LSK sounds alarm over rising murder, insecurity cases

By Citizen Reporter,

The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has raised concerns about the country's growing cases of insecurity, unexplained disappearances, and heinous murders. ...

barasa , LSK

Edith Kamaru Kwobah, girl from Ndeiya who dressed bodies to get money for medical school

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Susan Adongo Her first shift was on a Thursday night. “I wasn’t sure what to wear,” Edith Kamaru told me. But it didn’t matter becau...

edith kamaru

Slain NLC official Jennifer Wambua laid to rest

By Enock Muswii,

Jennifer Wambua, who was killed by unknown people and her body dumped at Ngong forest, has been laid to rest. She was buried at her family farm in ...

Government Advertising Agency , NLC

Ex-KDF officer Peter Mugure seeks to represent himself in wife’s murder case

By Ian Omondi,

Former KDF officer Peter Mugure, the main suspect in the murder of his wife Joyce Syombua and their two children, on Wednesday appeared before a Nyer...

Joyce Syombua , Justice Jairus Ngaah , murder , Peter Mugure

PROFILE: Maryana Munyendo amplifies voices of missing children in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Maryana Munyendo is a Child Safety Education Consultant, Founder and Executive Director of Missing Child Kenya...

Missing Child Kenya , munyendo

Exiled in Kenya, Stella Nyanzi continues to speak out

By VOA,

As a child, Stella Nyanzi’s parents fled from then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada in the 1970s, forcing her to live in Kenya as a refugee for five ...

bobi , Museveni , Stella Nyanzi , uganda

BWIRE: Men involvement in campaign FGM vital

By Guest Writer,

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

FGM

OPINION: Why we must handle teen pregnancy as a gender justice issue

By Guest Writer,

By Ngare Kariuki It is a gross injustice that many girls will not report back to school because they got pregnant during the COVID-19 lockdown. ...

coronavirus , teen pregnancy

PROFILE: Caren Wakoli mentoring youth to eradicate poverty

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Caren Wakoli is the Executive Director at Emerging Leaders Foundation. She calls herself a student of life,...

Caren Wakoli , Emerging Leaders Foundation , YALI

Detectives recover Ksh.52,000 from one of the rescued girls’ phone

By Gatete Njoroge,

Detectives are investigating a child trafficking syndicate targeting secondary school girls for sexual exploitation by enticing them to join modeling ...

child trafficking , DCI George Kinoti

DCI detectives rescue 3 of the 7 teenage girls reported missing in Nairobi

By Tonny Ndungu,

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI)  detectives drawn from the Child-protection unit have rescued 3 of the 7 girls who went missing from...

Kenya raises security at children’s homes, hospitals after trafficking scandal

By VOA,

Kenya is increasing security at children's homes and hospitals after three medical officers were charged Wednesday with child trafficking. Also Rea...

baby stealers , BBC Africa eye , child trafficking

Gov’t to probe child trafficking syndicate after BBC exposé ‘The Baby Stealers’

By Erick Owenga,

The government has set up a multi-agency to probe child trafficking syndicate exposed by 'The Baby Stealers' BBC Africa Eye documentary. Labour and...

baby stealers , child trafficking , Maryana Munyendo , Missing Child Kenya

Buying a baby on Nairobi’s black market

By Guest Writer,

By Peter Murimi, Joel Gunter and Tom Watson  Babies are being stolen to order in Kenya to feed a thriving black market. Africa Eye infiltrated the...

BBC , BBC Africa eye , Black Market , Mama Lucy , Missing Child Kenya , Nairobi

OPINION: Women facing domestic violence during COVID-19 need access to safety now more than ever

By Guest Writer,

By Christine Ogutu and Wangu Kanja “My husband beat me up and threw me out into the streets in the wee hours of the night with my two children,�...

coronavirus , domestic violence , GBV

Cancer treatment clinic opened in Makueni County

By Citizen Reporter,

Makueni County on Thursday opened doors to its first cancer treatment and management clinic at the Makueni Referral Hospital, Wote. The clinic is c...

Makueni

Two families cry for help after 4 sons disappear mysteriously in Nakuru

By Maryanne Nyambura,

Two families in Nakuru County are living in uncertainty following the mysterious disappearance of 4 brothers in separate incidents over the last two w...

Kijabe Girls High School , Nakuru County

Governor Waiguru donates sanitary pads as part of empowering the girl child

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is undertaking a sanitary pads drive as part of a program to empower the girl child. At a function held at Kiamugum...

Governor Waiguru , Kirinyaga County.

Golden Obiri ponders plans for Olympics and beyond

By World Athletics,

Hellen Obiri came close to walking away from the sport eight years ago. Aged 22 at the time, was so disappointed with her performance at the 2012 O...

Hellen Obiri , olympics , Personal Best

#MaraBarricade: Mara Ngenche Camp risks demolition over wildebeest migration

By Sam Gituku,

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala recently ordered for the removal of a high end tented camp in the Maasai Mara National Reserve say...

Maasai Mara , Mara Ngenche Camp , narok