Kenyan universities admit 310,502 freshmen and women to various degree programmes

Kenyan universities admit 310,502 freshmen and women to various degree programmes

Out of 244,563 eligible candidates for university placement, Ogamba announced that 201,695 (83 per cent) applied for various programmes as he pointed out that a total of 310,502 students comprising the 2024 cohort and those from previous years have now been placed in universities, TVET, KMTC and teacher training colleges.

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Museveni’s science of self-preservation: How fear is driving Uganda president to stifle humanities in university curriculum

Museveni’s science of self-preservation: How fear is driving Uganda president to stifle humanities in university curriculum

The so-called scientists (those in the natural sciences and related disciplines and fields of knowledge and practice) do not traditionally challenge governments but pay more attention to their work in the laboratories and the field, presumably discovering, creating and innovating.

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Right of inherence: Kenya Muslim clerics aggrieved by Supreme Court recognition of children born out of wedlock

Right of inherence: Kenya Muslim clerics aggrieved by Supreme Court recognition of children born out of wedlock

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal seeking to exclude children born out of wedlock from inheriting under Muslim law holding that such exclusion was discriminatory and contrary to Articles 27 and 53 of the Constitution.

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Four in five child deaths in Africa are avoidable and caused by infections during hospital visits, study finds

Four in five child deaths in Africa are avoidable and caused by infections during hospital visits, study finds

Dr Isaac Kihurani, a paediatric specialist at Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, said that dealing with preventable child deaths takes an emotional toll on healthcare workers.

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There’s no such thing as a free lunch: Listening billionaires’ stories it’s obvious they are sick of human species, whom they see as inferior beings around them

There’s no such thing as a free lunch: Listening billionaires’ stories it’s obvious they are sick of human species, whom they see as inferior beings around them

In order to roll back the labour victories of the postwar era (which had become harder to justify in the wake of falling profits), American elites both empowered finance capital (leading to a series of bubbles) and embraced deindustrialization, with many industries shifting to the Global South (notably China).

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Gangs and mafia-style crime: How political class raised spectre of violence in Kenya ahead of the 2027 General Election

Gangs and mafia-style crime: How political class raised spectre of violence in Kenya ahead of the 2027 General Election

Behind these politically sponsored attacks looms the shadow of 2007/8 post-election violence, when 1,330 people were killed and more than 600,000 displaced in just a month as gangs and ethnic militias unleashed terror across the country.

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Vibrancy amid chaos: Kenya women journalists’ organisation picks new office, retains financial soundness

Vibrancy amid chaos: Kenya women journalists’ organisation picks new office, retains financial soundness

AMWIK Executive Director Queenter Mbori presented the association’s 2024 achievements, describing it as a year of both tremendous challenges and ground-breaking impact. Mbori said the organisation made significant strides in journalists’ safety advocacy following brutal attacks on media professionals during anti-Finance Bill protests. 

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Be warned most packaged food in Kenya is unhealthy, need label under new rules – report

Be warned most packaged food in Kenya is unhealthy, need label under new rules – report

The report by the non-profit Access to Nutrition Initiative found that under those rules, 90 per cent of products sold by both international companies like Coca-Cola and local firms such as Brookside Dairy Ltd and Manji Foods Industries contained either too much salt, sugar or saturated fat.

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Kenya’s eating chiefs: Day President Ruto dismissed criticism of his unessential foreign tours and pilferage as ‘noise’

Kenya’s eating chiefs: Day President Ruto dismissed criticism of his unessential foreign tours and pilferage as ‘noise’

Enormous travel costs extend beyond the national level. Counties incur substantial expenses primarily consisting of domestic travel costs which together with foreign travel totalled Ksh15.4 billion in 2022/23.

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How President Ruto’s extravagance, lies and sticky hands ran Kenya’s economy amok, stoked riots he’s unable to put out

How President Ruto’s extravagance, lies and sticky hands ran Kenya’s economy amok, stoked riots he’s unable to put out

Beneath this packed schedule week in and week out lies a significant cost, one that will be covered by taxpayer money. So, just how much has the president’s office and the government spent on travel?

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