Former Nairobi County Education County Executive Committee member Muthoni Ouko has been slammed over past corruption and misconduct during her tenure in the former regime. A lobby group, Nairobi Single mothers lobby group, which is dedicated to advocate for the rights and welfare of single mothers and their children in Nairobi County made serious allegations […]
Charles Khacheso Washika, the Cooperative Bank of Kenya’s Director of ICT and Innovation, has floored five competitors to become the 2023 CIO of the Year, a prestigious title for tech professionals in Africa.The CIO100 Awards program, run by dx5, the African digital transformation driver, honors companies and individuals that use IT creatively to deliver business […]
Murang’a County recorded the highest percentage (11%) of women who had 2 or more sexual partners in the last 12 months, while counties with the lowest percentage are Mandera, Tana River and Kwale counties with less than 1% each, this is according to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2022 The report further reveals […]
Kenya’s economy has expanded by 5.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2023, compared to a 6.2 per cent growth in the corresponding quarter of 2022, KNBS report shows. The experts believe that the growth was largely supported by a rebound in agricultural activities. During the first quarter of 2023, export earnings increased by […]
Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading Pan African digital rights and inclusion organisation, is calling on the Senegalese Government to immediately restore Internet and social media platforms in the country. This follows multiple breaches of Senegalese citizens’ digital rights and data privacy in the past few months, the latest being on June 1st, 2023. Deliberate internet […]
In 1976, Ann Sitonik, a resident of Bomet County in Kenya, was forcefully circumcised by her grandmother who was a traditional circumciser and had sworn to circumcise all girls in her family. Although Ann healed with no major complications, she still remembers the pain she felt and regrets undergoing the cut. Like Ann, over 200 […]
Kenyans residing in 19 counties will soon be able to take advantage of affordable internet services thanks to an agreement signed by Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) and the ICT Authority (ICTA) on Monday, on the installation of last mile fiber optic cable access. Through the Universal Service Fund (USF), CA will finance the installation […]
By Chemtai Kirui The Kenyan government has pledged to restore the degraded ecosystem of Lake Olbolosat, the only natural lake in Mt. Kenya that serves as a critical source of water and livelihood for human and wildlife along the Ewaso Nyiro River basin, which traverses Laikipia, Samburu, Isiolo, and Garissa counties. The Cabinet Secretary for […]
By Chemtai Kirui The fight against HIV/AIDS in Kenya has seen significant progress, with a decline in the number of children living with HIV and mother-to-child transmission according to a report by UNICEF. The country has made strides in the fight, with the number of children living with HIV dropping from 180,000 in 2010 to […]
By Chemtai Kirui, The Kenyan Government, through the State Department for Livestock Development (SDLD), in partnership with ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company), Kenya Development Corporation (KDC), and the World Bank Group (WBG), has launched the De-Risking, Inclusion, and Value Enhancement of pastoral economies (DRIVE) project. The DRIVE project aims to de-risk pastoral systems at the primary […]