BWIRE: Review Statistics Act to facilitate data driven policy making at county level

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire That Kenya still relies on national legal framework on data collection and management while operating a devolved governance structu...

Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa apologises over offensive remarks

By Citizen Reporter,

Malindi Member of Parliament Aisha Jumwa has apologised to all those offended by her alleged reckless remarks during the recently concluded Msambweni ...

Aisha Jumwa , EDWIN SIFUNA , Msambweni by-election , NCIC

ODM Sec-Gen Edwin Sifuna apologises for insulting MP Aisha Jumwa

By Benjamin Muriuki,

ODM Party Secretary General Edwin Sifuna has apologised over insulting remarks he made against Malindi Member of Parliament Aisha Jumwa. Sifuna sai...

Aisha Jumwa , EDWIN SIFUNA

OPINION: Recovering from COVID-19 through greater youth economic inclusion

By Guest Writer,

By Patrick Mutahi and Steven Rebello Just on nine months since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Egypt, more than 1,800,000 cases have bee...

coronavirus , youth

Take charge of the country’s destiny, Uhuru tells Kenyan youth

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenyan youth to stop shying away from pertinent national issues saying time had come for them to take charge of the...

Uhuru

OPINION: A final chance at justice for survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Naitore Nyamu On December 10, the High Court in Nairobi is scheduled to finally deliver a decision on Petition 122 of 2013, which seeks to secur...

GBV , SGBV

President Uhuru Kenyatta: We must eliminate the idea that women are sexual objects

By Rachel Ombaka,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Kenyans to step up the fight against gender based violence (GBV) saying women must be treated with respect. ...

GBV , sexual harassment , SGBV

HIV Exposed Infants graduate after two-year prevention program in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

About 170 children from Kirinyaga County have graduated from HIV Exposed Infants (HEI) program after successfully going through a two-year program aim...

HIV/AIDS , Kirinyaga

British envoy Jane Marriott reveals how she survived sexual assault

By Rachel Ombaka,

British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has revealed her own sexual assault experience that occurred 17 years ago. Also Read: Domestic vio...

GBV , sexual harassment , SGBV

Action urged on teenage pregnancy and HIV as new report reveals high rates in Homa Bay

By Citizen Reporter,

Gender inequality, difficulties in accessing services and poverty are fuelling high rates of unintended pregnancies and HIV in Homa Bay, Western Kenya...

HIV

NGEC raises concern over rising cases of domestic violence, sexual harassment

By Rachel Ombaka,

The National Gender and Equality Commission has expressed concern over emerging  trends of domestic violence and sexual harassment directed to women,...

coronavirus , GBV , gender based violence , NGEC , sexual harassment

Kenya’s LGBTQ community faces increased abuse during pandemic

By VOA,

Kenya has acknowledged that COVID-19 restrictions are fueling cases of gender-based-violence but has been less open on abuses against the LGBTQ commun...

coronavirus , LGBTQ

African governance worsens for first time in a decade: survey

By Reuters,

Africa’s governance performance worsened in 2019 for the first time in nearly a decade due to a broad deterioration in the areas of human rights, se...

African Governance , Ibrahim Index of African Governance

OPINION: The unspoken inequality of the COVID-19 pandemic

By Guest Writer,

By Levi Gikandi 243 days ago, on a feverishly hot Wednesday afternoon, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta stood in the manicured State House grounds w...

coronavirus , inequality , inua jamii , Kibera , Oxfam

Kenyan NGO SHOFCO recognised for helping the needy amid COVID-19 pandemic

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) has been ranked as the top known organization that has provided assistance to the needy since COVID-19 hit Kenya...

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

COVID-19 fuels surge in sexual violence, child marriage

By VOA,

Fresh out of university, Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi was living in the southern Nigerian state of Rivers when she was sexually assaulted. A housemate...

coronavirus

OPINION: Why we’re uniting in support of African girl leaders to beat AIDS, shift power

By Guest Writer,

The International Day of the Girl Child on October 11 is a call for us to reflect on our responsibilities. 25 years ago, governments adopted the hi...

FGM , GBV , Girl-Child , International day of the girl child

Abuse and harassment driving girls off social media – global survey

By Citizen Reporter,

Girls and young women worldwide are demanding urgent action from social media companies after a landmark survey has revealed more than half (58%) have...

Online Harassment , social media

OPINION: Speak out your agony

By Sponsored,

By Angelina Cikanda "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last," excerpts from William Butler Yeats' poem "The Second Coming." This ...

ACTED , Concern Worldwide , COVID-19 , Impact Initiatives , Oxfam in Kenya , The Kenya Red cross society , WanguKanja Foundation