, 39, one of the first Kenyan doctors to die from the coronavirus, during her funeral in July. (Brian Ongoro/AFP)
CORONAVIRUS

Social stigma adds to Kenya’s Covid pain

In Nairobi’s slums, residents spurn Covid-19 tests, fearing both ostracisation and the financial costs of being quarantined

  • Argwings Odera
8 min read
ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF KENYA

Kibaki in close fight to keep power in Kenya

Early forecasts showed Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki in a close fight on Friday with his main challenger after an election diplomats praised as smooth, despite sporadic violence…

  • C Bryson Hull
  • Andrew Cawthorne
3 min read