Kila mtoto ana haki ya kuishi na serikali lazima ihakikishe kwa kadiri iwezekanavyo maisha mema na ukuaji wa mtoto, lakini hilo linatiliwa shaka wakati mashambulizi ya waasi wa ADF yalipogharimu maisha ya watoto 42 wasio na hatia usiku wa Juni 16, 2023. Kwa mujibu wa polisi, shule ya sekondari ya Lhubirira iliyoko Mpondwe iliyoko kilomita […]
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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 […]
To reduce complications and deaths during delivery, Meru County government has rolled out an initiative to rally pregnant mothers to seek antenatal care. This initiative is a collaboration between the county government and Child, an organization that champions maternal and newborn health. This initiative dubbed ‘Team mum pregnant women groups aims to decrease the risk of complications […]
About 315,000 grave violations against children in conflict or war were verified by the United Nations between 2005 and 2022 according to UNICEF. More than 120,000 children were killed or maimed.105, 000 others recruited or used by armed forces or armed groups, more than 32,500 were abducted and more than 16,000 children were subjected to […]
A digital biometric-based vaccination management system for newborn children has been launched in Kenya. The biometric was developed by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), NEC Corporation ( a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation), and Nagasaki University in Japan. With this, medics will be now tracking children’s vaccination until they attain five years. […]
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 […]
Hedhi ni mchakato wa kawaida katika maisha ya kila mwanamke, lakini mara nyingi hufunikwa na usiri na aibu. Takriban wanawake na wasichana milioni 9.3 nchini Kenya hupata hedhi. Mara nyingi wasichana waliofikisha umri wa kubalighi hutafuta majibu kuhusu afya yao ya hedhi ila mara nyingi huambulia patupu. Ili kukabiliana na changamoto hii, Unicef imezindua […]
Familia moja kutoka Kaunti ya Homa Bay, eneo bunge la Ndhiwa, inatafuta haki kwa binti yao mwenye umri wa miaka 17 anayedaiwa kunajisiwa na kundi la wanaume sita. Mwathiriwa kwa sasa amelazwa katika Hospitali ya Mafunzo na Rufaa ya Kaunti ya Homa Bay ambapo alikimbizwa akiwa na majeraha baada ya kisa hicho kilichotokea Jumatatu usiku […]
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, […]