Twelve countries across different regions in Africa are set to receive 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine over the next two years from Gavi. This RTS,S/AS01 vaccine has been administered to more than 1.7 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi since 2019 ,who were pilot countries. and has been shown to be […]
Children in Freedom School, in Nakuru County, has gained international recognition after being ranked among the top 10 best schools worldwide. The school was ranked by T4 Education Initiative where it competed with over 1000 other schools worldwide under the category of Overcoming Adversity. The little-known learning institution was given this recognition for allowing its […]
Forty percent of the country’s population is below 15 years of age according to the just-released Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2023. The report released in Nairobi on Monday also indicated that 76 percent of births were registered, with Nyeri recording the highest registration of births at 96 percent while Wajir recorded the lowest […]
Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen on Tuesday, July 4, announced that school buses and public transport vehicles will be required to install dashboard cameras and vehicle telematics in new regulations proposed to curb the rise of road accidents in the country. Speaking in Kericho County the CS said “Telematics will have a GPS system showing where a […]
At least 350 children drawn from all 47 counties have converged in Kiambu County for the Children Devolution Conference. The five days event being held at M-PESA Foundation Academy in Thika Town aims to provide a platform where children will air their opinions on matters children. The event under the theme Empowering Young Voices. A […]
The 2022 Kenya Demographic Health Survey has revealed that the number of births delivered in hospitals has increased from 65 percent in 2014 to 88 percent in 2022. Further, the survey shows the national fertility rate has declined from 4.9 percent in 2003 to 3.4 percent in 2022 with Mandera County with the highest at […]
Global Vaccine Alliance, Gavi, is set to deploy a six-in-one vaccine to lower-income countries like Kenya with the aim of establishing innovative mechanisms to protect against future epidemic threats. This vaccine aimed to be administered to infants is a combination of the pentavalent vaccine, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), hepatitis B and […]
71 UN member states have signed a call to action statement aimed at proactively removing and combating child sexual exploitation and abuse material online. This comes at a time when online child sexual exploitation and abuse continue to rise at exponential rates across the world and increasingly involve younger children. In the Internet Watch Foundation Annual […]
Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) has proposed the increment of capitation from the current figure of Sh22,244 to Sh30,000 per student. This was proposed by the Association’s chairman Kahi Indimuli during the annual conference of school heads in Mombasa. This, he said, is due to the recent increase in commodity prices and late disbursement of […]
Secondary School students will not be able to transfer to other public schools mid-year after the government banned the same. Supporting this directive, the Director of Secondary Education Paul Kibet said that transferring a student mid-year makes it hard for school principals to reconcile the amount of fee to be paid. He added that some […]