At least 84 teenage girls were defiled in Uasin Gishu County in the past year according to the data from the Directorate of Children’s Services under the Ministry of Labour and Social services. This was revealed by Soy sub-county director of Children Services Diana Komen saying this data was collected between 2021 and 2022. She […]
A controversial Kilifi based televangelist, Pastor Paul Mackenzie, was on Wednesday arrested in connection with the death of two children at Shakahola village. This comes after a Malindi court ordered exhuming of two bodies of minors who are suspected to have died due to starvation and suffocation with an attempt to please God. Also listed as […]
225 pupils from three primary schools in Homa Bay County have been enrolled on a program that uses technology to sensitize and educate them on sexual and gender based violence. The pupils have received tablets that have online lessons they use to learn about sexual violence and what should be done in case they are […]
The World Health Organization has recommended oral hygiene awareness and education to be promoted in schools, workplaces and other community settings. This it says will help reduce the burden of oral diseases, which affect individuals, health systems and economies everywhere. One in every two children aged five years suffers from tooth decay according to an […]
Mack Maranga, 23, is the winner of Save the Children’s Digital Innovation Challenge in a competition that attracted 163 competitors. His innovation, Toto Register is a digital attendance system that is designed to take the daily attendance of students in Kenya. The system which will utilize mobile app will allow teachers to import student lists, […]
The government through the ministry of Education has taken over the management of early-grade reading program Tusome. The program which is funded by USAID and implemented by Research Triangle International helps learners read in English and Swahili fluently. The takeover comes as a result of USAID pulling out of the partnership thus putting the program […]
More than one billion adolescent girls and women suffer from undernutrition making them underweight and short for their age according to a new report by UNICEF. The report indicates that prevalence of anaemia remains high and unabated at 30 percent, and more than two-thirds of girls and women or 69 percent suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. […]
Families of 15 pupils killed during a deadly stampede at Kakamega primary School on February 3, 2020 have been awarded Sh1, 25m each by a Kakamega court. The school’s board management, County director of education and the Attorney General were sued on behalf of the Ministry of Education and will pay for costs and interest […]
John Waithaka, Member of Parliament of Kiambu Constituency, now wants the Ministry of Health to partner with schools and develop a policy on deworming of students. The MP tabled the motion in parliament with an aim to mitigate negative effects of worn and parasites infestation caused by poor sanitation resulting in conditions such as anaemia […]
Late presentation to health facilities and the inability of medics to pick the kidney diseases early enough are the leading contributors of children renal fatalities according to the Ministry of Health. Dr Doris Kinuthia, a pediatric nephrologist and a lecturer at East Africa Kidney institute says although children are a vulnerable group, diagnosis of renal […]