50-year-old man who set wife on fire after disagreement arrested in Kericho

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) based in Kericho have arrested and are currently holding a murder suspect said to hav...

Bomet County. , DCI detectives , Fire , Kericho , murder

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

New twist as cop Nancy Njeri arrested for chopping lawyer’s hands off

By Michael Mutinda,

Nancy Njeri, a police officer based at Wote Police Station has been arrested and is to be arraigned in court for attempted murder. She is accused o...

Hands chopped off , wote

Church leader who called Covid-19 ‘God’s punishment’ for same-sex marriage tests positive

By CNN,

A prominent Ukrainian church leader who previously said the COVID-19 pandemic was "God's punishment" for same-sex marriage has tested positive for the...

coronavirus

CS Tobiko attacks DP Ruto calling him a clerk

By Francis Gachuri,

The row that has been simmering in the Jubilee Party has erupted into a full scale political combat. Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko o...

DP William Ruto , Keriako Tobiko , Kipchumba Murkomen

End of Jubilee? Gloves off as DP Ruto allies now directly hit out at President Kenyatta

By Francis Gachuri,

The fallout in the Jubilee Party is almost total, with allies of Deputy President William Ruto no longer concealing the target of a vicious tirade. ...

2022 politics , David Murathe , DP William Ruto , Jubilee Party , Kipchumba Murkomen , President Uhuru Kenyatta

Murathe says DP Ruto should not be President, asks Kenyans to consider Raila

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Jubilee Vice Chairman David Murathe says Deputy President William Ruto is not the suitable person to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022. Spea...

David Murathe , Jubilee Party , President Uhuru Kenyatta , william ruto

OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19

By Guest Writer,

The right to live free from violence, to be inseparable from your right and need to keep your body to yourself, to walk unscathed from the fists of ag...

coronavirus , FGM , GBV

Barca need Messi to build new winning cycle, says technical secretary

By Reuters,

Barcelona remain keen on rebuilding their team around captain Lionel Messi and will do everything in their power to keep the Argentine forward, new te...

Barcelona , Lionel Messi , Ramon Planes , technical secretary

Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls

By Reuters,

Until the new coronavirus hit Kenya in March, 17-year-old schoolgirl Anna believed the world was hers for the taking. It didn’t matter that she l...

child marriage , coronavirus , FGM , shadow pandemic , teen pregnancies

The Lionesses: Elite all-female ranger unit patrols in Amboseli

By Reuters,

Purity Amleset Lakara has spent the year capturing armed poachers, running from an aggressive buffalo, and relaxing around a campfire reading “A Day...

all-female ranger unit , Amboseli , Olgulului conservancy

Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriage

By Reuters,

The Somali parliament has sparked outrage by replacing long-awaited legislation to protect women and girls from violence with a new bill permitting ch...

child marriage , Forced marriage , Sexual Intercourse bill , Sexual Offences bill

24-year-old arrested for stabbing husband to death in Roysambu

By Nganga Njoroge,

A 24-year-old was on Sunday evening arrested over the suspicion that she stabbed her husband to death on Sunday night in Marurui, Roysambu in a family...

Roysambu

Michelle Obama and Melinda Gates: We can’t ignore adolescent girls in Covid-19 response

By CNN,

Today should have been a school day for 15-year-old Fortunate Ayomirwoth. But for the past five months, her school has been closed. Fortunate now s...

adolescent girls , defilement , early marriage , Fortunate Ayomirwoth , rape , sexual violence , teenage pregnancy

Man kills lover with a belt, hangs self in Nakuru

By Robert Maina,

A middle-aged man in Nakuru killed his lover before killing himself on Friday night in a love gone sour. The man only identified as Njuguna reporte...

Two thirds of girls are married before 18th birthday in Homa Bay, Migori, Meru

By Citizen Reporter,

Child marriage is the number one driver of teen pregnancies in the country, according to a new report titled the State of Kenya Population 2020. An...

child marriage

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith confirm her involvement with August Alsina

By CNN,

Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith "never ever thought that we would make it back." But the couple came together for a special Friday edition of her...

August Alsina , Jada Pinkett Smith , Red Table Talk , Will Smith

Garden weddings limited to 15 people as marriage services resume

By Citizen Reporter,

Garden weddings have been limited to 15 people while private ceremonies at the Attorney General's office will now have only two witnesses. Also Rea...

coronavirus , Garden weddings , marriage services

Refugees in Africa face hunger as COVID-19 worsens food shortages, agencies warn

By Citizen Reporter,

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters – as well as supply ch...

coronavirus , refugees , UNHCR , WFP