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

By Guest Writer,

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: 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: National exams should not be a do or die experience for pregnant learners

By Guest Writer,

During the ongoing and the just-concluded and KCSE and KCPE exams respectively, there have been many reports of pregnant girls sitting. This is sim...

kcpe , KCSE , Pregancies

PROFILE: Chris Diaz, pushing for youth to get involved in conservation

By Tony Owori,

Meet Chris Diaz, a business leader and conservationist born in Mombasa, Kenya. Through his career, Diaz has made great strides and contributed a lo...

conservation , diaz , Forest conservation

OPINION: Economy is politics, so no one should be surprised by ‘hustler’ politics

By Guest Writer,

By Harrison M. Ikunda Every sane and right thinking human being desires and deserves to live a good life. Good life is embedded in the state of ...

economy , hustler , ruto

OPINION: The workforce is changing, and HR practitioners must change with it

By Guest Writer,

By Siwar Zein The way we work has been irrevocably changed by the challenges we have been faced with in this difficult and uncertain year. Today...

COVID-19 , HR department , organisation

Ageyo’s Angle: The BBI pause

By Joe Ageyo,

On my angle this week I will speak about the BBI pause – or at least the postponement of the start of the signature collection that would have start...

BBI

OPINION: Irreducible minimums for re-opening of schools

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Nelly Yatich In general, children with COVID-19 are less likely to have severe symptoms than adults. They often experience an asymptomati...

coronavirus , schools reopening

South Africa’s smallholder farmer journey growing GM maize

By Guest Writer,

By: Verenardo Meeme Sixty-four-year-old Motlatsi Musi, from South Western Townships (SOWETO), has been farming since he was 12 in a venture that ha...

OPINION: Huduma Namba to exclude millions of Kenyans, violates court orders

By Guest Writer,

Millions of Kenyans will be excluded from Huduma Namba if the new (National Integrated Identity Management System) NIIMS rules under the Registration ...

Huduma Namba

OPINION: A wasted Damascus moment? Why the window for electoral reforms is fast closing in

By Guest Writer,

When the Supreme Court of Kenya returned its verdict on the August 8, 2017 elections, there was a general feeling that we had arrived at our road to D...

BBI , Chebukati , Chiloba , IEBC , Issack Hassan , raila , ruto

OPINION: I spent six years at UoN for Engineering degree but ended up packing bottle tops 14hrs a night

By Guest Writer,

Having spent at the University of Nairobi (UoN) studying engineering and graduating late 2019, I thought 2020 was the year ya kuomoka till corona happ...

bottle tops , engineering degree , University of Nairobi. , UoN , wyregi

OPINION: Aviation distress, KQ in familiar territory

By Joseph Bonyo,

The resumption of international flights in and out of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport from Saturday, August 1 is welcome. This shows that amids...

Kenya Airways , kq

OPINION: Celebrating the World Youth Skills Day 2020, the hard truths

By Guest Writer,

By Ramakrishnan Hariharan (Ram) The aim of World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) is to recognize the strategic importance of equipping young people with sk...

World Youth Skills Day

OPINION: Making sure Kenyans get quality services through better public finance management

By Guest Writer,

The country is feeling the economic and health impact of Covid-19 as it enters the financial year 2020/21. In times like these, as economic activity a...

COVID-19 , PFM Reform Strategy , Vision 2030.

OPINION: Will telemedicine in Kenya outlast COVID-19?

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Robert Korom Telemedicine has witnessed explosive growth globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the technology that enables tel...

MyDawa , telemedicine

DIAZ: 2020/2021 Kenya budget a short in the arm for local industry in advent of COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

In spite of having featured as one of the four thematic development pillars for Kenya over the medium, manufacturing has been seen by many observers t...

budget , coronavirus , kicotec , PPEs

ANNAN FOUNDATION: Democracy must not become the silent victim of the coronavirus pandemic

By Guest Writer,

While governments everywhere struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic and do all they can to protect public health, democracy is at risk in many p...

coronavirus , Kofi Annan Foundation , Nane Annan

DIAZ: Covid-19: Epoch of a new normal

By Guest Writer,

The coronavirus pandemic is the defining global health crisis of our time and the greatest challenge we have faced since World War II. Since its em...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , E-Learning , IMF , Zoom

OPINION: Reproductive health in a man’s world

By Guest Writer,

I do digital storytelling and new media social justice campaigns. Two years ago, the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (Femne...

contraceptive , reproductive health , sexual and reproductive health , sexual health