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 […]
Come January 2023, there will be no more primary boarding schools for pupils learning in grades 1 to 9 after the government announced it will be abolished. This was announce by Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang’ at the official opening ceremony of the 18th Kenya Primary School Heads Association (KEPSHA in Mombasa. In essence, […]
The Ministry of Health has announced it will begin carrying out a measles vaccination campaign in six counties where the risk of infection is high. This was as a result of confirmed measles and rubella cases in some counties. The counties targeted by this campaign are Nairobi, Mandera, Turkana, Marsabit, West Pokot and Garissa. This […]
President William Ruto yesterday said his government is committed towards eradicating female genital mutilation (FGM) by end of his tenure. “I want to assure support from my administration in the elimination of FGM as it is retrogressive and a danger to the health of our girls,” Ruto said. He said that FGM should not be […]
Lisa Gem a grade 4 pupil at M.M Shah Primary School in Kisumu has become the youngest person to be nominated for human right defender of the year Awards at just 10 years. She is the only child among the top six nominees for the same award. Lisa she started her activism back in 2019, when […]