Two male children under 3 years of age were rescued by Children officials in Meru County’s Maua town after their mother abandoned them. According to Igembe children’s officer John Mwangi, rescuers found the hungry boys in their single-roomed house in Kiutine market in Igembe Central, Meru county. Mukami, their mother, had woken up and left […]
A new report reveals that the rate of women and girls getting married before reaching 18 years old in rural areas in Nigeria surpasses double the rate of the same in urban areas. According to the Statistical Snapshots 2021 reports, about forty-six percent of women between the ages of 20 and 46 in rural areas […]
A recent study by global payments firm WorldRemit has revealed that payments by Kenyans on school-related expenses strain their financial muscles. The Cost of School study results for 2022 reported that Kenyans spend over 1.75 times their monthly household income on school-related costs. The study was born in 2021 to compare the average cost of […]
To children (and even to most adults), death looks superficial until it happens to someone close to them. Such a sudden occurrence and one that they cannot fully comprehend leads them to process it differently. Yet, it is crucial for parents and guardians to build healthy coping mechanisms in kids. Here are ways parents and […]
A recent UNICEF study dubbed the Yunitok opinion polls reveal that ninety-three percent of respondents, the majority between 15 and 30 years old, realize the significance of the internet in excellent academic performance. The polls started in June 2022 to July 2022 and had more than forty-two thousand respondents participate. Eighty-six percent of the respondents […]
It is barely two days after the IEBC declared Dr.William Samoei Ruto as the president-elect of Kenya, results which Raila Amolo Odinga rejects. While the political environment in the country remains steamy, I have one question for parents and guardians; How safe are your children? This question leads me to June 2021 when cases of […]
The fate of over two million learners in PP1 and PP2 in early education centers in Kenya remains a mystery even amidst the school reopening date fiasco. Kenya National Bureau of Statistics 2019 data reveals that 2,738,587 learners got their enrollment in PP1 and PP2 in 2021. However, even as stakeholders are fighting to have […]
Kenyan parents have displayed their disappointment over the public announcement made by Education CS Magoha to extend the reopening of schools. The Education CS publicized this on Saturday 13, 2022, pushing the date for the reopening of schools from Monday, August 15 to Thursday, August 18. The changes had been influenced by the delay in […]
It is exactly three days after the general elections in Kenya, and the country’s emotional state is unfathomable. The tension between self-proclaimed online bloggers and national television stations like Citizen, NTV, and KTN has left Kenyans in a ‘how-much-longer’ situation. But, how do you talk to children about the election results amidst all the anxiety? […]
A twelve-year-old brave girl in Garissa, Kenya, has been rescued after attempts to wed her off to an old man aged seventy proved futile. It all began two months back when her family revealed the news to her about her elder brother’s upcoming wedding ceremony. Amira was elated, to say the least. At the time, […]