Hon. Mutahi Kagwe (born January, 1958) is a tenured Kenyan politician who served as the first Senator of Nyeri County. On 14th January 2020, he was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta to assume the position of Cabinet Secretary Health. From 2002 – 2007, Senator Kagwe served as the fifth Member of Parliament for Mukurweini Constituency, Nyeri Kenya. As a Member of Parliament he was the Chair of Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Trade, Tourism and Planning, before his appointment as a Cabinet Minister for Information and Communications. Mukurweini Constituency. As Cabinet Minister he spearheaded the construction of the transformational East African Marine System (T.E.A.M.S) – The first Fibre Optic Project for Eastern Africa. It was during his term as Cabinet Minister that Kenya launched ‘Mpesa,’ the world's first ever money transfer system. As Senator, his credits include the championing of “The Best Classroom,” an Early Childhood Education program that aspires to promote the quality provision of ECDE nationwide. He is also credited with having sponsored the Cyber Security and Protection Bill in the Senate of Kenya. He has many professional memberships including the , the , the parliamentarian network of the World Bank, and the commonwealth parliamentary association. Outside of politics he has held and continues to hold many positions including Chairman of several corporate boards. He is also the former Multimedia University Council Chairman. Senator Kagwe holds both a Bachelor and a Master's degrees. He attended Kihate Primary School (1965- 1971), Kagumo High School- both O levels and A levels (1972- 1977), Nairobi University (1978- 1981), United States International University- USIU (1988- 1992). He was commended with The Elder of the Golden Heart by the President of Republic of Kenya in recognition of his distinguished service to the nation.
Nairobi — The Ministry of Health has reported 402 new COVID-19 cases that were registered from a sample size of 6,715 raising the total caseload to 247,358. Country’s positivity rate now stands at 6.0 percent. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe says 10 patients succumbed to the disease, all of them...
Kagwe assures 2022 elections can go on despite pandemic. The Ministry of Health has assured the country that it is possible to hold the 2022 General Elections despite the Covid-19 numbers still surging in the country. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe in a document tabled before the Committee on Health...
The Ministry of Health has announced 402 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The national tally now stands at 247,358. The cases were from the 6,715 samples tested. This brings to 2,514,478 the cumulative number of samples tested. The country’s positivity rate is at six per cent. In...
A White Home plan to donate a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of doses of Covid-19 vaccines has been hampered in lots of growing international locations by a scarcity of infrastructure to deal with storage and distribution, leaving poorer nations far behind the developed world in vaccination charges. After...
FILE PIC: Kenya's health minister, Mutahi Kagwe. /Ministry of Health-Kenya FILE PIC: Kenya's health minister, Mutahi Kagwe. /Ministry of Health-Kenya Kenya's health ministry on Sunday announced that it has recorded 234 new coronavirus cases, raising the country's total tally to 246,530 cases. 492 people have recovered from the disease. The number of total...
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 234 new Covid-19 cases from the 3,737 samples tested in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s caseload to 246,530. This raised to 2,498,049, the cumulative number of samples tested since March last year. The country’s positivity rate stands at 6.3 per cent. In...
The Ministry of Health on Saturday, 18th September, confirmed 515 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours. This brings the country’s caseload to 246,296. Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said in a statement that the cases were detected from 7,981 samples tested, raising the total to 2,494,312. The positivity rate is at 6.5 per cent.
Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Friday received the first consignment of the Pfizer vaccines to boost the country’s vaccination against COVID-19. Mutahi Kagwe, the cabinet secretary for Health, said the consignment of 795,600 doses donated by the United States will go a long way in accelerating the vaccination campaign against the pandemic.
Kenya on Friday received a donation of 795,600 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines from the US, as part of more than 2 million doses that Kenya expects from Washington. Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache, received the consignment on behalf of Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and said the Pfizer vaccine doses will accelerate the ongoing vaccination campaign as Kenya strives to immunize 60% of its population.
The Ministry of Health has announced 511 new Covid-19 cases, raising the country’s caseload to 245,337. In a statement issued on Thursday, 16th September, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the latest figure was derived from the 7,955 samples tested in the last 24 hours. This brings to 2,478,820 the...
The Kenyan government has set in motion plans to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines locally to ensure sufficient supply. The Ministry of Health is establishing a fill-and-finish facility for Covid-19 vaccines ahead of setting up a full-scale manufacturing plant. A fill and finish facility enables third parties to put ready-made vaccines into...
Kenya is set to start manufacturing COVID-19 vaccines next year in a move aimed at easing supply hitches. The vaccines will be produced locally in collaboration with unnamed pharmaceutical companies, according to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe. Kagwe said the government is in the process of setting up a filling...
The Ministry of Health has confirmed 451 new Covid-19 cases, raising the national tally to 244,380. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, 14th September Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the cases were detected from 6,833 samples tested in the last 24 hours bringing the total to 2,464,459. The country’s positivity rate is at 6.6 per cent.
At least 511 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 within the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 243,456. In a press statement to newsrooms, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the cases had been detected from 6,434 samples. The cumulative number of samples tested so far stands at 2,450,791. The country’s positivity rate stands at 7.9 per cent.
The Ministry of Health has announced 501 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, raising the national tally to 242,284. The cases were from the 6,879 samples tested. This brings to 2,436,216 the cumulative number of samples tested. The country’s positivity rate now stands at 7.3 per cent. In...
Kenya on Wednesday, 8th September, announced 649 new Covid-19 cases, raising the country’s caseload to 241,783. In a press statement issued in Nairobi, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said that the 2,429,337 latest figure had been derived from 7,704 samples tested in the last 24 hours. This brings to the cumulative number of Covid-19 tests. The country’s positivity rate is at 8.4 per cent.
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday, 7th September, confirmed 704 new Covid-19 cases, with three deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the national tally of infections to 241,134. The new cases were detected from some 6,776 samples tested, bringing country’s cumulative tests to 2,421,633. The country’s positivity rate is...
The Japanese government has donated 12 ultra-modern deep freezers to Kenya to facilitate the safe storage of COVID-19 vaccines. The freezers with a capacity of up to three million doses were handed to Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe on Tuesday. Kagwe said the cold chain equipment will facilitate the storage of vaccines at temperatures of up to -70 degrees.
The Ministry of Health has announced 480 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This has raised the national tally to 240,172. In a statement issued on Sunday, 5th September, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the lastest figure was derived from the 5,668 samples tested. This brings to 2,411,720 the cumulative number of samples tested so far. The country’s positivity rate is at 8.5 per cent.