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

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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

PM Modi’s master stroke empowered Kashmir youth

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By Juan Carlos Abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir has proved to be a blessing for youth in the Valley. Since, August 5, 2019 initiative...

OPINION: Leveraging the power of the digital economy to achieve Kenya Vision 2030

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By Will Meng UN Secretary-General Guterres stated: "The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global crisis since the Second World War”. The year...

Digital Economy , Huawei

PROFILE: Wanjira Mathai on continuing her mother’s legacy

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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: Safe abortions will save our future

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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: KDF – A showcase on effective communication

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By Alfred Ng’ang’a A few decades ago while growing up within the environs of military barracks’ in Nanyuki town, I remember my deep admir...

KDF

OPINION: Ability to store insulin without refrigeration a game-changer in refugee camps

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By Sharon Kiburi Management of diabetes, a condition requiring daily injection of insulin, is much easier with development of drugs that can be sto...

Diabetes , insulin , MSF

PROFILE: Jane Mutinda, career coach pulling down barriers that hinder women from leadership

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By Patience Nyange I first met Jane Mutinda in 2012. She was the Human Resource Manager as I signed my employment contract to join the British Broa...

career coach , jane mutinda

BWIRE: Men involvement in campaign FGM vital

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By Victor Bwire Efforts against some traditional harmful practices in Kenya including female genital mutilation (FGM) require not only the politica...

FGM

OPINION: U.K. can do more to strengthen security relations with Kenya

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Kenya and the United Kingdom continue to partner in key security cooperation programs exhibiting the two countries’ commitment in strengthening long...

Al Shabaab , BATUK , security , Theresa May

BWIRE: Hopefully, treatment of journalists in Kenya won’t go the Uganda Way

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By Victor Bwire Events in Uganda relating to media and journalists treatment during the campaigns, electioneering and voting for the January 14, 20...

OPINION: Covid resilience; At Egerton University, we have found ways to forge a modified path

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By Prof Rose Mwonya The year 2020 has been an eventful year for all of us following the break of the COVID-19 pandemic. For those of us in t...

Egerton University

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

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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

OPINION: Media a critical player in ending impunity in GBV

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By Victor Bwire While the Kenyan law outlaws a lot of traditional harmful practices that for many years have enabled perpetuation of gender inequal...

GBV , Two-Thirds Gender bill. , Women in news

OPINION: Recovering from COVID-19 through greater youth economic inclusion

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By Patrick Mutahi and Steven Rebello Just on nine months since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Egypt, more than 1,800,000 cases have bee...

coronavirus , youth

OPINION: A final chance at justice for survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya

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By Naitore Nyamu On December 10, the High Court in Nairobi is scheduled to finally deliver a decision on Petition 122 of 2013, which seeks to secur...

GBV , SGBV

OPINION: With COVID-19 comes an opportunity to build resilience in maternal health

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By Dr. Steve Adudans  Recently, a pregnant woman was captured on camera delivering at the gate of a health facility after allegedly being turned a...

coronavirus , maternal health , Pregnant woman

OPINION: Frontline workers who have been turned into enemies

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As Kenya marks the International Day to End Impunity Against Journalists (IDEI) on Monday, concern has grown over the rising number of journalists who...

International Day to End Impunity Against journalists , journalist , MCK

OPINION: Speak out your agony

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By Angelina Cikanda "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last," excerpts from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming." This ...

ACTED , Concern Worldwide , COVID-19 , Impact Initiatives , Oxfam in Kenya , The Kenya Red cross society , WanguKanja Foundation

KAIKAI KICKER: COVID-19, my late brother Maurice and our lessons

By Linus Kaikai,

I wish to share a personal, painful but insightful experience of the last few weeks. Exactly three weeks ago tonight, we buried my elder brother Ma...

COVID-19 , Linus Kaikai , Maurice Kaikai