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Meet the CEO of East Africa's largest Cancer Hospital- Dr Catherine Nyongesa Compiled by: Suleiman Ndoro Jnr (Dr Audi) Catherine Naliaka Nyongesa was born in 1970 in a family of 9. She was the eldest daughter and knew that she always wanted to be a doctor. The first day her father took her to secondary school, she told him she wanted to be a doctor. And when she completed her secondary education, her father had to sell his ancestral land for her to join the University of Nairobi to pursue Medicine and Surgery. When she completed her internship at Kakamega Provincial General Hospital in 1996, she thought of doing pediatrics but scholarships were hard to come by. A former lecturer advised her to try her luck at the Kenyatta National Hospital Cancer Centre. At that time, there were just two men and no woman at the cancer center. For five years, Dr. Nyongesa worked at the cancer center as a junior medical officer hoping to get a scholarship one day. Luckily, she got an International At...

   Have a look at when Kenyans will start getting vaccinated COVID-19. Suleiman Ndoro Jnr (Dr Audi) FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic The long-awaited arrival of Kenya’s first consignment of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine arrived in Kenya this week on 2nd March, 2021. 1.02 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi. The vaccines were transported by UNICEF as part of the COVAX facility, which aims to provide equitable access to vaccines for all countries around the world. When will you receive the COVID-19 vaccine? The week beginning March 8, will be the official first week of vaccination for Kenya. Unlike other countries where heads of state have received the vaccines first, Kenya is giving priority to health workers. “We are giving priority to those who are at high risk, thos...