Mahakama ya Rufaa yaondoa zuio la mkataba wa afya wa Kenya na Marekani

Mahakama ya Rufaa imeondoa agizo lililozuia utekelezaji wa mkataba wa afya wa dola bilioni 1.6 kati ya Kenya na Marekani uliotiwa saini Desemba 2025.

Jopo la majaji watatu liliondoa zuio hilo lililokuwa limesimamisha makubaliano hayo hadi kesi itakaposikizwa Oktoba 30, 2026. Mwanasheria Mkuu Dorcas Oduor na Wizara ya Afya walisema kusimamishwa kulisababisha pengo kubwa katika sekta ya afya wakati magonjwa kama Ukimwi, kifua kikuu na malaria yanaongezeka.

Serikali ilieleza kuwa mfumo huo utasaidia kununua vifaa vya matibabu, kuongeza dawa, kuajiri wahudumu na kupanua huduma za bima. Marekani imejitolea kutoa fedha hizo kwa miaka mitano.

Seneta Okiya Omtatah na Shirika la watumiaji nchini (COFEK) walipinga mkataba huo wakidai ulikiuka Katiba na kuwa na hatari ya data za afya kuvuja. Serikali ilihakikisha kuwa taarifa zitakazotolewa ni za jumla tu na haziwezi kumtambulisha mtu binafsi.

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A courtroom scene depicting Justice Patricia Nyaundi accepting Health CS Aden Duale's apology in the Ebola facility case.
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Mahakama yakubali msamaha wa Duale katika kesi ya kituo cha Ebola

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Jaji Patricia Nyaundi alikubali ombi la msamaha la Waziri wa Afya Aden Duale Jumanne, akamwonya dhidi ya kukiuka maagizo ya mahakama wakati ujao. Hii inahusu mradi wa kituo cha karantini cha Ebola unaoungwa mkono na Marekani katika Laikipia.

Mahakama ya Juu imezuia Shirikisho la Wateja la Kenya (COFEK) kuondoa ombi lake dhidi ya mkataba wa kushiriki data ya afya kati ya Kenya na Marekani. Katiba Institute ilipinga uamuzi huo, na hakimu alikubali. Kesi itasikilizwa Mei 25.

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The Kenyan government and the US have formally agreed to implement a five-year health cooperation partnership valued at US$1.6 billion. Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo confirmed the deal on June 8 after meeting US Chargé d'Affaires Susan Burns. The agreement follows a Court of Appeal ruling that lifted a prior freeze.

Wakazi wa Nanyuki walifanya maandamano Jumatatu kupinga ujenzi wa kituo cha karantini ya Ebola kilichopendekezwa.

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The U.S. government announced $50 million in funding to develop countermeasures against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola amid an expanding outbreak in the DRC and Uganda.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has defended its ability to handle Ebola outbreaks as a proposed US quarantine facility in Kenya faces legal suspension and public opposition.

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Kenya's National Treasury has signed two technical assistance agreements with France worth Ksh227 million to boost water infrastructure and clean energy projects. The deals were finalised in Nairobi shortly after French President Emmanuel Macron concluded his visit.

 

 

 

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