The fall of Dennis Itumbi, Bob Collymore’s Widow Speaks and hope as scientists cure HIV

Good morning,

We start the day on a positive note. The deadly HIV virus that has tormented the human race for a long time is at the edge of being eliminated after scientists successfully got the cure. This breakthrough that also involved a Kenyan doctor brings hope to the world after series of developments to fight the plague.

However, there are worries whether this invention might promote the infection rate.

Below are other news making headlines this morning.

This man Itumbi

File Photo of Dennis Itumbi//Courtesy of The Star

Blogger Dennis Itumbi has courted controversy throughout his career as a journalist.

In July last year, all social media handles that Itumbi had set up were disabled by Kanze Dena, spokesperson for the Office of the President and head of his Strategic Communication Unit.

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Wambui Kamiru thanks public for support after Collymore’s death

Wambui Kamiru
Wambui Kamiru Collymore (grey jacket), wife of the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, is overcome with emotion as she leaves the Lee Funeral Home on July 2, 2019 for the interment at Kariokor crematorium. PHOTO | FILE| NATION MEDIA GROUP

Wambui Kamiru has spoken publicly for the first time since her husband Bob Collymore succumbed to cancer on Monday.

Writing on her Twitter handle, the artist and founder of The Art Space, thanked her followers on social media for their support.

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Ray of hope as scientists cure HIV in animals

A doctor tests a patient for HIV virus. Researchers say the discovery is a positive progress towards cure of the disease. Photo/FILE

A Kenyan medic is among five researchers at an American university who have come up with test trials that promise to eliminate the HIV virus that causes Aids.

The study that was reported in the Nature Communications journal on Tuesday, raises hopes of a vaccine that could eliminate the HIV virus from the body, unlike the current Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy that suppresses the replication of the virus.

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Scientists, among them a Kenyan have registered significant success in establishing a cure for HIV. Concerns, however, remain over the spike in infection rate, with reports rife that men are already having multiple partners due to pre-exposure drugs. Will HIV cure be more of a curse than a blessing?

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