KEMSA WELCOMES UHC NATIONAL SCALE-UP TO INCREASE SUPPLY OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES

The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) leadership has welcomed the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) national scale-up efforts to all 47 counties and confirmed its organizational readiness to support the rollout of affordable healthcare. Following the success of the UHC pilot project in 2018, President Uhuru Kenyatta, on Monday, launched the national UHC Scale-Up, an essential…

MCAS SEEKING POLITICAL POSTS TO RESIGN

Confusion has rocked political parties in the country over the implementation of the requirement that Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) with aspirations for higher office in the August 2022 polls should resign by midnight of February 9, 2022. The Constitution, Article 99 (2) d stipulates that a person is disqualified from being elected a member…

TREASURY ALLOCATES SH25B FUEL SUBSIDY

The National Treasury has substantially increased the allocation to the Petroleum ministry to enable it continue with a subsidy programme that has been cushioning Kenyans from the high cost of petroleum products. The Petroleum ministry’s allocation for the financial year to June has gone up by Sh24.7 billion bringing the total that the ministry has…

OVER 200, 000 STARVING LOCALS RECEIVE RELIEF FOOD

Hope came knocking for an estimated 200,000 locals facing starvation due to drought that has continued to ravage families and their livestock. This is after the county government started distributing some 10,000 bags of dry food to the hunger-stricken families. According to Daniel Lesaigor, the county’s special programs chief officer, a total of 30,000 households…