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 […]
UNICEF has launched the world’s first-period tracker app for girls, Co-created with girls in Kenya. This Oky-Kenya app aims to help girls take control of their periods and their lives by providing information about menstruation in a fun, creative and positive way. The app, which first went live on the Google play store on March […]
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 […]
To help health workers in nomad communities effectively track pregnant mothers and infants, a hybrid GPS tracker innovation is in the works. The tracker is an innovation by Dahabo Adi Galgalo, a trained medical laboratory technologist-cum-epidemiologist from Marsabit County, alongside engineering experts as reported by Nation. The innovation is expected to help healthcare workers reach […]
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 […]
Wakati ulimwengu unajiandaa kuadhimisha siku ya kimataifa ya watoto waliopotea, takwimu zimeonyesha kuwa, takriban watoto 6500 hupotea kila mwaka nchini Kenya, hii ni sawa na watoto 18 kila siku. Polisi wanasema kwamba, idadi hiyo inaweza kuwa kubwa zaidi ikizingatiwa kwamba watoto wengi zaidi waliopotea hawaripotiwi kamwe. Polisi sasa wanawataka wananchi kuripoti watoto waliopotea ili kupata […]
Gavana wa Mombasa Abdulswamad Nassir ametangaza huduma za afya bila malipo kwa watoto walio na umri wa chini ya miaka mitano katika Hospitali ya Rufaa ya Pwani (CGTRH) na vituo vyake vyote vya mawasiliano. Nasir pia alifichua kuwa kaunti imeanza mipango ya kuanza kugharamia bili za matibabu kwa wagonjwa walio na mahitaji na vile vile kusajili […]
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 […]
A Form Four student at Faza Secondary School in Lamu died yesterday after being stabbed by a Form Three student during break time. Reports indicate that the 18-year-old was stabbed with a knife after the two were involved in a fight fatally injuring the victim. The suspect is a 17-year-old student at the same school […]
Recent statistics show that an estimated 13.4 million babies were born pre-term in 2020, with nearly 1 million dying from preterm complications.in addition, at least 152 million vulnerable babies were born too soon from 2010 to 2020 This is equivalent to around 1 in 10 babies born early worldwide according to a new report released […]