Kenya says it’s fast-tracking artificial intelligence laws to guide adoption

Kenya says it’s fast-tracking artificial intelligence laws to guide adoption

MindHYVE.ai, a global pioneer in adaptive intelligence and AGI agents, has developed an AI health agent. The company’s mission is to empower nations to build AI systems that reflect their values, accelerate innovation, and ensure sustainable growth.

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While Narok County has answers to Kenya’s perennial wheat deficits corrupt state officials would rather imports  

While Narok County has answers to Kenya’s perennial wheat deficits corrupt state officials would rather imports  

According to government data, between July 2024 and March 2025, Kenyan farmers collected over 1.7 million bags of wheat, each weighing 90kg. However, nearly 322,000 bags, mostly from Upper Narok, remained unsold even as millers bought wheat from other countries.

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Top officials of Kenya Tea Development Agency face economic crime charges after detectives expose massive looting

Top officials of Kenya Tea Development Agency face economic crime charges after detectives expose massive looting

KTDA is a private company collectively owned by over 600,000 smallholder tea farmers across 16 counties. These farmers are shareholders in 54 tea companies, which, together with 15 satellite factories, own KTDA Holdings and its eight subsidiaries.

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Dumping the spear for the pen: Kenya’s Maasai people embraces school after years resistance

Dumping the spear for the pen: Kenya’s Maasai people embraces school after years resistance

Tabitha Lesaloi, a mother of three, and an employee of Narok County government admitted that education among the Maa community is a challenge since the society gave precedence to traditions and norms.

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New malaria drug Coartem Baby set for rollout in East and West Africa after successful trials in Uganda

New malaria drug Coartem Baby set for rollout in East and West Africa after successful trials in Uganda

Africa’s 1.5 billion people accounted for 95 per cent of an estimated 597,000 malaria deaths worldwide in 2023, according to the WHO. More than three-quarters of those deaths were among children.
In Uganda, an east African country of 45 million people, there were 12.6 million malaria cases and nearly 16,000 deaths in 2023. Many were children younger than five and pregnant women, according to WHO.

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America’s street violence: When a friendly ‘How are you today?’ can lead to attack, gorged out eye

America’s street violence: When a friendly ‘How are you today?’ can lead to attack, gorged out eye

According to Fox 10, court documents later revealed the profound toll the injuries would take, stating, “The victim stated this loss of the use of his right eye and fractured jaw will forever impact his quality of life and is unsure if he will be able to work again or perform many basic life functions.”

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Upset by financial institutions’ reluctance to deal in cryptocurrency Trump orders kerb on ‘political debanking’

Upset by financial institutions’ reluctance to deal in cryptocurrency Trump orders kerb on ‘political debanking’

According to Donald Trump Jr, the banks’ behaviour helped to awaken the Trump family to the supposed promise of crypto, as the basis for a parallel financial system in which everybody has custody over their own funds.

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Shirika plan: Kenya’s refugee integration programme in limbo as aid agencies cut back funding

Shirika plan: Kenya’s refugee integration programme in limbo as aid agencies cut back funding

Kakuma is semi-desert – harsh, blinding, unforgiving. Life for a refugee business person here is stitched together from fragments: a little aid relief, a modest turnover and, if you’re lucky, an occasional offer of credit from an NGO lending service.

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How Agikuyu of central Kenya are reliving the past in Thingira Cultural Village

How Agikuyu of central Kenya are reliving the past in Thingira Cultural Village

Foods such as mukimo (mix of maize, beans, potatoes and traditional vegetables mashed together), njahi (black beans), ngwaci (sweet potatoes) and marigu (green bananas) are cooked in clay pots just as it was done many decades ago.

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Luhyia spice ‘munyu mfume’ cited as reason people in western Kenya are strong in bed in old age, show low cancer and hypertension incidence

Luhyia spice ‘munyu mfume’ cited as reason people in western Kenya are strong in bed in old age, show low cancer and hypertension incidence

Research on people who consume munyu-mfume in food instead of the ubiquitous sodium-based table salt found nearly in every household in Kenya are less vulnerable to lifestyle diseases. While sodium has been found to constrict blood vessels, potassium has a dilation effect – widening arteries and veins to hasten circulation. In addition, the research found, potassium breaks and mops up negative cholesterol, discharging it from the bloodstream and giving the body a youthful look.

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