Kenya women’s national football team gears up for Africa Cup of Nations qualification
The squad reported to training camp this week as preparations intensify for the decisive fixtures. Kenya is aiming to make a return to the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations for the first time since their debut appearance in 2016.
Kenya’s Gender and affirmative action principal secretary calls for abolition of kangaroo courts
According to the principal secretary, the county has in the past three months recorded 46 SGBV cases with the latest case involving a 76-year-old man who had repeatedly been defiling a nine-year-old girl. Similarly, a total of 106 suicide cases were recorded in the last 11 months in the county with a majority of the victims being men.
Kwikbet, quick win: How Kenya’s new gaming platform has kicked off a goldrush in choppy waters
The latest entrant in the gaming industry is Kwikbet – a home-grown company directors say combines skill, thrill and timing that gives players a unique experience unlike others. Players win awards in seconds, minutes or hours, depending on time and investment targets.
Rights defenders welcome first conviction by world court on past atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur
Conflict now rages in Sudan between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces – born out of the Janjaweed militias – and Sudan’s military. Tensions erupted in 2023 between the two previous allies that were meant to oversee a democratic transition after a 2019 uprising.
Dear Ugandans, a university degree is healthy pursuit but it’s not a licence or right to complacency
Degrees will be good not necessarily in the equation of AI. We should all prepare to accommodate AI as tool that will improve the way we do things for the benefit of humanity. It is wisdom to do so. Rote political thinking and action in leadership and governance will soon be a thing of the past.
Retired IGP Kimaiyo warns bandits in Kenya’s North Rift region to heed state amnesty offer, surrender illegal guns
The restoration of peace, he noted, has seen families return to their homes and farms where they are currently engaging in farming activities with some cultivating crops along the Kerio River, which had been abandoned for years after bandits declared a no go zone.
Culture and meteorology: How nomadic pastoralists in Kenya use he-goat offal to accurately forecast weather
While releasing the scientific results for OND, Samburu County Director for Metrological Services Julius Kismayo confirmed that rains will be below average in Samburu north and Samburu east while Samburu central will receive near normal to below normal rains during the same period.
Mass fish deaths along Lake Victoria shores turns searchlight on delays in resolving legal vacuum
LVA Chairman Ochieng’ Mbeo said the persistent fish kills are not isolated accidents but the predictable outcome of government complacency.
Scientists at Oregon Health and Science University create human eggs from skin cells, use them to form embryos
In Dolly’s case, sperm from a father was not used. But for the Oregon team, the goal was to make embryos with genetic material from both parents. A normal sperm and egg have 23 chromosomes each, with a healthy embryo containing 46 chromosomes.
Born and raised in slums of Kenya’s industrial town of Thika, young student defies odds to earn a living from fine art
Balancing college studies with a growing art career, Victor follows a strict routine. He dedicates an hour and a half each morning to academics, followed by an equal amount of time to drawing, and repeats the same in the evening after classes. Weekends and holidays are dedicated to commissioned pieces and roadside sales of his paintings, which attract passers-by and clients alike.
