As the country continues to grapple with the Coronavirus pandemic, several measures have been instituted to control the COVID -19 Pandemic including investing heavily in terms of finances by the Government since the first case was reported in March…
Henix Obuchunju, a multimedia journalist looks into investigating a story that brings to fore how health workers entrusted with taking care of Kenyans, especially following the outbreak of the COVID-19, and related emergency containment measures by the Government, have…
Transparency International Kenya and Fojo Media institute partnered with five other organizations including: Magamba Network; Africa’s Voices Foundation; Technosol Africa; Innovation for Change (I4C) Africa Hub; and IREX Kenya to have the first ever COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon in Kenya…
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT Nairobi, Kenya – 8th October 2020: We, the undersigned, organisations and associations, are representatives of various civil society and non-governmental organisations, professional bodies and the private sector in Kenya. We make reference to our previous jointly…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS STATEMENT Urgent call to restore water supply in Nairobi to effectively fight COVID-19 Nairobi, Kenya-14th May 2020: Following a statement by the Nairobi City Water & Sewerage Company Limited (NCWSC) on 8th May 2020, informing…
Nairobi, Kenya – 1st May 2020: Following the brief on COVID-19 expenditure from the Ministry of Health to the National Assembly, Kenyans have raised concerns on the reported expenditure including lack of detailed information on the: Expenditure information provided…
In August 2010, Kenya adopted a new constitution that created a devolved system of governance that consists of National Government and 47 County (sub-national) Governments. Under the new dispensation, health is a devolved function that is shared across the…
Kenya’s Health sector is one of the 14 devolved functions managed by the 47 county governments as provided in the Fourth Schedule of the 2010 Constitution. County health facilities and pharmacies, ambulance services, promoting primary health care, licensing and…
A4T grantee and KTN journalist, Brian Obuya, has published a story that he has been investigating on fraudulent claims that have cost millions of shillings at the National Hospital Insurance fund. A report that was done by the Ethics and Anti…
In October 2016, the government, through the Health ministry, launched the Linda Mama, Boresha Jamii programme under the National Hospital Insurance Fund. The aim was to ensure pregnant women and infants have access to quality and affordable health services.…