OPINION: CS Magoha should not ignore social role of schools

By Guest Writer,

By Calvince Orwa The recent closure of schools for the second time, in the wake of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, should prompt us to thi...

magoha

OPINION: Gender agenda – a reflection of hurdles women in media face

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By Judie Kaberia A few years ago, while working as a parliamentary reporter for one of Kenya’s radio stations, my then editor asked me to track d...

newsrooms , sexual harassment

OPINION: Address child labor link between Covid-19 and teen pregnancies

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By Khadija Deyie  As the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic makes its way into other counties beyond the 'disease-infected area', another epidemi...

child labour , coronavirus , teen pregnancies

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

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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: We need youth advocates now more than ever

By Rachel Ombaka,

We often associate advocacy with a dramatic event or impassioned cause and tend to think of advocacy on large scales, such as the rise of youth moveme...

Janet Mbugua

OPINION: Age appropriate sex education can be life saving

By Guest Writer,

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a lot of adolescents and young people remain and stay in homes: some are bored at home and always on their ...

GBV , sex education , SRHR

OPINION: Are COVID-19 vaccines safe?

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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: 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

Lockdown round 2: Now what for employees and business owners?

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On Friday 26 th March 2021, President Kenyatta announced the cessation of movement by air, road and rail movement in and out of Nairobi, Kajiado, Mach...

coronavirus

OPINION: But Mr. President, you forgot something important …

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By Florence Machio So we have all been treated to a flurry of clarifications after President Uhuru Kenyatta's address to the nation on Saturday Mar...

coronavirus , curfew

OPINION – Working from home: Is it time to say goodbye to work-life balance?

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By Dinnah Ondari The COVID-19 pandemic has made working from home the new normal, that is, for institutions and professionals whose operations allo...

COVID-19 , pandemic , working from home

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

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

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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: Why is the media so afraid to talk about sexual harassment?

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By Melanie Walker International Women’s Day presented an opportunity for us to think about gender equality and the long and often frustrating mar...

sexual harassment , WAN-IFRA

OPINION: Kenya’s big opportunity as it takes up EAC leadership mantle

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By Chris Diaz This past month has seen Kenya effectively take up the mantle of leading the integration of the East African Community (EAC). This...

East African Community

OPINION: Women belong in all spaces where decisions are being made

By Guest Writer,

When women are silenced, we deny them their human rights, we take the power of choice away from them, we subject them to harmful cultural practices, w...

international women's day

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

OPINION: Women’s subpar representation in national economic sphere is unacceptable

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By Liberty Kituu With women making up over half of Kenya’s population, their subpar representation in the national economic sphere is less than a...

coronavirus , economy , two thirds gender rule

Politician, activists, businesses join fight against China’s abuses in Xinjiang

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By Juan Carlos No matter how strongly China attempts to hide the genocide it perpetrated on ethnic minority in Xinjiang province, by even calling i...