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 […]
By Raisa Okwaras The International Justice Mission (IJM) identified and trained over a hundred detectives from three selected counties in the Kenyan coast on how to identify and combat child sex trafficking. The region has been on the spotlight over the past years for various forms of the vice, which continues to destroy the lives […]
By Raisa Okwaras, The rise in cases of child labor in Bomet county continues to raise concerns to the general public. This came in following the interview of Bomet County Commissioner (CC) Beverly Opwora on Saturday, July 2, 2022. The interview brought to light the fact that some parents in the county have been engaging […]
“Wanasiasa hutuhusisha kwenye siasa pale tu wanapotaka kuzusha vurugu, hapo ndipo wanakuja na pesa huku wakitutaka tuanzishe ugomvi mahali fulani.” Wycliffe mtoto kutoka maeneo ya Dandora, Jijini Nairobi analalamika jinsi wanasiasa hawawashughulishi watoto kwenye mchakato wa uchaguzi, au kuwahusisha kwa mambo yenye manufaa, kama vile kutaka kujua shida zao za kimsingi, Ila wanasiasa hawa huwapatia […]
By Raisa Okwaras In their press release yesterday, the Joining Forces (JF) Alliance, East, and Southern Africa asked the African governments to develop and implement policies and laws protecting children from harmful practices. The JF effected this in commemoration of the Day of the African Child (2022) whose theme was Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children: […]
By Lydia Gichuki A recent study by researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine in Texas has indicated that children grow faster during school terms. They said the findings are from a five-year long experiment that included more than 3500 children. In a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, scientists reported that first-year primary school […]