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Following a series of similar incidents, the spotlight is now on Noah Maiyo, the head of presidential security, for failing to take vital lessons from previous lapses.
Kenya has received recognition from the World Health Organization for eliminating sleeping sickness, ending a disease that threatened communities in western Kenya for more than a century.
MPs have expressed concern over the deplorable state of Mathari National Hospital following revelations that mental health patients were forced to sleep on the floor while others share beds.
Lawmakers warn that Mathari National Hospital’s mental health patients are sleeping on floors, sharing beds, and facing neglect due to resource strains and uncollected recoveries.
On February 27, 2026, the EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended acoziborole for treating early and advanced stages of gambiense sleeping sickness.
A return hike to Lake Elementaita’s Sleeping Warrior becomes a quiet journey through history, landscape and solitude within the vast Soysambu Conservancy.
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