Lilian Aluoch spent nearly a year navigating hospital corridors, medical tests, and blood transfusions in hope that her firstborn son would recover, though the battle was ultimately lost. The cost of a liver transplant was Sh6 million.
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Vihiga County received life-saving maternal, newborn and child health equipment worth Sh50 million through the Momentum Country and Global Leadership project in partnership with Jhpiego, intended to strengthen reproductive health services and reduce maternal, neonatal and under-five deaths. The collaboration has previously trained approximately 1,700 health workers and supported newborn services at Vihiga Teaching and Referral Hospital and the Emuhaya Newborn Unit.
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Nearly 30 per cent of public secondary schools have fewer than 150 learners, reflecting a crisis rooted in poverty, school dropouts, demographic change and flawed planning. In Kitui County, at least one school, Munyange Secondary, has closed after learner numbers dwindled.
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Members of Parliament have questioned the government's measures to address the growing proliferation of adulterated alcoholic drinks in the country, with Samburu West MP Naisula Lesuuda seeking a statement from the National Assembly Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding increased reports of unscrupulous individuals producing, distributing, and selling adulterated alcoholic beverages.
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Police Constable Collins Kiplangat Bett, one of several officers on the run and linked to the murder of Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso, has been arrested in Kampala, Uganda. He was apprehended by a special team from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations at Kyanja Heights flats in Nakawa suburbs on Saturday.
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