The Kenyan man had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Uganda before arriving in Nairobi on 3 October. He later died, becoming Kenya’s first recorded Ebola death in the current outbreak. Although both patients passed through Entebbe airport on the same day, health officials have not established whether they met, used the same
When the first case was announced, the authorities urged people not to panic, assuring them of heightened surveillance at airports and border crossings. Kenya has since introduced enhanced screening for travellers arriving from 10 countries it considers to be at high risk: DR Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Zambia, Ethiopia, South Sudan and the
On Monday, Stephen Mwiti, 48, who said he had lost all six of his children to the cult, welcomed the verdict. “I’m a happy man, that all persons have been convicted,” he told the BBC outside court. His former wife was one of those convicted of murder alongside Mackenzie. Delivering her eight-hour judgment in the
Mackenzie’s son, Dan Paul Mackenzie, said he worked as a cameraperson in the church. “The children would sit at the back, adults in the middle, and everyone would sing worship songs all morning.” The pastor would start his fiery sermons at noon, some of which included “casting out demons”. The main church shut down in
The 40-year-old Kenyan man who died on 5 October was diagnosed with Ebola shortly after being admitted to hospital in the capital, Nairobi. A relative had taken him there shortly after picking him up at the airport. He had travelled from DR Congo, through Uganda to Kenya without his illness being detected. Since his death,
Kenya’s trade ministry has warned foreign nationals that visa-free entry into the country does not grant them the right to work, as the government vows to shut down unlicensed small businesses run by foreigners. President William Ruto had set today as the deadline for foreigners operating small-scale businesses to cease work. Ahead of the move,
