Rohan Shah, 14, submission of a heron flying off with a skink in its beak from Masai Mara has won him the runners-up prize in the 2022 Young Travel Photographer of the Year award category. He won in the 14-year-olds and under category in Travel Photographer of the Year 2022 competition. “I am humbled to have […]
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has decried a rising trend of teenage pregnancies especially in Western Kenya. He said the pregnancies are a crises that requires drastic measures to end the vice. He said that data shows that western Kenya of Bumngoma, Busia, Kakamenga and Vihiga are leading in teen pregnancies. He was speaking at […]
Dial A Pad is petitioning the government to lower the cost of pads from Sh 100 to Sh.50. This, the organization said, will help in saving many girls and women from period shame that can be occasioned by this price hick. Although Kenya has made tremendous gains over the years in a bid to end […]
About 14,000 learners in 60 Day Secondary Schools in Kiharu Constituency, Muranga County are set to benefit from Ksh 1,000 per term school fee program. This is after the area Member of Parliament, Ndindi Nyoro, launched kiharu masomo bora program which aims to alleviate fees burden and promote education accessibility and equality. In essence parents […]
World Health Organization has called upon countries to invest and establish childhood cancer centres of excellence and care networks to promote early detection for better outcomes and survival of childhood cancers victims. According to the organization for a child living in a low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) the likelihood of surviving cancer is less than 30 […]
Tanzania government has banned a popular series of children’s books from schools claiming they violate local cultural norms. Education Minister Adolf Mkenda announced Monday an immediate ban on The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. He added that the government will keep an eye on libraries in both public and private schools to make sure they were […]
A new study indicates that 47 percent of Kenyans say CBC is better compared to the 8-4-4 system while 38 percent prefer the 8-4-4 system. In addition, 17 percent of Kenyans proposes CBC should be scrapped off. The report released yesterday indicates that 74 percent of Kenyans decry high cost of implementing CBC while 42 […]
Eight students from Moi Girls, Mandera County ,were on Friday admitted at Cholera Treatment Centre in the town after contracting Cholera. Mr Abukar Abdi Sheikh, the county chief officer for health denied reports that a student succumbed to the disease on Sunday. He added that the eight are responding well to treatment at the centre. “We […]
Two women, Bahati Juma Said and Mwanakombo Ramadhan were on Monday charged in a Mombasa court on an account of failure to report defilement of a minor to police. Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku heard that the two suspects aided the perpetrator Salim Juma, who defiled a five-year old minor, to escape to evade justice. “The two […]
Fafi Member of Parliament Salah Yakub yesterday launched Zero fees program aimed at assisting students joining secondary school in Fafi Constituency. Through this program, the students received full uniforms, mattresses, books and other essential commodities. In addition, he directed all headteachers not to ask for school fees from any student as CDF kitty will cater for […]