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, […]
Washirika wa afya wako tayari kutumia mkakati wa chanjo ya nyumba hadi nyumba ili kuhakikisha watoto walio katika maeneo ya mbali wanapokea dozi za surua-rubela. Wizara ya Afya kwa ushirikiano na Unicef na Gavi wanaendesha kampeni ya siku 10 ya chanjo katika kaunti saba zilizo hatarini zaidi za Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Turkana, Pokot Magharibi na […]
Police officers have arrested a man in Kamukunji area for defiling three minors in a lodging he had booked in the area. Police report indicates that over the weekend the man allegedly booked a room in one of the hotels within the city where he assaulted and sexually abused the three minors all aged 17. […]
Through the collaboration between the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development and Competition Authority of Kenya, the incoming grade seven pupils will study consumer rights come January next year. The learning will be through identifying consumer issues within the community and discussing possible remedies. The presentation will be in form of drama, music, spoken word, dance […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu yesterday announced that Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination results will be released next week. “Next week we are announcing KCPE examination results and you will not hear any cases of cheating under the leadership of Machogu. The grading of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is progressing well and I can […]
Nelly Cheboi, 29, on Monday won 2022 CNN Hero of the Year for her effort toward digital literacy for Kenyan schoolchildren by creating computer labs. This award seeks to recognize individuals who have an impact on society. Nelly, who in 2019 quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago to concentrate on this initiative, was […]