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.
Coffee auction at Nairobi Coffee Exchange rakes in $19 million with 40,918 bags sold
New KPCU PLC traded 6,107 bags at Ksh359 million, Kirinyaga Slopes Coffee Brokerage sold 5,461 bags at Ksh356 million, Kipkelion Broker Company Ltd traded 4,454 bags fetching Ksh254 million and Minnesota Coffee Marketers Ltd closed five top brokers with 2,392 bags that earned Ksh85.7 million.
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.
Kisumu emerges as leading origin or transit point of cannabis sativa and other hard drugs in Kenya
Kisumu and adjoining counties in Lake Victoria Basin region have emerged as leading sources cannabis sativa that ends up in backstreet markets and inner cities in major owns in Kenya such as Nairobi and Nakuru. The assessment follows the frequency with which security agencies and ordinary citizens are intercepting drugs...
Kenya to kill weaver birds estimated to be six million that ravaging rice plantations in Lake Victoria Basin
The report indicates that about 800 acres of rice, most of it at panicle initiation and early harvesting stages are under immediate threat, with farmers already reporting heavy losses.
Sugarcane vs maize: Nandi County farmers torn between cash and food crops
Farmers in the area have mixed feelings about the shift. Samuel Kibet, a farmer in Chepsangor location, has converted part of his maize and sweet potato fields into sugarcane farm. While the income from cane helps cover school fees and household expenses, he worries about having sufficient food throughout the year.
State agency, NYS, fends off another financial fiddling storm as Kenya’s ministry for public service says $48m was stolen
About the drought that is ravaging arid and semi-arid parts of the country, the cabinet secretary assured Kenyans that the government has sufficient food stocks in national reserves and has already rolled out a major relief food distribution programme targeting 23 arid and semi-arid land counties.
In what might be shaping into a frenzy, young Kenyans are resorting to tree-hugging to campaign against economic and political ills
Mercy said alcoholism had taken a toll on him and he abdicated his parental duties including upkeep and school fees for them. She blames alcohol as the main contributor to domestic violence in Kenya.
I risk assassination if I declare an opposition candidate winner of presidential poll, anxious Uganda elections chief says
Simon Byabakama, chairperson of the Electoral Commission, said he had been warned by senior government figures not to declare certain candidates winners, although he did not name those involved. He was reacting to a video circulating widely online in which a presidential aide suggested the commission would never announce opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, as president even if he won the election.
Uganda President Museveni confident of fifth decade in power as opposition alleges massive ballot stuffing
During the campaign, security forces repeatedly opened fire at Wine’s events, killing at least one person and arresting hundreds of his supporters. Museveni’s government has said those actions were a justified response to what it called lawless conduct by opposition supporters.
