Kenya to join global vaccine body

Kenya has started the process of becoming a member of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI). Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua handed over a letter of intent to IVI Director-General Jerome Kim at a meeting chaired by President William Ruto in Seoul, South Korea. President Ruto said Kenya will follow the membership process […]

Government endorses elimination of problematic plastics by the Kenya plastics pact 

 The Kenya Plastics Pact has published a list of problematic and unnecessary plastic items to be eliminated in Kenya. This adds to the already existing Government’s plastic bag ban that came into force in 2017, and the ban on selected single-use plastic items in protected areas since June 2020. The priority list supports a collective plan to […]

Drought menace continues to sting as families receive food donations

Over 200 households hard-hit by drought in Ilparua village, Kajiado County, have received food donations from Dada Digital Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). The vulnerable households facing starvation as a result of the prolonged drought received maize, cooking oil and rice to cushion them from hunger. Boniface Gor, Director Dada Digital Initiative, noted that many […]