How moving story of a bright boy with mentally sick dad, helpless mom in Siaya inspired Good Samaritans to pay his fees in a prestigious school
News of Simon’s situation quickly spread after his story was shared on social media, where photos and accounts of the boy’s determination touched the hearts of many. Well-wishers from different parts of the country began reaching out, offering financial support, school supplies and words of encouragement, even calling on some politicians to step in and assist the boy.
Fathers, teachers cited in Nyanza region at the centre of ‘stubbornly’ high incidence of defilement, incest and underage pregnancy
Flora Mworoa said defilement, rape, drug abuse and other forms of gender-based violence in the area were closely intertwined, observing that most perpetrators were adult men and that assaults often occurred without protection, exposing victims to HIV and other infections.
Satellite-based mission to protect endangered Mountain Bongo in Mt Kenya, Kakamega and Aberdares forests launched
Planet Labs Chief Impact Officer Andrew Zolli said the project will focus on the need for timely and accessibility of satellite data for conservation outcomes.
Wastage in Kenya’s education system rises to all-time high as 700,000 students to drop out of school
Released in August 2023, the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform (PWPER) proposed the scrapping of the four-tier clustering of public secondary schools in favour a career-oriented categorisation that puts schools into three categories. The Prof Raphael Munavu-led team recommended three broad clusters namely; STEM, Social Science and Arts, and Sports Science.
Kenya unveils robust programme to protect and commercialise indigenous knowledge
Speaking in Naivasha during the Governors’ Consultative Roundtable, Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, Arts and Heritage Hannah Cheptumo said the pilot phase will benefit Garissa, Kakamega, Kericho, Kilifi, Kisii, Makueni, Marsabit, Murang’a, Narok, Siaya, Tharaka Nithi, Turkana and Vihiga.
At the rate of 10 new cases of abandonment per day Murang’a in central Kenya leads country in child neglect
The children’s officer cautioned parents against attempting to resolve defilement and other child abuse cases through informal or “kangaroo” justice systems, stressing that such action denies victims justice and protection.
Catholic cardinals worried US foreign policy is driven by polarisation, partisanship, narrow economic and social interests
In a joint statement, Cardinals Blase Cupich of Chicago, Robert McElroy of Washington and Joseph Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, warned that without a moral vision, the current debate over Washington’s foreign policy was mired in “polarisation, partisanship and narrow economic and social interests.”
Kenyan driver, Uganda nabbed with 23 packs of weed as they tried to dodge police check in Kisumu
The vehicle was eventually intercepted and suspects arrested at Ngere on Kisumu-Kericho highway following a high-speed chase.
Human-wildlife conflict takes dangerous turn as communities on Kenya-Tanzania border resort to poisoning
Authorities said the poisoning was deliberate and illegal, noting that it also posed risks to livestock, people and the wider environment. Barely a week later on January 7, four lionesses strayed into residential areas in Oloosirkon-Sholinke Ward within the Athi-Kapiti Conservancy near Nairobi National Park.
Ongoing disarmament of pastoralists in Kenya nets 11 more guns in Tana River in coast region
Speaking after receiving two more guns from the Orma community at Bangali Police Station, area Deputy County Commissioner Joseph Kipkorir thanked the elders from both communities for their continued support in the ongoing disarmament exercise.
