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 […]
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 […]
A 17 year- old boy has died in Nyamira County after being beaten by his sibling and parents over missing sh 50. According to police, the incident occurred in Iganeitambe village after the deceased’s elder brother reported his Sh50 was missing and the suspect was his younger brother. This led the brother to start a […]
More than 39 public schools and ECDE Centres in Nairobi received their title deeds after years of waiting. These title deeds were issued by Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja on Thursday where over 2,000 title deeds were issued to public institutions around Nairobi. The move is aimed at granting ownership to the schools whilst providing protection against […]
At least 38 students, and a number of civilians, have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school in Uganda. The victims were burned, shot, or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked a Lhubiriha Secondary School near the border with Congo, the local mayor said on Saturday. According to Uganda police, the […]
Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has said that schools will receive capitation funds by Friday, June 9, 2023. This comes after school heads raised an alarm over food shortage in schools saying they might soon be forced to close. The Cs was speaking on Wednesday when answering questions from Members of Parliament who queried him on […]
In Nandi County, boarding schools are struggling to keep students in school due to a serious food shortage. This has been occasioned by the high cost of living that is being witnessed in the country. The situation has been made worse by the government’s failure to disburse funds to schools coupled with parents struggling to […]
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 […]