Author: Murimi Mutiga

Kenyan doctors trash Cuban medics contracts

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenyan doctors have protested a move by the government to renew work contracts for about 100 specialist doctors from Cuba […]

Is country getting value for money in Cuba medics deal?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Murimi Mutiga @murimimutiga When the about 100 Cuban doctors arrived in the country, there were high hopes they would help […]

Corona hits banking halls, alters business normalcy

Reading Time: 3 minutes Traditional banking habits are proving to be the weak link in curbing the spread of the novel Covid-19 as it […]

Cholera outbreak leaves 13 people dead in five counties

Reading Time: 2 minutes Murimi Mutiga @murimimutiga The government says it is racing against time to contain the spread of cholera in five counties, that […]

Why Kenyans are avoiding hospitals in time of Corona

Reading Time: 5 minutes Murimi Mutiga @murimimutiga Three weeks ago, John Maseke (not his real name), took his 14-year-old son to a public hospital […]

Port authority workers protest privatisation of cargo handling facilities

Reading Time: < 1 minute Murimi Mutiga @murimimutiga Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is at the centre of another fire-fighting effort to calm down its workforce following […]

Preventing movement into, out of Old Town easier said than done

Reading Time: 2 minutes Murimi Mutiga @murimimutiga Mombasa’s Old Town, which was on Wednesday sealed off to curb the spread of coronavirus, is home to […]

Businesses take a hit in 50 days of coronavirus crisis

Reading Time: 5 minutes Murimi Mutiga @murimimutiga It is exactly 53 days since the first Covid-19 case was confirmed in the country, literally turning the […]