Randy dad busted sexually abusing youngest daughter, which leads to three others going public about how he serially raped them, impregnated them

Randy dad busted sexually abusing youngest daughter, which leads to three others going public about how he serially raped them, impregnated them

Gender Cabinet Secretary Hannah Cheptumo said the children will be transferred to a safe place as investigations proceeded. She said the ministry will also ensure that the children are taken to school and that all their requirements will be catered for to ensure a smooth study.

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Kenya reviews micro-finance law as it looks to power economic rebound, wean itself from donors

Kenya reviews micro-finance law as it looks to power economic rebound, wean itself from donors

Head of Programme for Promotion of Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship at the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) Irene Omogi said some of the key challenges that the policy review will address include putting in place regulations that will ease access to credit for informal businesses.

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World’s greatest rivals in long distance running Kenya and Ethiopia strike deal to jointly nurture athletes

World’s greatest rivals in long distance running Kenya and Ethiopia strike deal to jointly nurture athletes

The Eldoret City Marathon, one of the highest paying races in Kenya’s annual race calendar, comprises a full marathon covering 42 kilometres and a 10 kilometre fun race for both men and women.

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Embu County, entire landslide-prone Mt Kenya region put on high alert as floods wash away cropland

Embu County, entire landslide-prone Mt Kenya region put on high alert as floods wash away cropland

The landslide washed away crops that included arrowroots, miraa (qat) bushes, trees, beehives, bananas, sugarcane. Also affected was government land that served as water intake for Embu-Mbeere in 1970′ before it was moved up River Ena, where pumps and water pipes were also destroyed.

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Biotechnology: Health experts in Kenya call for speedy resolution of logjam on genetically modified crops

Biotechnology: Health experts in Kenya call for speedy resolution of logjam on genetically modified crops

A clinical pharmacologist from UMMA University Dr James Ndukui said that biotechnology is here to stay and very useful in the Kenyan population concept, where the population is increasing and therefore the need to enhance food production is encompassed in Vision 2030 food security, safety and sustainability.

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Kenyan children at high risk of online sexual exploitation, says Dutch civil society as it launches campaign against the menace  

Kenyan children at high risk of online sexual exploitation, says Dutch civil society as it launches campaign against the menace  

Recent research conducted with children and parents and caregivers by Terre des Hommes Netherlands revealed that socio-economic challenges, low digital literacy, and authoritative parenting impairs caregivers’ ability to protect their children from risks of online sexual exploitation.

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Becoming a Maasai warrior: How modernity is reshaping cultural resilience training for world-famous Kenyan, Tanzanian nomadic tribe

Becoming a Maasai warrior: How modernity is reshaping cultural resilience training for world-famous Kenyan, Tanzanian nomadic tribe

Traditionally, transitioning from child to warrior as a Maasai involved taking part in a one-year warrior camp. Maasai youths would be secluded and learn survival skills, bushcraft – and, if the opportunity arises, how to kill a lion. All that has changed. Although “Enkipaata” – the official rite of passage that includes warrior training – s has been declared a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, it has been modernised.

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Nairobi-based ILRI joins world programme to reduce methane emissions from livestock

Nairobi-based ILRI joins world programme to reduce methane emissions from livestock

Director of the Future of Food at the Bezos Earth Fund, Dr Andy Jarvis, said that reducing methane from cattle is one of the most elegant solutions we have to slow climate change.

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Liverpool are champions of England for the 20th time, bringing them level with Man United

Liverpool are champions of England for the 20th time, bringing them level with Man United

Forget the failings of the chasing pack, Slot’s side have simply set standards that no one else has been able to get close to replicating over the past nine months. Liverpool have been top of the Premier League since November, with a 26-game unbeaten league run blowing their opponents away. With just two defeats in 34 games, it had long since been a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ they would be champions again.

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Pope Francis death rekindles memories of mediaeval pope Benedict IX, who was a thief, overthrew three other popes

Pope Francis death rekindles memories of mediaeval pope Benedict IX, who was a thief, overthrew three other popes

Benedict IX took office in 1032, while practically a teenager. “At that time, the papacy was the legal centre of the Western world,” Weiss recalls on camera.

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