MANAMIKE: The daughter my mother wanted

By Guest Writer,

By Tariro Manamike  The relationship between mother and daughter is an interesting, loving and complicated. For her, I had to be educated, get a d...

manamike

OPINION: Denying boys and girls timely information about reproductive health is a tragedy

By Guest Writer,

By Elijah Magaiwa Last year, a 17-year-old girl from my home area of Kuria West in Migori County, got a backdoor and ended up losing her womb. Whe...

reproductive health

Jane Marriott: Decision to add Kenya to UK ‘red list’ based on science

By Guest Writer,

By Jane Marriott, British High Commissioner to Kenya The COVID-19 pandemic has been going on for over a year now. The damage has been immense: live...

coronavirus , Red list , UK

70 Form Four boys kicked out of school after breaking into girls school in Nakuru

By James Matheri,

70 Form Four students from the Anestar Boys High School in Nakuru who broke into the Anestar Precious Girls Secondary School have been kicked out of t...

form four

OPINION: We need youth advocates now more than ever

By Rachel Ombaka,

We often associate advocacy with a dramatic event or impassioned cause and tend to think of advocacy on large scales, such as the rise of youth moveme...

Janet Mbugua

OPINION: Age appropriate sex education can be life saving

By Guest Writer,

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a lot of adolescents and young people remain and stay in homes: some are bored at home and always on their ...

GBV , sex education , SRHR

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

PROFILE: Judy Kihumba, bridging the gap for mothers whose hearing is impaired

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu This week in the Kenya Women Series we feature Judy Kihumba, a sign language interpreter; communicator; passio...

Judy Kihumba

Fundraiser for baby Ayah Lundt, who needs world’s most expensive drug to save her life, hits Ksh.146M

By Ian Omondi,

Ayah Lundt, a 14-month-old baby who was diagnosed with a condition called spinal muscular atrophy and now needs the world’s most expensive drug to...

ayah lundt , Frank Lundt , Mary Mithika , Spinal muscular atrophy , Zolgensma

15-year-old girl arrested for procuring abortion, dumping foetus in toilet

By Ian Omondi,

Police officers in Kabartonjo are presently holding a 15-year-old suspect for allegedly procuring an abortion and dumping the foetus in a pit latrine....

abortion , foetus , Kabartonjo

Innocent man spends 44 years in prison. He says his life worth more than Ksh.81 million

By CNN,

Ronnie Long sat in jail in North Carolina for 44 years for a crime he didn't commit, and now he is planning to fight a law that says he is only owed $...

KCPE results to be released within the next two weeks

By Citizen Reporter,

Results for the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams will be out in two weeks. Education CS George Magoha says that marking of ...

kcpe

Ronaldo’s armband auctioned to help Serbian baby

By Agencies,

Cristiano Ronaldo's moment of frustration at a controversial decision in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday is turning into something positive. Th...

Cristiano Ronaldo , Ronaldo armband

Serbia’s firefighters auction Ronaldo’s armband to help sick boy

By Reuters,

The Portugal captain’s armband which Cristiano Ronaldo angrily threw on the ground after his goal was incorrectly disallowed in a soccer World Cup q...

armband , Cristiano Ronaldo , Djordje Vukicevic , Serbia

Varsity student among 15 arrested over exam malpractices

By Tonny Ndungu,

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has now confirmed that 15 people have been arrested for assisting in cheating during the ongoing K.C.S...

Education CS Magoha

Ayah Lundt is 14 months old and needs a drug that costs Ksh.230M to save her life

By CNN,

For the first few months of her life, Ayah Lundt was the picture of health. Born in January last year at a whopping 8.3 pounds, the bubbly baby gir...

lundt , Spinal muscular atrophy , Zolgensma

Parents who apply for adoption of children will now get one month leave with full pay

By PSCU,

Parents who apply for adoption of children will now get one month pre-adoptive leave with full pay after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the ...

OPINION: But Mr. President, you forgot something important …

By Guest Writer,

By Florence Machio So we have all been treated to a flurry of clarifications after President Uhuru Kenyatta's address to the nation on Saturday Mar...

coronavirus , curfew

Woman charged in court for conning Dutch National Ksh.2.9M in dubious surrogacy deal

By Tonny Ndungu,

A woman has been charged with defrauding a foreigner of Ksh2.9 million on pretext that she would offer surrogacy services through her fertility centre...

Dutch National , surrogacy

OPINION: Public commitments against FGM must trickle down

By Guest Writer,

By Elijah Bosco The recent High Court ruling upholding the ban on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has given a much-needed boost organizations and i...

FGM