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 […]
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, […]
By Raisa Okwaras, Forty-one-year-old Mariam Nabatanzi wears a lot of hats, including ‘the world’s most fertile woman’, ‘Mama Africa’, and ‘Mother Uganda’. She earned these after making headlines for giving birth to forty-four children from one man, which she terms as God’s gift. As she goes by, Maria resides in Mukono village in Mukono District, […]
Nchi sita za Jumuiya ya Afrika Mashariki – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan Kusini, Uganda na Tanzania – hivi karibuni zimehitimisha mikutano ya hadhara kuhusu mswada mpya wa afya ya uzazi na ujinsia. Wafuasi wa Mswada huo wanasema kuwa, sheria hii itaboresha upatikanaji wa afya ya ngono na uzazi ambayo, kwa upande wake, itaboresha viashirio vingine […]
By Raisa Okwaras A father of two daughters aged 18 and 13 in Tana River has been on the run after defiling his daughters for four years and five months respectively. According to a guardian who rescued the children, the culprit had been defiling the eldest daughter for over four years and the younger one […]
By Raisa Okwaras The World Vision (WV) has partnered with the Kenya National Library Services (KNLS) in launching a Lego Foundation-funded campaign dubbed ‘Build a world of Play’. The campaign aims at improving the learning experience of early education learners in Kenya. In addition, it aims at promoting an enduring love for learning through integrated […]
By Raisa Okwaras Cadbury on Friday, July 8, 2022, launched a digital library full of children’s books entailing African stories to boost the reading culture of African children by reading books that reflect their truths. Dubbed #inourownhands, the campaign brought together authors from different parts of the African continent. They teamed up to publish a […]
By Raisa Okwaras The Gambia has become the first African country to make a progressive step by launching the first digital immunization registry in Africa. This journey had begun six years ago when the plan to create a new Health Management Information System (HMIS) started. In 2016, the Gambian Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum […]
Shirika la Plan International, pamoja na Kaunti ya Homa Bay wameshirikiana na Chama cha Walemavu wa Kimwili cha Kenya (APDK) na kutoa msaada wa vifaa kwa watoto Thelathini na sita wenye ulemavu. Vifaa hivyo vyenye thamani ya KSh milioni 1.3 ni pamoja na viti maalum (viti vya magurudumu), vifaa vya kusimama, viatu vya mifupa na buti, […]