Woman charged with demanding rent from dead man’s property

By Sophie Njagi,

A 59-year-old retired primary school teacher was on Friday charged with falsifying property documents belonging to dead businessman in Nairobi. Mar...

Johnson Miringu Kagondu , Margaret Wangari Kamande

Ivory Coast passes legislation encouraged by Ivanka Trump

By VOA,

Ivanka Trump is applauding the recent passage of legislation in Ivory Coast related to changes she pushed during her April trip to Africa. The coun...

Ivanka Trump , Ivory Coast , women empowerment

African nations urged to enforce family laws to protect women

By Reuters,

Women and girls in African nations are still being pushed into forced or early marriages, while those in unhappy unions face discrimination when seeki...

Sauti Ya Wanawake , Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR)

1 in 3 married women have no say over healthcare: UN report

By VOA,

Three million women live in places where rape in marriages are not criminalized, a UN Women report says. Additionally, one in five countries have d...

gender equality , UN Women

Inside the disturbing Facebook timeline of State House fence jumper

By Wangui Ngechu,

Brian Kibet Bera, the man who was shot and injured as he jumped over the State House fence had allegedly threatened to attack President Uhuru Kenyatta...

Brian Kibet Bera , President Uhuru Kenyatta , State House intruder

Billionaire Robert F. Smith promises to pay off U.S college students’ loans

By CNN,

Morehouse College seniors got a surprise Sunday when billionaire investor Robert F. Smith announced during his commencement speech that he would pay...

Morehouse College , Robert F. Smith , Vista Equity Partners.

Kenyans react to ruling on land inheritance for married women

By Martin Munene,

The country is abuzz after a ruling by a Nyeri court affirming the right of married women in inheritance of their father's land. On Thursday, react...

land inheritance , married women inheritance

Kijana Wamalwa property tussle: Children now sue CS Wamalwa

By Citizen Reporter,

The last born daughter of the late former Vice President Michael Kijana Wamalwa has filed for a restraining order against Devolution Cabinet Secretary...

Eugene Wamalwa , Yvonne Wamalwa

Sharing a husband may lead to greater wealth, health – study

By Agencies,

Children can thrive in polygamous families and are often better off than those from monogamous households in poor communities, researchers said on Mon...

marriage , RELATIONSHIPS , sharing a husband polygamy

Kenyan who grew up in a community where women rule and men are banned

By Winnie Musyoki,

Rosalina Learpoora has always been surrounded by women. At age 18, she lives in an all-women village in northern Kenya, where she spends her evenin...

men are banned , Women rule

CS Wamalwa accused of foul play in late Kijana Wamalwa’s property row

By Sam Ogina,

Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa is embroiled in an inheritance tussle over former Vice President Kijana Wamalwa’s estate. Two of Kija...

Eugene Wamalwa , Kijana Wamalwa , Michelle Wamalwa

In Africa, sickle cell patients endure pain, discrimination

By VOA,

Africans who have the blood disorder Sickle Cell Anemia met this week in the northern Cameroon town of Garoua to step up an awareness campaign. One...

Dr. Oumar Zacki , Sickle Cell Anemia , world health organization

‘New court buildings will translate to better services,’ CJ Maraga assures Kenyans

By Citizen Reporter,

Chief Justice David Maraga has assured the public that new court facilities built across the country will translate into better court services. Spe...

Chief Justice David Maraga , Governor Mwangi Wa Iria , Judicial Performance Improvement Project , Justice Kanyi Kimondo , Kigumo Law Courts , murang'a county

Duale steps up attacks on Chief Kadhi over Idd-Ul-Adha confusion

By Amos Sambu,

National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale has stepped up his attacks on the Chief Kadhi over the confusion on when the Idd-Ul-Adha festival was sup...

Aden Duale , Chief Kadhi , Idd Ul Adha

Burundi orders all unmarried couples to wed in two months

By Benjamin Muriuki,

All unmarried couples in Burundi now have less than two months to wed, failure to which they will face punishment that includes jail term. This is ...

beautiful couples , burundi orders unmarried couples to wed , couples 2017 , couples Burundi , marriage in burundi , new law on wedding in burundi , President Pierre Nkurunziza , Unmarried couples in Burundi ordered to wed by end of 2017 , wedding in burundi

India’s top court bans Islamic instant divorce

By AFP,

India's top court on Tuesday banned a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, ending a long tradition that m...

India , talaka , talaq

KIRUKU: Want to have lasting peace? Take care of pastoralists

By Anne Kiruku,

The implementation of the Common Market Protocol among pastoralist communities should be done with urgency if peaceful coexistence is to be assured, a...

KIRUKU: EA women rejoice, and I say rejoice! Our chains have been broken

By Anne Kiruku,

This Year’s International Women Day was a remarkable one for the East African Community women as the crucial Gender Bill that make provision for gen...

Rifts in ODM Kwale branch over vacant Senate seat

By Lawrence Nganga,

Rifts are emerging in the Coast region after a section of Kwale Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leaders started fronting gubernatorial aspirant, Nich...

agnes zani , CORD , Kwale County , Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya , Kwale Senator Boy Juma Boy , Mombasa County. , Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho , Nicholas Zani , odm

Governor Ruto alleges plot to grab leased land

By Citizen Team,

Bomet County Governor Isaac Ruto has alleged a plot by Jubilee leaders to grab land under plantations in his county and neighbouring Kericho County af...

Bomet County. , Isaac Ruto , Land grabbing , Land leasing , tea farming