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

Three school girls among them Class 7 pupil rescued after getting married in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

Police in Kirinyaga County have rescued three students from early marriage in Gichugu Constituency. Speaking on Thursday morning, Gichugu Sub-count...

Kirinyaga County.

33 missing children found in anti-human trafficking operation in Southern California

By CNN,

Thirty-three missing children were recovered this month in an anti-human trafficking operation led by FBI's Los Angeles field office, the bureau said ...

South California

Black boxes located at Indonesian airliner crash site

By CNN,

Rescuers searching for the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger jet that crashed into the ocean with 62 people on board on Saturday say they have locat...

Siaya: Two families in agony after their school-going kids disappeared

By George Amolo,

As schools plan to reopen next week, some two families in Ugenya and Ugunja sub-counties in Siaya are worried about the fate of their children who wen...

Middle-aged woman arrested in Kiambu on suspicion of luring teens into a porn ring

By Gikunga Kariuki,

There was drama in Kiambu on Tuesday after police officers swooped into a rental apartment, arresting an unidentified woman on suspicion of child abus...

crime

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 probing cartel luring high school girls to party orgies

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) are investigating an online cartel that has allegedly been luring high school girls f...

DCI

‘Lost’ Class 5 girl abducts two kids after a Chuka family housed her

By Citizen Reporter,

Barely days after a child-trafficking syndicate was foiled in Nairobi, a family in Chuka is making a desperate appeal to member of the public to volun...

missing kids

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

Bodies of two boys reported missing found floating in River Sagana, hours apart

By Theuri Mbogo,

The bodies of two children who were reported missing a week ago were on Sunday found floating on River Sagana. One of the bodies was sighted on the...

River Sagana

10 more cases of COVID-19 at Maranda, parents urged not to worry

By George Amolo,

The number of COVID-19 cases at Maranda High School has reached 11. This is after 10 more cases were discovered from 28 samples that were collected...

coronavirus , maranda

Opening of schools in doubt over surge of COVID-19 infections

By Chemutai Goin,

This is the new reality in schools; infections and death. Leah Chelagat Kulei was a tutor at Olmarai Secondary School in Baringo county.  She died...

coronavirus , schools

Mystery of Nairobi man who left home in February never to return

By Mashirima Kapombe,

A family in Riruta, Nairobi County, is in agony over the mysterious disappearance of a 46-year-old man who was last seen in February this year. The...

Kabete Police Station , Missing person , murder , mystery

Mother, 1-year-old son drown while attempting to cross swollen Lokesem river in Marigat

By Bernadine Tiemoi,

A mother and her young child who were previously reported missing drowned in the Lokesem river in Marigat, reports say. The two are said to have di...

Lokesem river

Cops arrest suspect ‘Vasco’ who reportedly eloped with Class 8 girl reported missing

By Tonny Ndungu,

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have arrested Marcos Menza Masumbuko in connection with the disappearance of a 13-year-old cla...