The Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that increases paternity leave from four to seven days for male workers. The MPs said they borrowed a leaf from Kenya that accords male working employees two weeks for paternity leave, New Vision reported. …it is important that more time be accorded to male employees to help their […]
At least 6,841 children were reported missing in Kenya in the last 10 months alone according to the data from the government. This was revealed by Labour Cabinet Secretary Florence Bore during the commemoration of International Missing Children Day yesterday. She added that 1,296 have been reunited with their families so far. However, she said, […]
A recent report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a United States public organization, shows that climate change has dire physical and mental health implications for children. They include elevated rates of respiratory diseases, organ failure, seizures, and increased infection rates, For instance, the organization says, children cannot regulate their body temperature as efficiently as […]
More than 7 million children under the age of 5 in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are currently malnourished and are in need of urgent nutrition support according to UNICEF. In addition over 1.9 million children are at risk of dying from severe malnutrition. This has been occasioned by the drought that has been termed as […]
A family from Lugala Village in Khwisero Constituency, Kakamega County is mourning the death of their one-and-a-half-year-old baby died in mysterious circumstances. Her body was found on the rooftop of a neighbor’s toilet on Sunday two days after disappearing from her home on Friday. It was reported that Gloria Andayi disappeared when her mother Velma […]
More than 30 schools damaged during banditry in Kerio Valley in Rift Valley will be rebuilt by Kenya Defense Forces after President William Ruto gave this directive. This comes after the government’s initiative to restore peace in the region in the ongoing operations in an area experiencing banditry activities. The president directed that Sh100 million […]
Over 450,000 children in Sudan have been displaced internally and externally in the ongoing violence occasioned by rival military forces. According to UNICEF, an estimated 82,000 children have fled to neighboring countries and approximately 368,000 more are displaced inside the country. In addition, at least nine children have reportedly been killed and more than 50 […]
Afghanistan inasalia kuwa miongoni mwa maeneo ambayo yamepata majanga mabaya zaidi ya kibinadamu duniani huku Shirika la Kutetea Haki za Binadamu la Human Rights Watch katika ripoti ya hivi majuzi lilisema kwamba thuluthi mbili ya wakazi wa nchi ya Afghanistan wana uhaba wa chakula. “Afghanistan kwa kiasi kikubwa imetoweka kutoka kwa vyombo vya habari, lakini […]
Mkataba wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa Haki za Mtoto katika utangulizi wake unasema “…mtoto, kwa ajili ya ukuaji kamili na wenye uwiano wa utu wake, anapaswa kukua katika mazingira ya familia, katika mazingira ya furaha, upendo na uelewano”. Haki hii imesalia kuwa ngumu kwa takriban watoto 40,000 ambao wanaripotiwa kuhifadhiwa katika taasisi za watoto za […]
Sixty percent of bodies being exhumed in Shakahola forest are those of children a report privy to our newsroom indicates. This was echoed by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki three weeks ago when he visited the crime scene in Kilifi County. Currently, 133 bodies have been exhumed as the government embarks on the second phase […]