Child trafficking? Police in Kisumu rescue 12 Grade 10 students from fraudsters who had promised them scholars
Upon visiting the scene, police officers found a group of nine girls and three boys aged between 15 and 17 years, waiting near Manyatta Primary School with their luggage, dressed in different school uniforms.
Wastage in Kenya’s education system rises to all-time high as 700,000 students to drop out of school
Released in August 2023, the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform (PWPER) proposed the scrapping of the four-tier clustering of public secondary schools in favour a career-oriented categorisation that puts schools into three categories. The Prof Raphael Munavu-led team recommended three broad clusters namely; STEM, Social Science and Arts, and Sports Science.
Coffee auction at Nairobi Coffee Exchange rakes in $19 million with 40,918 bags sold
New KPCU PLC traded 6,107 bags at Ksh359 million, Kirinyaga Slopes Coffee Brokerage sold 5,461 bags at Ksh356 million, Kipkelion Broker Company Ltd traded 4,454 bags fetching Ksh254 million and Minnesota Coffee Marketers Ltd closed five top brokers with 2,392 bags that earned Ksh85.7 million.
Kenya unveils robust programme to protect and commercialise indigenous knowledge
Speaking in Naivasha during the Governors’ Consultative Roundtable, Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, Arts and Heritage Hannah Cheptumo said the pilot phase will benefit Garissa, Kakamega, Kericho, Kilifi, Kisii, Makueni, Marsabit, Murang’a, Narok, Siaya, Tharaka Nithi, Turkana and Vihiga.
Kenyatta National Hospital marks milestone after pioneering rezūm water vapour therapy
While Rezūm therapy is well-established in Europe and the US, and available in Kenyan private hospitals, its introduction at KNH is a significant step forward.
At the rate of 10 new cases of abandonment per day Murang’a in central Kenya leads country in child neglect
The children’s officer cautioned parents against attempting to resolve defilement and other child abuse cases through informal or “kangaroo” justice systems, stressing that such action denies victims justice and protection.
