Kenyans yet to embrace family members, friends who struggle with mental illness

By Wambui Kihara,

A family in Central Kenya who recently prepared to bury their kin was in shock after the church informed them it would not take part in the ceremony b...

depression , Kenya Counselling & Psychological Association , Mental Health , suicide

Kiprop lays it all bare in first ever interview after tweets uproar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Three-time World 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop has hailed the Inspector General (IG) of Police Hillary Mutyambai for the big role he played when he was ...

Doping ban , EPO , IAAF , IG Hillary Mutyambai f , tweets

Five suspects to be arraigned for allegedly gang-raping 13-year-old girl

By Allan Irungu,

Five suspects are set to be arraigned in court on Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping and gang-raping a 13-year-old girl in Hola, Tana River County. T...

gang rape , Hola , Tana River

Parent sues Moi Girls School for suspending ‘daydreaming’ daughter

By Dzuya Walter,

A parent has sued Moi Girls School, Nairobi, for suspending his daughter from school for allegedly daydreaming. The parent said he was called on Ja...

Amani Counselling Centre , Daydream , Moi Girls School

CNN: Kenyans show force of unity after dusitD2 attack

By CNN,

Kenyans are standing together in the wake of a terrorist attack where at least 21 people were killed after armed men stormed a hotel complex in the Na...

14 riverside attack , Al Shabaab , dusitD2

All 94 missing persons in Riverside terror attack accounted for – Kenya Red Cross

By Allan Irungu,

All persons who had been reported following the 14 Riverside Drive terror attack have been accounted for, according to the Kenya Red Cross. In a pr...

14 Riverside , dusitD2 , Kenya Red Cross , Riverside terror attack

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta to relaunch marathon after 2-year break

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta will on Tuesday relaunch the First Lady’s Half Marathon (FLHM) after a two-year break. The FLHM is one of the key fu...

beyond zero , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta , FLHM , Mother to Child Transmission

Woman gets 6yrs in jail for forcing FGM on twin daughters

By Reuters,

A woman in central Kenya was jailed for six years for forcing her 13-year-old twin daughters to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) in a rare conv...

FGM

Narok County Gov’t orders school girls checked for FGM, pregnancy

By Reuben Motochi,

The Narok County Government has said all school girls will be medically checked for evidence of Female Genital Mulation (FGM) and pregnancy. Area C...

FGM , Narok County , Natembeya

Gunmen attack Red Cross vehicle in Garissa

By Vincent Maruga,

One person is nursing gunshot wounds, while three others escaped unhurt, after unknown people attacked a Kenya Red Cross vehicle at Ruqa area in Ijara...

Garissa County , Ijara , Kenya Red Cross Secretary General Dr Abbas Gullet , Red Cross .

Uhuru urges police to redeem image from ‘most corrupt’ to ‘most respected’

By Ian Omondi,

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday said the recent integration of the Regular and Administration Police formations is aimed at improving efficiency i...

IPOA , National Police Service Commission , Police reforms , President Uhuru Kenyatta

First Lady Beyond Zero campaign targets women with fistula

By PSCU,

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta will on Wednesday officially kick off the Beyond Zero Campaign that will cater to women and girls who require treatment ...

Beyond Zero Campaign , First Lady Margaret Kenyatta

KDF officer stabs 2-year-old son to death

By Kaitano Nyongesa,

An officer from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) killed his two-year-old son and then stabbed himself in Bungoma on Sunday night. Kennedy Simiyu is s...

Bungoma North district , Kenya Defence Force (KDF) , village of Makunga , Webuye Hospital

PrEP demystified: Is the daily HIV pill meant for you?

By Eric Ndubi,

The adoption of the HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) pill by Kenya earlier this month has heralded a new dawn in the fight against HIV/Aids in the ...

condomless , Condoms In Schools , HIV , Hiv and AIDS , Is taking the daily HIV pill the right choice for you? , Man kills daughter for shoplifting condoms , Post-Exposure Prophylaxis , PrEP , Sexually Transmitted Diseases , STD , World Health Organisation (WHO)

NDUBI: ‘Betting illiteracy’ for rookie bettors…

By Eric Ndubi,

Are you a sports junkie? No worries really, you only have insatiable interest or devotion to a particular sport or an array of sporting activities, th...

BetIn , Betting Control and Licensing Board , Financial Literacy , Jackpot , money , Money Management , mpesa , Multibet , poverty , SportPesa , SportPesa Jackpot , Sports Betting , Sports Betting Craze , suicide , Unemployed Graduate , Youth unemployment

IDPs dumped in Nakuru under unclear circumstances

By Jacques Masea,

Over 40 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who are part of more than 100 IDPs who had been camping outside National Assembly Buildings in Nairobi are...

IDPS , Nakuru.

NDUBI: Discord in CORD a road to ‘glorious failure’

By Eric Ndubi,

It is now agreeable that the opposition coalition was stronger nearly four years ago in the run-up to the 2013 General Election. But the biggest ch...

2017 general election , CORD , Discord in Cord , FORD KENYA , IEBC , JUBILEE , Jubilee Party , kalonzo musyoka , Moses Wetangula , odinga , odm , raila , raila odinga , william ruto , WIPER , Wiper Democratic Movement

HIV-positive Ugandan women complain of forced sterilisation

By Reuters,

Ida, 29, was six months pregnant when she suddenly felt abdominal pains and went to a government hospital in Kampala. Like all pregnant women in Ug...

AIDS , HIV , sterilisation , uganda

KIRUKU: Randy teachers deserve whipping at morning assemblies

By Anne Kiruku,

This year, the Teachers Service Commission, the body mandated with managing teachers’ affairs in Kenya, has already suspended 22 teachers for engagi...

WANDIA: When consent is abused to justify FGM

By Agencies,

By Mary Wandia, FGM Program Manager, Equality Now 5,307 kilometers and eight hours by air is what separates Kenya from Liberia, however regardless ...