Written by Chemutai Naomi On the night of Saturday 1 November 2025, tragedy struck the hilly area of Chesongoch in Rift valley region, Marakwet east – Elgeyo Marakwet county as the mudslides swept away many villages destroying homes,schools, infrastructure, destroying farms, Livestock […]
Across Kenya, many adolescent girls and young women face what experts call the “Triple Threat”, that is the combined risks of HIV infection, gender-based violence, and early pregnancy. These challenges are deeply connected, feeding off one another and often trapping girls in cycles of vulnerability. Yet, a new report titled “Tackling the Triple Threat in […]
September 2025 – The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), has launched a groundbreaking report titled RIGHTS.AI: Children’s Experiences of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Kenya. The report seeks to answer an important question: how are Kenyan children using artificial intelligence, what challenges are they facing and what changes do they want to […]
After the commemoration of International Missing Children’s Day on May 25, 2025, Kenya continues to face an alarming surge in missing children cases. Despite ongoing efforts to address this crisis, the country reported over 8,800 missing children cases in 2024, according to data from the Child Protection Information Management System. This significant increase marks a […]
Since the start of Israel’s war on Palestinian territory over eight months ago, more than 17,000 Palestinian children have lost their parents, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. The office released this information this Monday, noting that 3% of these children have lost both parents. Save the Children, a humanitarian organization, stated that around 21,000 […]
New guidelines now mandate that a missing child be reported immediately, eliminating the previous 48-hour waiting period. These guidelines, aimed at improving the reporting and tracing of missing children, were launched on Saturday during the International Missing Children’s Day celebrations at Shalom House in Dagoretti South, Nairobi. Labour and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Florence Bore […]
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is when parts of a girl’s genital area are cut or changed for reasons that are not medical. It is usually done to girls before they become adults, and can involve cutting parts or all of the external genital organs. In some cases, other harmful actions, like stitching or narrowing the […]
110,821 adolescents between ages 10 to 19 years got pregnant between January and May 2023 according to data released by Kenya Health Information Systems. Among 110,821 cases, 6,110 were among adolescents aged between 10 to 14 years while another 104,711 were between the ages of 15 and 19. This is an improvement from 2022 where […]
An additional 4 million children have been vaccinated in 2022 compared to the previous year according to data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF. Data shows that in 2022, 20.5 million children missed out on one or more vaccines delivered through routine immunization services, compared to 24.4 million children in 2021. In […]
Naam, mara nyingi kila mtu huimba, “Elimu kwa wote”, “Elimu ya bure”, ila ukweli wa mambo ni kwamba, elimu iko na bei ya juu mno, jambo linalowafanya watoto wengi wakose kupata masomo. Ahadi ya elimu ya msingi na sekondari kwa wote ni mojawapo ya Malengo ya Maendeleo Endelevu . Hata hivyo mwaka wa 2020, takriban watoto milioni 64 […]