Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on Friday revealed that President William Ruto will announce in December whether the Grade six pupils will join junior secondary or will continue to the next grade in their respective primary schools. ‘One of the areas we are working on is on transition of Grade Six learners to junior secondary […]
Grief has engulfed Mugoiri Girls High School in Murang’a County after a form four student drowned during a school trip on Sunday November 6. It is reported that the tragic accident happened when 380 candidates had gone for a retreat dubbed steam off session in preparation to the upcoming national exam later this month. The […]
A recent report by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics indicates that school going girls in the country are likely to drop out at the age of 17. Dropout rate among girls stands at 6.5 percent while that of boys of the same age stands at 5.9 percent. These high dropout levels among girls especially in […]
Chief Justice Martha Koome has said this year’s Children Service Month will prioritize clearing of backlog of children cases that have been in courts beyond the statutory six months period. This she said today during the launch of this year’s Children Service Month at the Supreme Court. This month is dedicated to sensitize the public […]
The CBC review team appointed by President William Ruto today started engaging the public in an exercise expected to continue for the next two weeks. The engagement forum will be conducted across the 47 counties from 8 am to 10 am from November 1 to Friday, November 11. The Prof. Raphael Munavu led taskforce started […]
Eight students from two secondary schools in Kisii County were on Friday arrested on suspicion of planning a sex party. As reported by Nation Africa three of them are from Nduru Girls High School and five are boys from St Joseph’s Nyabigena High School. Together with a student from Kisii National Polytechnic, the students were […]
The Senate Health Committee will today meet Travis Maina’s mother with an aim of kick starting investigating into her baby’s death at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) with a Fork Jembe lodged in his head. Also the senate will be investigating the death of Edward Otieno, who died at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital due to alleged […]
A Catholic brother has been arrested and charged at Kibera Law Court over links to child trafficking after he was found in possession of 13 minors without proper documentation. As reported by The Star Kenya, the brother identified as John Boniface was detained for 10 days by Kibera senior resident magistrate William Tulel after the […]
Director of Public Prosecution ,DPP ,Noordin Haji has recommended that 12 police bosses, including a commissioner be charged with serious crimes over an array of crimes including the death of Samantha Pendo, also known as Baby Pendo, in 2017 in Kisumu. Baby Pendo was killed by anti-riot police during a confrontation with demonstrators who protested […]
Over 16.4 million or 67 percent of children in Kenya are living with the dual impacts of poverty and the climate change emergency, according to new research by Save the Children. Moreover, 150 million children across East and Southern Africa are also facing the same tragedy of poverty and climate disaster. Kenya ranks 10th highest […]