The Judiciary will set specific dates to hear cases involving children Chief Justice Martha Koome has said. She said this today when receiving a progress report on ongoing reforms in child justice. She said other areas of focus will include decongesting remand homes, and countrywide training for Judicial Officers on the Children Act. She continued to […]
About 1000 students, 100 being students living with disabilities are set to benefit from KCB Foundation scholarships. Through an advert inviting interested persons for interviews, the foundation said a four year scholarship will be offered to bright under-privileged students joining secondary school. The interviews will be conducted on Friday January 13 and Saturday 14 January […]
Three children from Kangundo , Machakos County have died In a house fire inferno, in a suspected arson on Tuesday night. According to Kangundo sub county police commander Zachariah Bitok, the three, a boy and two girls aged six and four, were the victim of a family land feud in the family. He said their […]
Starting this week, students in Tanzania will commence taking their lessons in English after the government abolished the use of Kiswahili as the medium of instruction. Toward this end, learners, starting from January 9, will undergo orientation for eight weeks when English lessons will officially commence in schools. Assistant Director for Secondary Education in the […]
The world Health organization has raised alarm over low uptake of human papillomavirus vaccine despite more than 95 percent of cancer cases resulting from HPV. The organization say that only one out of 10 girls globally are fully vaccinated against the virus. Studies have shown that the vaccine is effective against the virus. For instant […]
A fifty- year old from Narok County has been convicted on his own guilty plea for marrying a nine-year–old girl in the year 2019. Appearing before Narok Senior Resident Magistrate Phyllis Shinyanda, Saigulu Ololosereka, told the court that the girl was offered to him for marriage by her father Senteu Ole Mareu. According to Narok […]
Primary schools with an enrolment of less than 45 learners or those lacking the basic facilities will not host junior secondary schools the Ministry of Education has said. Instead, they will act as feeder schools to other JSSs within a two-kilometre proximity. Part of a circular by the Ministry dated January 6 read, “Primary schools with […]
Alarm has been raised over increased cases of botched circumcision after 20 cases were reported across the country. Of these, one boy ,14, have died as a result of a botched circumcision in Uasin Gishu as 16 others have been treated at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital for secondary complication of infections in the last […]
A recent report indicate that 70 percent of public schools land risk being grabbed by land grabbers. This can be attributed to lack of title deeds by over 70 percent of 32,354 public schools operating in Kenya. In essence 22,648 schools don’t have title deeds, while only 9705 have titles. To counter this, the Ministry […]
Five children, their mother and grandmother were on Wednesday shot dead by their father inside a southern Utah home, USA, in a suspected murder-suicide, officials announced Thursday. The children ranged between ages 4 to 17 and included three girls and two boys. The children were identified by age as a 17-year-old girl, a 12-year-old girl, […]