Demand for trained health workers in US, Canada and Australia offers hope to Kenya’s over 70,000 jobless nurses
Kenya dilemma in the health sector is multifaceted as the numbers graduating from local colleges are not matched with employment openings, which are diminishing. Foreign labour markets are therefore an option local employment agencies are cashing in on.
In Uganda politics and lies are idyllic bedfellows and for President Museveni it is an art that keeps him in power
If Ugandans have suffered anything adversely it is not guns or tear gas but falsehoods, half-truths and lies, especially in the executive, parliament and before, during and after elections. This suffering has gone on for a very long time and there seems to be no end to it.
Meteorology department in Kenya says long rains season in East Africa is on, assures farmers of even distribution
The same applies to East Africa, which generally has uniform weather pattern with marginal regional variations.
EAC and SADC ministers merge Luanda and Nairobi processes under the oversight of African Union to fast-track pacification of Congo
The recent decision by the SADC Summit on March 13 to terminate the SAMIDRC mission added to the complexity of the situation, with ministers recognising the need to ensure an orderly withdrawal process, while preventing a security vacuum, which could lead to further escalation.
Uncertainty surrounds Zelenskiy willingness to relent after Trump, Putin agree to 30-day halt on Ukraine energy facility strikes
Trump has urged Putin to agree to a 30-day ceasefire that he hopes would move one step closer to ending Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two. The war has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands of people, displaced millions and reduced entire towns to rubble.
KTDA chair: Unregulated hawking undermining tea industry as raw material supply drops, losses rise
Chege Kirundi stressed the need for sharing data on key aspects of the tea sector, particularly so that farmers are informed about the data driving the issue of tea hawking in the country.
Trump administration brands South African envoy ‘race-baiting politician’ and expels him
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters on Monday that Rasool would give him a report when he returns home.
Militarised personalist parties: Why and how East Africa led by Uganda’s Museveni undermines democracy and Kenya’s Ruto is his understudy
Eastern Africa is rapidly turning into a supply chain of personalist parties with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, Ethiopia’s Ahmed, South Sudan’s Salva Kiir, Eritrea’s Isaias Afwerki and Kenya’s William Ruto making the cut.
Some 50 million professionals, climate change activists sign up for clean air action for better health
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General says WHO is supporting countries to implement evidence-based tools to address air pollution and prevent the disease it causes.
Mobile money: Digital blessing and curse that’s left residents of Narok town in rural Kenya with regrets
With mobile fraud cases on the rise, authorities in Narok, led by County Commissioner Kipkech Lotiatia, are stepping up efforts to curb the menace. “We urge residents to be extra vigilant, especially during peak financial seasons like school openings and harvesting periods when fraudsters are most active,” warns Lotiatia.
