?The European Union publishes a list of 15 countries allowed to travel to the region. Kenya and the USA do not make the cut. Rwanda, Morroco and Algeria are the African countries on the list
?President *Uhuru Kenyatta* lauds the Nairobi Metropolitan Services for the reform progress in 100 days, wants it to be a model for post-COVID recovery.
?Speaker *Muturi* confirms that 2 MPs tested positive for covid-19, one is already discharged and in self-isolation while the other is stable.
?Former President *Mwai Kibaki*’s aide *Ngari Gituku* dismisses reports of his hospitalization as “Gross Exaggerations”
?176 new covid-19 cases were recorded in the past 24 hours from a sample size of 2,419 bringing the total infections to 6,366. Kakamega recorded another one case in *Malava* while Busia’s four cases were in Matayos and Teso North. Uasin Gishu cases were in Ainabkoi and Turbo. 26 patients were discharged raising total recoveries in the country to 2,039 while 4 succumbed raising fatalities in the country to 148
?Ex-Harambee Stars skipper *Musa Otieno* tests positive for Coronavirus
?Drama at the Milimani Law Court as a woman, *Mary Onyancha* , screamed out for help, accusing a top judge of neglecting his baby sired in 2014. CJ *Maraga* later dismissed claims of siring a child out of wedlock as mere propaganda.
?BBI Steering Committee says it has completed its task and is now ready to hand over its final report to the President.
?Bumula MP *Moses Mwambu Mabonga* survives a road traffic accident along the Eldoret-Nairobi highway
?A bus with 24 passengers heading to Nairobi from Mombasa was intercepted in Makueni. The County Commisioner *Maalim Mohammed* ordered all the passengers to go for self-quarantine at the Makindu KMTC._
?Former CS *Mwangi Kiunjuri* under investigations over Money laundering allegations
?National Aids Control Council appoints Dr *Ruth Laibon Masha* as the new executive director
?Safaricom appoints *Ilana Darcy* as its interim Chief Finance Officer
?Blow to Kirinyaga County Governor *Ann Waiguru* as MCAs slash the County Secretary’s budget from Sh 111 million to Zero, and legal fees from 60m to 1m
?KRA Manager *Joseph Chege Gikonyo* and his wife *Lucy Kangai* deny Sh38m tax evasion charges. They were released on cash bail of Sh5m.
?Court quashes the 15-year rape sentence for rugby players *Alex Olaba* and *Frank Wanyama* over a technicality. They will have to be tried afresh.
?Magistrate *Teresia Murigi* acquits KCB branch manager *Sayid Ibrahim* in a Sh26 million Wajir county embezzlement suit, rules that the evidence on record did not establish a case against him.
?Officials from the Ministry of Health sensitized Bungoma Law Courts Judicial Officers and Staff on measures of combating Covid-19. Chief Magistrate *John Githumbi* was in attendance.
?Bank depositors will from July 1 access up to Sh500,000 in case of bank failure, Kenya Depositors Insurance Corporation announces
?The office of the DPP asks the Judiciary to fast track the date of allocation for the hearing of the case of the alleged shooting of DJ *Evolve* by Embakasi East MP *Babu Owino.*
?Court bars Marsabit Governor *Mohamud Ali* from constructing a mosque inside the county’s public market.
?No relegation or promotion as the World Rugby Sevens series remainder is cancelled over Coronavirus
?Protests erupt in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after popular Oromo singer *Hachalu Hundessa* was shot dead yesterday evening.
?Stricter lockdown measures tightened for Leicester area in the UK, including closing of shops and schools, as Covid cases rise
?China passes a security law which gives it new powers over Hong Kong, deepening fears for the city’s freedoms
?The King of Belgium jas expressed “deepest” regret to Congo for the “suffering and humiliation” inflicted by his nation under *Leopold II*, but doesn’t apologize?
FACTS:-
_*1.* *Zakayo* was Uganda’s oldest chimpanzee. The male Ape died in 2018 aged 54. A vigil was held for Zakayo before a befitting burial._
_*2.* Famadihana is a common ritual among the Merina tribe in Madagascar. It is also known dancing with the dead. The tradition involves exhuming the bodies of the dead, re-wrapping them in fresh cloth and then dancing with the wrapped corpses before returning the remains to their graves!?_
_*3.* Burundi is one of the oldest countries in Africa. It is one of the few countries in Africa where colonialists neither created nor altered its boundaries._
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