Doubts persist over Kenya’s CBC education even as minister gloats over Grade 9 to 10 transition
Speaking in Narok after a consultative ‘Elimu Mashinani’ Stakeholder Meeting, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba assured the public of the government’s commitment to ensuring smooth progression for all learners.
Mom in central Kenya jailed for 8 months for child neglect, feeding teenaged daughter on bhang
The teenaged girl not enrolled in school and had allegedly been introduced to substance abuse – cannabis sativa – by her mother. She fed on bhang when there was no food in the house. Authorities further noted that the girl was often forced to sleep on cold floors outside their squalid house, especially when her mother was entertaining lovers in their poorly maintained hovel.
Kenya plans 60,000mw nuclear power, enough to meet current needs of all eight EAC countries
Currently Kenya produces 3,400 megawatts, Tanzania 3,091.71 megawatts, Uganda 2,048 megawatts, Rwanda 277 megawatts, Burundi 34 megawatts and Democratic Republic of the Congo 13,625 gigawatts. South Sudan’s capacity is indeterminate.
In a rare shift since coming to power, Trump approves $32.5m in aid to Nigeria to address hunger
The West African country is also dealing with an insurgency in its northeast that has resulted in the death of around 35,000 civilians and the displacement of more than two million others, according to the United Nations.
Swapping hospital corridors for rows of capsicum: Why retirement isn’t a curse for 81 year-old Vihiga nurse
After decades in the medical field, friends and relatives assumed Imbwaga would follow the beaten path: settle into a quiet, idle life. But Mama Erika had other plans: she swapped hospital corridors for greenhouses and today she is one of the county’s most admired capsicum farmers.
