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Felix Orinda alias DJ Evolve is finally back home after being discharged from the hospital following a shooting incident at Nairobi’s B-club earlier this year. Taking to his Instagram account, the 27-year-old DJ broke the news to his fans, adding that he’ll be back despite his condition.

“Still have a long way to go, but I’ll be back. Thank you all for the well wishes,” said DJ Evolve. B-club management also shared a video on their official Instagram account and captioned it ‘Welcome back DJ Evolve.’

Kenya’s leading research institute has begun exploring efficacy of one of its herbal and traditional medicines likely to treat Covid-19. Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) has identified Zedupex, an in-house herbal medicine used in the treatment of genital herpes -- a common viral disease that causes sores on the mouth and genitals.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered a 21-day extension of the country's nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew as the number of new daily COVID-19 infections hit a record rise, with 49 new cases registered.This now brings Kenya's COVID-19 infections to 830 and the death toll to 50.

In a briefing on Saturday, the president also extended a ban on travel into and out of Nairobi Metropolitan Area, the counties of Kilifi, Kwale, Mombasa and Mandera to the 6 June, 2020, the same date the curfew is expected to end.

Migori Governor Okoth Obado has appealed to the national government to distribute relief food to drought-stricken parts of the county. He said most residents in Nyatike constituency face severe hunger as a result of the long dry spell. “Nyatike is a semi-arid area and crop production has declined. It is our appeal to the national government to also remember our people here as it distributes relief food to other parts of the country,” Obado said on Saturday.

The government plans to terminate and re-advertise contracts for the construction of at least two technical and vocational colleges after the current contractors pulled out citing insecurity. In documents submitted before the National Assembly Committee on Education, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha said a team from the State Department of Public Works is currently assessing the status of the construction of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) centers in Wajir and Lamu Mpeketoni had reached before advising on the way forward.

The Library has organized online training on Remote Access to Electronic Books and Journals, Zotero Referencing Tool, Turnitin and Rubric Examination Tool during the week starting from 18th to 22nd May 2020.  The four training will target postgraduate students and academic staff. 

WISER empowers girls in rural Kenya to overcome the barriers that threaten their health, safety, and education. The WISER campus in Muhuru Bay serves as a high-impact development hub, providing the region’s most advanced holistic education program for 240 girls each year, clean water for 15,000 people, health services for hundreds of community members, and peer-led sexual and reproductive health (SRH) for over 2,000 youth.

In this premier edition of the Career Advancement Summit for Managers and Directors, Angled North have lined up recruiters,HR leaders and coaches to make sure you land and ace the interview. In a 1-week long training program, Angled North will cover the critical areas you need to succeed.

Kenyans have until May 22 to submit their recommendations to a taskforce on re-opening of schools following the coronavirus pandemic. The taskforce chairperson Dr Sara Ruto has asked Kenyans to submit written memoranda to the Secretariat, which is based at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) by e-mail to covid19erc@kicd.ac.ke or through P.O. Box 30231-00100, Nairobi.

Telecommunication giant Safaricom on Friday announced a new security feature to curb fraud. The feature will alert customers via SMS whenever someone tries to register a line using their credentials. The SMS alert from 707 will immediately be sent to your handset and you can reply with ‘NO’ if you are not the one who initiated the registration.

This move is aimed at curbing fraud as rogue individuals have been obtaining details of clients and use them to register new lines and access M-Pesa accounts.