OPINION: Let’s adopt a Red Warrior mentality, talk openly about menstrual health

By Guest Writer,

By Janet Mbugua A year ago today, I convened the Menstrual Health Inclusion Conference, one of the first of its kind, aimed at bringing together di...

menstrual health management , MHM , periods , sanitary pads

US talk show legend Larry King dies aged 87 after catching coronavirus

By Agencies,

American talk show legend Larry King has died aged 87. He passed away this morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles after a battle wit...

Chinese celebrity accused of abandoning two babies in the US

By Tonny Ndungu,

At first, it seemed like a classic celebrity romance. Zheng Shuang, 29, was one of China's most popular actresses after shooting to fame a decade a...

All learners to resume classes Monday, President Kenyatta says

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has said all learners will resume classes on January 4, 2021 even as teachers raised concern over COVID-19 safety protocols. ...

BBI , magoha , ruto , schools

Only 41 per cent of Kenyans will take a COVID-19 vaccine, new poll shows

By Ian Omondi,

A new poll by TIFA Research has shown that only 41 per cent of Kenyans will take a COVID-19 vaccine without any objection. The poll revealed that 1...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , TIFA Research , vaccine

Managerial jobs decline as Kenyans take up remote work: report

By Kepha Muiruri,

The demand for managerial jobs has shrunk during the COVID-19 pandemic following an acceleration of remote work in recent months. According to a ju...

brighter monday , coronavirus , jobs , remote work

OPINION: Nurses, doctors and everyone else employed under UHC must be paid

By Guest Writer,

By Catherine Maina If you have followed my writing long enough, you know I call out injustice without mincing my words. You also know I accord ...

Doctors , Nurses , strike , Universal Health Care

Banks put on the spot for mimicking ‘rogue’ digital lenders

By Kepha Muiruri,

Commercial banks have been put on the spot for resembling digital lenders by saddling Kenyans with exorbitant mobile loans. This is as the traditio...

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) , fuliza , Kenya Bankers Association (KBA)

Biden fractures foot after slipping while playing with his dog

By VOA,

President-elect Joe Biden has hairline fractures in his "mid-foot" and will "likely require a walking boot for several weeks," his doctor said in a st...

Biden

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: National Adoption Awareness Month: Recognising this family building option

By Guest Writer,

By Mercy Ndirangu Traditional African culture expects a couple to sire children upon marriage failure to which societal pressure can lead to a brea...

National Adoption , National Council for Children Services

South Africa’s smallholder farmer journey growing GM maize

By Guest Writer,

By: Verenardo Meeme Sixty-four-year-old Motlatsi Musi, from South Western Townships (SOWETO), has been farming since he was 12 in a venture that ha...

African money transfer firms thrive as pandemic spurs online remittances

By Reuters,

Having fled an economic implosion in his native Zimbabwe, Brighton Takawira was able to support his mother back home with modest earnings from a small...

coronavirus , money transfer , mpesa

Trump, Biden engage in spirited last debate before Election

By VOA,

U.S. Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, engaged in a spirited debate Thursday night jus...

us election

Pope Francis says homosexuals should be covered by civil union laws

By Reuters,

Pope Francis says in a film released on Wednesday that homosexuals should be protected by civil union laws, in some of the clearest language he has us...

homosexuals , Rafiki

Ex-KPA boss Daniel Manduku, co-accused Juma Fadhili to pay Ksh.12M cash bail each

By Gatete Njoroge,

Former Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) boss Daniel Manduku and Works officer Juma Fadhili have been freed on Ksh. 12million cash bail each. This after ...

KPA , manduku

Five-year-old boy with prosthetic legs raises Ksh.100M for hospital that saved his life

By CNN,

A 5-year-old boy with two prosthetic legs has raised more than £1 million ($1.2 million, slightly over Ksh.100 million) for the hospital that saved h...

Evelina London Children's Hospital , National Health Service , Tony Hudgell

OPINION: Who would have thought that one global crisis would forever change the way humans worked?

By Guest Writer,

By Kagwe Kibugu Ever since COVID-19 ushered people into their respective homes and away from offices, work has rapidly shifted from desks and cubic...

‘Adopt a Family’ campaign pairs wealthy with less fortunate during COVID-19 lockdown

By VOA,

In Nairobi's Kibera neighborhood, those who depend on day-to-day wages have been hit hardest by the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Wh...

adopt a family , coronavirus , Kibera