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

OPINION: Media and civil society need to have synergy

By Guest Writer,

By Maria Wanza Journalists have been urged to use gender disaggregated data as they write, publish or broadcast stories on women and girls empowerm...

gender , Journalists , media , women

Media personality Janet Mbugua named international gender champion

By Rachel Ombaka,

Kenyan media personality Janet Mbugua, who is the Founder of Inua Dada Foundation, has been named an International Gender Champion (IGC). She joins...

Inua Dada Foundation , Janet Mbugua

Waiguru leads county in celebrating women’s day as she drums up support for BBI

By Johnson Muriithi,

Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru on Monday led the county’s women in celebrating the International Women’s Day at Kerugoya Stadium. The e...

OPINION: Women’s subpar representation in national economic sphere is unacceptable

By Guest Writer,

By Liberty Kituu With women making up over half of Kenya’s population, their subpar representation in the national economic sphere is less than a...

coronavirus , economy , two thirds gender rule

‘Believe in the power of technology,’ says Huawei’s Catherine Chen

By Agencies,

Technology holds significant benefits for humanity, and digital technology can be an indispensable tool for helping the United Nations achieve its Sus...

Huawei

Safaricom, Always among top 100 most loved brands by women: study

By Citizen Reporter,

Safaricom, Equity and Always are among the top 100 most loved brands by women, a study by market research firm Ipsos and BSD Group has revealed. Na...

BSD Group , Equity , IPSOS , Safaricom

Kirinyaga County polytechnic heads trained on new TVET curriculum

By Boniface Thuku,

Kirinyaga County Youth Polytechnic Principals and their deputies have undergone training on the Competence Based Education and Training (CBET) curricu...

Tens of thousands sign petition against Tokyo Games chief after sexist comments

By Reuters,

A petition calling for action against Yoshiro Mori, head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee who caused an uproar with sexist comments, gathere...

olympics , sexism , sexist remarks , Tokyo 2020 , Yoshiro Mori

Tokyo Olympics chief retracts sexist comments, refuses to resign

By Reuters,

Tokyo Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori on Thursday apologised for sexist comments about women talking too much, but said he would not resign, even as his r...

olympics , Tokyo 2020 , Yoshiro Mori

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

PROFILE: Ngele Ali, holding space for communities to use their own voices

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kirago Ngele Ali is an award-winning media, communications for development and advocacy expert with over 20 years of ...

ngele ali

Africa must risk capital for its youth, Adesina urges

By Citizen Reporter,

Africa must leverage investment to unleash the potential and ingenuity of its youth, its most important asset, African development Bank President Akin...

adesina , African Development Bank , African youth , CLIMATE CHANGE

OPINION: Media a critical player in ending impunity in GBV

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire While the Kenyan law outlaws a lot of traditional harmful practices that for many years have enabled perpetuation of gender inequal...

GBV , Two-Thirds Gender bill. , Women in news

‘Corona ikianza tulikuwa na kazi, lakini sasa hatuna’: Why Albert Otieno and Beatrice Mbendo now depend on social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

Albert Otieno, 32, lives with his mother, two children and a cousin in Kayole, one of Nairobi County's most densely populated estates. Also Read: T...

coronavirus , Oxfam

Open Letter from women of Kenya to Chief Justice David Maraga

By Guest Writer,

We, the undersigned women, women associations, women's rights organisations and gender equality advocates in Kenya, being representatives of women in ...

Maraga , Two Thirds Gender Principle

OPINION: Will telemedicine in Kenya outlast COVID-19?

By Guest Writer,

By Dr. Robert Korom Telemedicine has witnessed explosive growth globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the technology that enables tel...

MyDawa , telemedicine

Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya

By Dorcas Wangira,

Kenya loses an estimated Ksh. 30billion every year in tax evasion, unlicensed goods and counterfeit, according to various studies. The country is t...

mobile phones , phones , smartphones

In 1911, another epidemic swept through China. That time, the world came together

By CNN,

In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Its origins appeared to be related to the trade in wild animals, ...

china , Lockdowns , Quarantine , The Great Manchurian Plague , who

BWIRE: Kenya media has done well on coronavirus ‘infodemic’

By Victor Bwire,

By Victor Bwire The media in Kenya in general and journalists in particular have done well in focusing the current health challenges facing the cou...