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Ministry Revises Social Health Authority Overseas Medical Package

Kenya’s Health Ministry has paused the Social Health Authority’s overseas treatment benefit for 30 days to craft new guidelines, limiting coverage to procedures unavailable locally and requiring pre‑qualified foreign hospitals

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Aug 18, 2025

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Court Rules Prison and Hospital Violated Transgender Woman’s Rights, Awards Damages

Kenya’s High Court has ruled that prison guards and doctors violated transgender woman Shieys Chepkosgei’s rights during her 2019 detention, awarding her Sh500,000 and calling on Parliament to develop laws protecting transgender and intersex people from discrimination and invasive searches.

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Aug 18, 2025

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DCI Uncovers Shallow Graves Linked to Suspected Chakama Cult

Police in Kilifi County have exhumed seven shallow graves and rescued four people in an investigation into a suspected starvation cult in Chakama; authorities say the case echoes the 2023 Shakahola massacre and have urged communities to report suspicious religious activities.

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Aug 11, 2025

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Dubai Investor Duped in Second Gold Scam as Police Arrest Suspects

Authorities have apprehended two suspects connected to a sophisticated fake gold scam that defrauded Dubai-based investors of USD 54,300 (about Ksh 7 million), authorities confirmed today.

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Aug 15, 2025

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Detectives Bust Fake Gold Syndicate Defrauding Dubai Investors

In a significant breakthrough, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)’s elite Operation Support Unit (OSU) has arrested two alleged masterminds of a sophisticated fake gold scam that defrauded Dubai-based investors of Ksh 8.5 million (USD 54,000).

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Aug 14, 2025

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Ex-REREC Manager Jailed and Fined for Using Forged MBA Certificates

Former REREC general manager Noah\u00a0Oluoch was fined Ksh\u00a03\u00a0million and handed consecutive prison terms after a court found he forged MBA certificates to get a job and unlawfully earned more than Ksh\u00a01.45\u00a0million.

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Aug 14, 2025

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Health CS Duale Promises Due Process After Court Quashes NHIF Claims Panel

he High Court has declared the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Pending Medical Claims Verification Committee unconstitutional.

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Aug 14, 2025

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Inside the National Police Service: How Kenya’s Security Command Works from Top to Bottom

An in-depth look at the National Police Service shows that Inspector-General Douglas Kanja leads a top-down structure where deputy inspectors handle the Administration and Kenya Police services, specialised units tackle border security and crime, and the DCI oversees investigations across Kenya.

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Aug 11, 2025

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Head-On Collision on Namanga Road Claims Lives and Spurs Road Safety Probe

A head-on collision between a matatu and a lorry near Korompoi on Namanga Road killed at least seven people and injured many others, prompting an investigation by transport authorities and renewed calls for stricter road safety enforcement.

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Aug 11, 2025

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Kenya’s Anti-Corruption Officers Start High-Level Training at FBI Academy in Virginia

Twenty-six EACC officers began an intensive anti-corruption course at the FBI Academy in Quantico, USA. EACC CEO Abdi Mohamud said the training will sharpen investigative skills and foster cooperation with U.S. agencies to recover stolen assets.

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Aug 11, 2025

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WHO Declares Kenya Free of Sleeping Sickness After Decades of Control Efforts

The World Health Organization announced that Kenya has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) as a public health problem, making it the tenth African country to reach the milestone after years of surveillance and vector control.

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Aug 11, 2025

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Kenya Moves Toward Vaccine Self-Reliance with Locally Made Trials Backed by World Bank

Kenya’s BioVax Institute, backed by a US$62 million World Bank package, will begin trials by 2027 on locally made pneumonia and typhoid vaccines, aiming to cut reliance on imports and align with Africa’s push for regional vaccine manufacturing.

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Aug 11, 2025

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