Dora Akolo

@MiskellahMD @Arsenal Wee! Kaa hapo 🤔

My daughters support @Arsenal and it breaks my heart. NO responsible parent should let their child support the gunners....to much pain even in victory!! #BitterSweetVictory

A Dutch couple spent four months birdwatching across Chile, Uruguay, and Argentina. On April 1, they boarded the MV Hondius, a luxury expedition cruise, in Ushuaia bound for the most remote islands in the South Atlantic. No symptoms were detected at embarkation. The virus was already inside them. By May, the ship had become a floating quarantine zone rejected by every port it approached. The MV Hondius is now en route to Tenerife carrying 146 remaining people from 23 countries. Three passengers are dead. Eight are confirmed or suspected infected. The pathogen is the Andes strain of hantavirus, the only known hantavirus capable of human-to-human transmission, confirmed by WHO sequencing on May 6. The timeline tells the story the health systems missed. The Dutch couple arrived in South America on November 27, 2025, spending four months in regions where Andes hantavirus circulates in rodent populations. Argentina has reported 101 hantavirus cases since June 2025, double the prior year, signaling expanding reservoir pressure. In mid-March, Argentine investigators believe the couple inhaled aerosolized rodent droppings at a landfill near Ushuaia during a birdwatching tour. On April 1, they boarded the MV Hondius with 147 people, 88 passengers and 59 crew from 23 nations, showing no symptoms. Hantavirus incubates for one to six weeks. The embarkation screening checked for symptoms. The virus was incubating beneath the threshold. The surface said cleared. The substrate said infected. On April 11, the Dutch man died on board. His wife was flown to Johannesburg with the body and died there on April 26. On April 24, before anyone understood what was happening, up to 40 passengers disembarked at Saint Helena and scattered across at least 12 countries. WHO has since contacted authorities in the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. The virus had already left the ship before the ship knew it was infected. A British passenger was evacuated to a South African ICU on April 27. A German national died on board May 2. On May 6, Swiss authorities confirmed a former passenger was being treated in Zurich, bringing the Andes strain to a country that had never seen it. The ship arrived off Cape Verde on May 3. It planned to continue to Tenerife, but the Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo refused to allow docking, citing COVID-era experience and insufficient data. Spain’s national government overruled him. The MV Hondius visited Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena, and Ascension Island with the virus already aboard. Before anyone connected the first death to a pathogen, 40 passengers had scattered to 12 countries. The ship is now heading to a port whose own regional president tried to block it. One hundred and forty-six people face 40 days of monitoring after arrival. A couple went birdwatching near a landfill. They boarded a ship feeling fine. The screening said cleared. The virus said otherwise. Three people are dead and a rare strain is confirmed on three continents because the only barrier between the pathogen and the world was a symptom check that cannot see what is still incubating. The WHO said risk was low. The Canary Islands president refused to accept the ship. One position was informed by epidemiology. The other was informed by coffins.

Nairobi becomes the convening point for one of the most consequential conversations for Africa in this generation. More than 30 Heads of States, coming together to discuss 7 agenda themes with 1 vision - Taking #AfricaFoward. We have spent months working to ensure that when the world comes to Nairobi on 11 and 12th May, Africa arrives as a continent with a clear vision of its priorities, and the partners committed to advancing them alongside us. This is a Summit of substance, one with the potential to define a new chapter in Africa’s global engagement.

Hi @KenyaPower_Care I am back again, we have an outage. Kindly restore supply. @KenyaPower

A time is coming when house/land buyers will demand that developers/saler produce an authentic original 1970s map of the area to show the natural water pathways before they buy that house/land. Rain water is definitely going back to its original path that has been in existence for 100 years

Haki @KenyaPower_Care perhaps mniletee pasi ya makaa, the iron box, I need to go to work and I can't press my clothes. We work on weekends. Jamani! @KenyaPower

Hi @KenyaPower_Care kindly help to restore power supply to the reference Number 15034302 we have been off since Friday 1st May 2026 at 08:40am @KenyaPower

@KenyaPower_Care This just passed. No help. Now worse no power

@doraakolo Good morning, Dora. We sincerely regret the inconvenience. Kindly allow us to follow up to ensure that you receive assistance as soon as possible. ^RN

Hi @KenyaPower_Care kindly act on this report, the cables on the pole have been emitting sparks all night and a thudding sound.

@KenyaPower_Care Kindly restore the areas that have been off since morning

Good evening, please receive the area scheduled for planned maintenance tomorrow(Saturday 2nd May 2026). ^BW

@KenyaPower_Care I can't see any efforts, I am next to the electricity pole in question. Right here. I have been reporting this fault since Wednesday morning.

@doraakolo Hello. Apologies for the power outage; this is due to a burnt cable. Efforts towards restoration are ongoing. Inconveniences are truly regretted. ^BW

Hi @KenyaPower_Care kindly help to restore power supply to the reference Number 15034302 we have been off since 08:40am @KenyaPower

@kilundeezy Only in Kisii

An uncle in kisii turns a road into a shamba so that his nephew cannot transport construction materials to build for his parents!!

Sad. 😭

Following heavy downpour, rising water levels have been reported along Mombasa Road (Eastern Bypass), resulting in flooding. In Mukuru kwa Njenga, there are unconfirmed reports of missing persons and marooned households. Kenya Red Cross Nairobi teams are en route for assessment and possible response. Flash floods were also reported near T-Mall along Lang’ata Road, where a vehicle was trapped in a ditch with occupants inside. All were successfully evacuated. In Kajiado, flooding from the swollen Kandisi River along Magadi Road saw three individuals initially trapped in a lorry successfully rescued. Flash floods have also been reported in Moyale, Marsabit County. We remain on standby for possible search and rescue operations.

Kenya Meteorological Service forecasts rainfall across several regions on 1st–2nd May 2026, with heavy downpours expected in Highlands East & West of the Rift Valley, North-Western and North-Eastern areas. Residents are advised to remain alert and take necessary precautions.

@KenyaPower_Care @JudithAkolo It looks like "swift" is relative, the power outage is still on, I wonder who to ask for help. Reference Number is still 15000871

@JudithAkolo Good evening. We are actively coordinating with our team to ensure a swift resolution of the matter. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. ^HM

Hi @KenyaPower_Care we have a power outage kindly help, @KenyaPower

@KenyanSays Home owners may have to climate proof their house constructions. We are getting rains in storms and the soils in that place could be clay soils.

This is the situation of homes in Utawala in Nairobi County. Kenyans have been forced to move to higher grounds as the rains continue overnight without ceasing!

@KenyaPower_Care Nothing was done, NO repairs and now we have a power outage since 9pm yesterday. I reported and the Reference Number is 15000871

@doraakolo Good afternoon. Kindly note that a team is already working to resolve your issue. We appreciate your patience and sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused. ^DM

@KenyaAirways This is terrible.