Gender-based violence and femicide are costing Kenya $317 million per year, taskforce says
Dr Nancy Baraza said Kenyatta University Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub (KU-WEE) Hub has confirmed the economic statistics that the country loses more than Ksh41 billion ($317 million) per annum because of GBV and femicide.
A fusion of science, art and entertainment up in the skies as 300 drones ‘invade’ Nairobi
Jay Pyrotechnics company, who pride of being a leader in drone light shows in the country, worked overdrive to successfully deliver the first ever drone show in Kenya that was not only visually satisfying but environmentally friendly.
Homa Bay fisher folk on Lake Victoria given modern fishing equipment as Kenya deepens investment in blue economy
Minister Ali Hassan Joho cautioned law enforcement officers, especially the Kenya Coast Guard, against arresting fishermen caught using illegal nets. Instead, he called for a collaborative approach and recommended that such incidents be referred to relevant departments in his ministry.
Population policy: Kenya told to wean itself of donor overdependence, mobilise own resources
Michael Oruru said the goal of the Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2023 was meant to enable the country to attain a high quality of life for the population by ensuring they were secure, healthy, broadly educated, trained and empowered to carry out sustainable development.
White South African woman sentenced to life in prison for selling six-year old daughter to a witchdoctor
Smith – whose full name is Racquel Chantel Smith – was initially a figure of sympathy when her daughter went missing. Community members rallied around her and volunteered to help police search for Joshlin in the sand dunes near their poor neighbourhood of shacks
Leave Not, James: Kenya celebrates life and times of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, East Africa’s foremost literary scholar
Following Ngũgĩ’s death at 87 in Bedford, Georgia, Kenyans are reminiscing about the days his literature criticised an autocratic administration and was arrested and imprisoned in the 1970s.
How Elgeyo Marakwet known in sports-world as ‘Home of Champions’ evolved into fortress of rogue agents who exploit young athletes
According to Secretary of County Secondary School Sports Association Christopher Sitienei, whenever there is a secondary school sports completion, among the many who turn up to cheer the young athletes are coaches whose main target is to identify talents.
Nearly 220 families resettled in Marsabit, recovered livestock given back to owners after spell of inter-ethnic hostilities
Humanitarian aid is reaching the victims with ease, he said. The county commissioner said the national government has delivered relief supplies consisting of 330 bags of rice and 285 bags of beans while the county government donated 100 bags of rice and 20 cartons of cooking oil.
Re-greening East African biocultural landscape and combating biological desertification needs ‘analogue forestry’
The idea of analogue forestry needs to be integrated in school and university curricula because superior to other methods of re-greening biocultural landscapes where natural forests were integral to the landscapes but have been receding because human activities. The method can also be used to restore our agro-ecological systems to enhance food security.
Too young to carry it alone: Struggles of teenage pregnancy and parenting in Nairobi’s unforgiving slums
Economic hardship compounds these realities. Only 25 per cent of young mothers have access to paid work – mostly informal jobs like laundry or hairdressing. Nearly three-quarters struggle to meet their children’s basic needs, often relying on relatives for childcare.
