By Raisa Okwaras, Kenya Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) George Magoha insists that the new education curriculum is demystifying the notion that boarding schools in the country are better than day schools. He highlighted this at Kariobangi North Girls’ High School last week during the commissioning of the newly built classes for the junior secondary school […]
By Raisa Okwaras Busia county is in the spotlight after reports show high rates of child abuse, including a 21 percent rate of teenage pregnancies, 3 percent higher than the national rate. The County Chief of Staff Robert Opat revealed this during a meeting in Grand Swiss Hotel in Kisumu on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. […]
Shirika Lisilo la Kiserikali (NGO) linalojulikana kama Kamati ya Kimataifa ya Maendeleo ya Watu (CISP), limeunda visanduku vya mazungumzo na vilabu vya kutetea haki za watoto katika shule mbalimbali mjini Kakamega, ambapo watoto wanaweza kueleza shida ambazo wanataka zishughulikiwe. Meneja wa programu wa CISP, Esther Waduu, amesema kwamba, vilabu vya kutetea haki za watoto vina […]
Kulingana na Ripoti ya 2021 kuhusu Watoto na Migogoro ya Kivita , angalau wasichana 5,242 na wavulana 13,663 wamekuwa wahasiriwa wa ukiukaji mkubwa, huku watoto 1600 wakiwa wahasiriwa wa ukiukaji wa mara kwa mara. Ripoti hiyo iliangazia jumla ya ukiukaji wa kuvuka mipaka wa watoto 23,982. Ujumla wa nambari hii ya ukiukaji iko sawa na idadi ya […]
By Raisa Okwaras A Kenyan lady working abroad has been left heartbroken after she returned home only to find her son in a shabby state after constantly sending home all her earnings. The money was meant to cover her son’s upkeep and other expenses. According to the mother, she works very hard to fend for […]
The United Nations describes youth as people between the age of 15 and 24 years of age. Africa has the youngest population in the world with a median age of 19.7 years. As the world marked World Youth Skills day on the 15th of this month. This year’s theme is to provide a unique opportunity […]
By Raisa Okwaras Angry Kenyans took to social media to express their disappointments and hurt after reports came in that the Kenyan government tablets initially meant for Grade One pupils were now sold on Uganda’s black market for peanuts. This came in after a sharp-sighted Kenyan spotted this on a Facebook page named ‘Uganda 2’ […]
By Raisa Okwaras Article 29 of the constitution of Kenya clearly states that every person, including a child, has the right to freedom and security, including the right not to be treated or punished in a cruel, inhuman, or degrading manner. Yet, children face cruelty and inhumanity while going about their day-to-day activities, hence interfering […]
Ujuzi wa lugha zaidi ya moja kwa watoto ni njia mojawapo ya kuwakuza na kuwawezesha kuwasiliana na watu wengi. Baraza la mawaziri la Uganda, lilipitisha utekelezaji wa kongamano ya East African Community (EAC) hapo tarehe 5 Julai. Kongamano hilo limekuwa likisisitiza Uganda kupitisha Kiswahili kama lugha ya Taifa, hii ikiwa njia moja ambayo itaweza kuleta […]
By Raisa Okwaras The Ministry of Health yesterday released new statistics which reveal that Kenya ranks third-highest in the world in teenage pregnancies. According to the statistics, one in every five women adolescents between the ages of fifteen and nineteen are already teen mothers or are pregnant with their first child. The statistics also show […]