Doomed to live in penury due to disability and stabbed with knife by sister, poor Maasai mom defies the odds to fend for her children
Nevertheless, everything did not move as smoothly as she had hoped. The worst happened when Pisoi lost her father who was the pillar of their family when she was a teenager. The big loss forced the family into struggling for basic needs like housing, food and clothing.
Kenya’s national wrestling team gears for Africa beach wrestling championship in Morocco
Wrestling coach Oriri also called for increased funding to support the promotion of wrestling in schools, acknowledging that a lack of resources has hindered many talented athletes from competing at international events.
Competency-based training curriculum for TVETs broken down into modules for easy consumption
Once modularised, the learners in TVET institutions will be able to undertake their preferred course in modules and get a certification for every level undertaken. This will also mean that upon completion of one level, the trainee can opt to proceed with the course or use the acquired skill to enter the job market.
Black comedian, Amber Ruffin, shut out of White House correspondents annual event after angering Trump’s team
An annual event where journalists often invite entertainers as guests, the dinner has featured comics such as Stephen Colbert, Colin Jost and Trevor Noah. Memorably, in 2011, it had as a guest a stone-faced Donald Trump, former star of The Apprentice, listening to jokes told by President Barack Obama at his expense.
‘Primitive’ crops resurface in Migori County as Kenya’s Lake Victoria basin fends off high lifestyle diseases incidence
It is unfortunate that most of these foods are not served in many eateries frequented by the young people in the county and in Kenya as a whole. The young generation today would not differentiate between millet and sorghum and would out rightly dismiss ugali made from the crops as sludge.
Governor in western Kenya lays out plans for Kakamega County bullfighting tournament, ‘premier’ league
Local enthusiasts and bull owners are preparing their animals for the event, with some employing traditional methods – like feeding the bulls on traditional brew and herbs- to ready their bulls for competition.
Pushed on the edge, more and more Tunisians are turning to eating snails as an alternative to beef, veal and fish
Low in fat and high in iron, calcium and magnesium, snails offer both nutritional value and economic relief. In a country where unemployment runs high and median wages remain low, they cost about half as much as beef per kilogramme and often less when sold by the bowl.
Researcher terms polio vaccine a ‘fairy-tale’ and confesses the world was ‘lied to, vaccines didn’t eradicate polio’
Symptoms that would have been diagnosed as polio before the introduction of the vaccine are now attributed to lead or mercury poisoning, or have been given new names, like GBS and transverse myelitis, a neurological disorder that “follows the same pathology as polio,” Humphries said.
Infidelity: Storm on social media as microcheating is all the rage, boundaries tested and trust rocked
As relationship norms evolve and terms like “polyamory” come out of the shadows, liking or commenting on a photo may seem fairly innocuous. Many couples don’t care, Medcalf said, but people who do shouldn’t feel bad for it.
Made in US, ravaging Africans: Sierra Leone declared an emergency over powerful synthetic drug but women left behind
Despite new criminal, public health and prevention measures, only about 300 people have gone through the country’s official rehab program, according to available data. Most have been men. Women have been less visible in the crisis. Rights groups say they are historically left out.
