By Raisa Okwaras According to the Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHA) (2014), approximately fifty-two in a thousand children under five die from preventable and treatable conditions and causes every year. In addition, there is a high maternity mortality rate in Kenya with most mothers dying of complications like eclampsia, post-partum hermitage, and puerperal sepsis. The […]
By Lydia Gichuki The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) is now pushing the government to domicile junior secondary schools in primary schools. This call was made by KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu citing that the infrastructure in primary schools can comfortably host junior secondary without putting too much pressure on parents and Kenyans to […]
Wasichana walio na umri wa miaka kumi na miwili wanalazimishwa kuolewa na kukeketwa (FGM) haswa katika Pembe ya Afrika, huku ukame mkali zaidi katika kipindi cha miaka arobaini ukisukuma familia ukingoni. Idadi kubwa ya watoto wako katika hatari ya kuacha shule nchini Ethiopia, Kenya na Somalia, hii ni kutokana na athari za Ukame n.k. Familia […]
Serikali imezindua mpango unaolenga kukabiliana na ongezeko la matukio ya mimba za utotoni. Mpango huo uliopewa jina la Imarisha Msichana utafanyiwa majaribio katika kaunti 20 zilizochaguliwa ambazo zilipatikana kuwa na kesi nyingi zaidi. Akizungumza wakati wa uzinduzi huo, Evelyne Owuoko mwakilishi wa Waziri wa Elimu ya Awali na Elimu ya Msingi Julius Jwan, alisema kuwa, shule nane kutoka kaunti zilizochaguliwa […]
By Raisa Okwaras According to the Gabbra community of Northern Kenya’s Marsabit county, teenage pregnancies and giving birth out of wedlock are considered taboo. Girls that bear children out of wedlock are immediately cast out of the community. Also, the children get mistreated and once they grow up, children born out of wedlock are not […]
By Raisa Okwaras, The National AIDS and STI Control Program (NASCOP) yesterday named Mother-to-Child (MTC) infections as a major setback in the containment of HIV-AIDS. The National Stakeholders Meeting on HIV/AIDS Response took place yesterday June 28, 2022 where they assembled to review the advancement (or lack of) towards the fight against HIV/AIDS. During the […]
“Wanasiasa hutuhusisha kwenye siasa pale tu wanapotaka kuzusha vurugu, hapo ndipo wanakuja na pesa huku wakitutaka tuanzishe ugomvi mahali fulani.” Wycliffe mtoto kutoka maeneo ya Dandora, Jijini Nairobi analalamika jinsi wanasiasa hawawashughulishi watoto kwenye mchakato wa uchaguzi, au kuwahusisha kwa mambo yenye manufaa, kama vile kutaka kujua shida zao za kimsingi, Ila wanasiasa hawa huwapatia […]
By Raisa Okwaras The entire community of Taif Village in Garsen Constituency in Tana river county is overjoyed after KenGen constructed a now unveiled primary school named after the current president of Kenya. This came in to save the learners and teachers from the agony of having to risk their lives every time they have […]
By Lydia Gichuki Meta owned Instagram is now testing a number of new methods for age verification targeting teens. The methods will include uploading ID, video selfie and social vouching. For those who opt to use video selfie they will follow instructions on their screen to guide them. This method will utilize AI software where […]
By Raisa Okwaras At least twenty-two teenagers with the youngest being thirteen years old have been confirmed dead after a tragedy occurred while celebrating in an ill-fated club in East London City, South Africa. According to Provincial Officials of the Eastern Cape, the number included thirteen boys and eight girls. Seventeen died inside the club […]