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 […]