OPINION: Youth demand inclusion in selection of CJ and Supreme Court Judge

By Guest Writer,

By Raphael Obonyo Meaningful public participation in the recruitment of Chief Justice (CJ), Judges and Judicial reforms is critically important. ...

JSC , Judiciary , youth

OPINION: Denying boys and girls timely information about reproductive health is a tragedy

By Guest Writer,

By Elijah Magaiwa Last year, a 17-year-old girl from my home area of Kuria West in Migori County, got a backdoor and ended up losing her womb. Whe...

reproductive health

Jane Marriott: Decision to add Kenya to UK ‘red list’ based on science

By Guest Writer,

By Jane Marriott, British High Commissioner to Kenya The COVID-19 pandemic has been going on for over a year now. The damage has been immense: live...

coronavirus , Red list , UK

OPINION: Are COVID-19 vaccines safe?

By Guest Writer,

In January 2018, Nobert Pardi et al. wrote a paper in the journal Nature reviewing the use of mRNA vaccines. By the time this paper was in print, seve...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , COVID-19 , mRNA , vaccine

OPINION: What working from home means for women amid pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Rachael Onyango The global pandemic accelerated adoption of technology, that spurred remote working. With the rise of COVID-19 cases, containmen...

coronavirus , Gender inequality , working from home

OPINION: GBV survivors and those at risk should be considered when setting up policies for social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

The third wave of COVID-19 has hit Kenyans hard with the effects of the pandemic getting worse by the day. Ministry of Health officials recently so...

coronavirus , Danida , GBV , Oxfam

OPINION: Say no to victim blaming and shaming of GBV survivors

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Women and girls continue to face life-threatening situations in their daily social, educational, economical and personal lives from...

GBV

Remembering Lorna Irungu-Macharia, through the eyes of her loved ones

By Guest Writer,

By Edwin Macharia Lorna Irungu-Macharia was the loving wife of Edwin Macharia and mother of Nancy Mumbi Macharia. Daughter of the late Festus G Iru...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , Edwin MachariaLupus , Lorna Irungu-Macharia

OPINION: My experience with COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai

By Guest Writer,

By Wanjiru Kihusa On Tuesday, I received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine: Sinopharm to be precise. A lot has been said about COVID-19 vac...

coronavirus , sinopharm , vaccine

OPINION: Public commitments against FGM must trickle down

By Guest Writer,

By Elijah Bosco The recent High Court ruling upholding the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has given a much-needed boost organizations and i...

FGM

OPINION: Work is a space not a place and self care is a must do

By Guest Writer,

Sanda Ojiambo was appointed as Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative in M...

sanda ojiambo

OBITUARY: Robin – radio legend, gentle-giant and friend gone too soon

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swilain Nairobi “The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose,” Myles Munroe, the Bahamian televangelist who die...

Covid-18 , death , Radio Managing Editor , RMS mourns , Robin Njogu , Royal Media Services

OPINION: With vaccine deliveries across Africa, the race for equity begins

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Solomon Zewdu On February 24, 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Accra, Ghana. Two days later, another 504,000 doses arrived in Ab...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , coronavirus , covax , COVID-19 , GAVI , vaccine

PROFILE: Wanjira Mathai on continuing her mother’s legacy

By Guest Writer,

Africa Environment Day, also marks Wangari Maathai Day that celebrates the work of Kenyan environmentalist Prof. Wangari Maathai. In 2004, Prof. Ma...

Green Belt Movement , maathai , wanjira mathai

OPINION: What has made my 13-year marriage successful

By Guest Writer,

By Wambui Onyango I recently celebrated my 13 years in marriage. So many people asked me to share some notes on what has made my marriage successfu...

marriage

OPINION: Safe abortions will save our future

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Every year almost half of all pregnancies - 121 million - are unintended. This is according to the World Health Organization report...

abortion , global gag rule

OPINION: Slum upgrading in Kenya – what are the conditions for success?

By Reuters,

By Jane Weru and William Cobbett Earlier this month, the Canadian High Commissioner hosted a roundtable to showcase the upgrading of Mukuru. The...

mukuru , slum upgrading

Uyghur activists seek international community support to build pressure on China

By Guest Writer,

By Juan Carlos Global pop icons and celebrities are increasingly voicing support for human right violations, pro-democracy protests in Honk Kong, f...

Gov’t employees, farmers stirs rock Pakistan

By Agencies,

By Juan Carlos Facing economic distress and rising prices of essential commodities, government employees and farmers have launched their separate s...

OPINION: Crisis pregnancy centres not the solution for rape survivors

By Guest Writer,

The emergence of crisis pregnancy centres in Kenya is a problematic solution to survivors of sexual violence who are pregnant as a result of rape or e...

pregnancy centres