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Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni.

Ebola in Kenya: PS Muthoni clarifies outbreak status as hotel meeting ban raises questions

Mwendwa Charles2 weeks ago2 weeks ago04 mins

Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has maintained that Kenya has no active Ebola outbreak even as the Ministry of Health enforces a suspension of hotel-based meetings, seminars and conferences, placing the government’s risk communication and emergency preparedness under scrutiny. In a statement posted on her official X account on Saturday, October 10, 2026, Muthoni…

Govt suspends all hotel meetings, seminars and conferences after Ebola case

Mwendwa Charles2 weeks ago2 weeks ago02 mins

The Ministry of Health has suspended all meetings, seminars and conferences scheduled to take place in hotels following the confirmation of Kenya’s first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease. In a memo dated Wednesday, October 7, 2026, Public Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni directed all heads of directorates, divisions and programmes to suspend the…