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September marks World Blood Cancer Awareness Month, including Leukemia, myeloma and lymphoma. Recent research shows that leukaemia affects more people compared to other blood cancers. However, discoveries have led to the development of new Leukemia interventions that could ease leukaemia patient's journeys.
Marking World Blood Cancer Awareness Month
- 9 May 2025 - Hours after the High Court issued an order compelling the Inspector General of Police to produce missing politician and businessman Phillip Aroko, police officers presented him at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) Court at 3pm.
- 9 May 2025 - The High Court has ordered the government to produce businessman Phillip Aroko in court by Monday, following concerns over his continued detention without being arraigned or released on bond.
- 9 May 2025 - A middle-aged man has been handed a life sentence after being convicted of defiling a two-year-old child in Kisumu.
- 9 May 2025 - A number of African countries currently fund their healthcare schemes through a combination of beneficiary contributions, taxes, and government allocations. However, some nations still require patients to fully cover their medical expenses out of pocket.
- 9 May 2025 - Kenya’s exports continue to depend heavily on the East African Community (EAC) as a key market, according to the 2025 Kenya Economic Survey.
- 9 May 2025 - The High Court has declined to refer cases of abductions and enforced disappearances in Kenya to the International Criminal Court (ICC), ruling that national institutions are still capable of handling such matters.
- 9 May 2025 - Thursday, May 8, 2025, marked the election of the worldwide Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, the 267th Pontiff, was elected Pope and Archbishop of Rome and from now henceforth will be known as Pope Leo XIV.
- 9 May 2025 - City lawyers Danstun Omari, Cliff Ombeta, Shadrack Wambui, Stanley Kinyanjui and Sam Nyaberi had also appeared in court on behalf of Aroko and co-accused Edwin Oduor.
- 9 May 2025 - There has been a recent growing clamour to involve the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Kenya's affairs.
- 9 May 2025 - Questions over government's secret leasing of sugar factories