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Mombasa kuchanja madereva wa malori dhidi ya Mpox msambao ukizidi

Mombasa kuchanja madereva wa malori dhidi ya Mpox msambao ukizidi

KAUNTI ya Mombasa imepokea dozi 5,000 za chanjo za kukabiliana na maambukizi ya ugonjwa wa Mpox, unaoendelea kusambaa kwa kasi katika jiji hilo. Kaunti ya Mombasa imebainishwa kuongoza kwa idadi kubwa ya maambukizi ya homa hiyo nchini. Hata hivyo, ili kukabiliana na ugonjwa huo, Serikali Kuu imeanza kupeana chanjo kwa kaunti zilizoathirika zaidi hasa Mombasa. “Tumepokea chanjo 5,000 za mpox na tunalenga kuwapatia wale ambao wako kwenye hatari ya kuambukizwa ambao ni ni pamoja na madereva wa malori kuanzia mwezi wa Septemba,” alisema mshirikishi mkuu wa chanjo Kaunti ya Mombasa, Bw Imani Baraka. Bw Baraka alisema maeneo ya Jomvu na Changamwe ndiyo yaliyoathirika zaidi katika Kaunti ya Mombasa. Wizara ya Afya imetangaza kuwa nchini kuna visa 420 vya mpox katika kaunti 26 tangu mlipuko wa homa hiyo ulipotangazwa Julai mwaka jana katika kaunti ya Taita Taveta. Kisa hicho kilihusisha dereva wa lori ambaye alikuwa amesafiri kutoka nchi jirani ya Uganda. Kufikia sasa watu sita wameaga dunia huku wagonjwa 39 wakilazwa kutokana na ugonjwa huo. Kulingana na takwimu kutoka kwa wizara hiyo, wagonjwa wengine 80 wanaendelea kuuguza ugonjwa huo nyumbani huku wengine 295 wakiripotiwa kupona. Kaunti ya Meru iliripoti kisa cha kwanza cha homa ya nyani hapo jana. Wizara ya afya iliwataka wakazi kuchukua tahadhari kufuatia ongezeko la visa vya ugonjwa huo hatari. Mpox ni ugonjwa wa kuambukiza unaosababishwa na virusi na huambukizwa kwa njia ya kugusana kwa karibu na mtu aliyeambukizwa au vifaa alivyotumia kama vile nguo na shuka. Dalili zake ni pamoja na homa kali, maumivu ya misuli, kuvimba mwilini na upele unaoenea sehemu mbalimbali za mwili hata sehemu za siri. Baadhi ya visa vimehusishwa na wasafiri kutoka Uganda na Rwanda, ambako Mpox pia imeripotiwa kwa wingi. “Kaunti ya Mombasa inaongoza kwa maambukizi, kwa sasa ikinakili visa 178,” ripoti ya Wizara ya Afya ilisema. Wasafiri milioni 6.2 wanaoingia humu nchini kupitia mipakani kutoka nchi ambazo zimeripoti ugonjwa huo pia wamepimwa. Kaunti zilizoathirika ni pamoja na Busia (65), Nairobi (45), Makueni (25), Nakuru (22), Kilifi (22), na Uasin Gishu (11).

Natembeya urges fresh leadership, says Wetang’ula and Mudavadi belong to old guard of Kenyan politics

Natembeya urges fresh leadership, says Wetang’ula and Mudavadi belong to old guard of Kenyan politics

Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya has called for generational change in Western Kenya’s political leadership, describing National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi as part of an old guard that should be phased out. Speaking on a local radio station on Friday, August 29, 2025, Natembeya argued that the region needs […]

CS Kinyanjui Threatens To Cancel Sh500 Million Bungoma CAIP Contract Over Delays

CS Kinyanjui Threatens To Cancel Sh500 Million Bungoma CAIP Contract Over Delays

The Sh500 million County Aggregation and Industrial Park (CAIP) project in Bungoma is facing possible termination after Governor Kenneth Lusaka and Investment, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui expressed dissatisfaction with the slow progress of construction. The project, which was expected to be completed by August 28, 2025, has only achieved 30 percent progress. [...] The post CS Kinyanjui Threatens To Cancel Sh500 Million Bungoma CAIP Contract Over Delays appeared first on Kahawatungu .