The world’s biggest producer is running out of COVID-19 vaccines

By CNN,

In India, the world's biggest vaccine producer, millions of people are waiting for Covid-19 vaccines amid a devastating second wave of infections. ...

AstraZeneca , coronavirus , COVID-19 , vaccine

Japan Olympic adviser urges Covid-19 vaccine option for athletes

By Reuters,

A health adviser to Japan’s Olympic committee said on Tuesday athletes should have the option of getting COVID-19 vaccines, days after public outcry...

COVID-19 , JAPAN , Olympic , Vanccine

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

OPINION: No emotive approach to FGM, medicalization still rife

By Guest Writer,

By Maria Wanza  There was jubilation when a petitioner, Dr Tatu Kamau, had her case thrown out of court. She had petitioned the court in 2017, cha...

FGM , Tatu Kamau

UN condemns ‘mass murder’ in Myanmar after 114 killed in one day

By CNN,

Two top UN officials condemned Myanmar's military junta on Sunday in the wake of the bloodiest day of protests yet against the military coup that over...

Myanmar

President Uhuru Kenyatta receives the COVID-19 vaccine

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has received the COVID-19 vaccine alongside members of his Cabinet and other senior State officials. The Head of State was...

covid-19 vaccine

President Kenyatta directs all Cabinet members to get the COVID-19 vaccine

By Benjamin Muriuki,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed the entire Cabinet and Executive Office to get the COVID-19 vaccine as the government scales up the roll out exe...

President Uhuru Kenyatta

Gov’t expands COVID-19 vaccine priority list to include persons aged 58 and above

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Ministry of Health has resolved to include persons aged 58 years and above among those prioritised in the going COVID-19 vaccination exercise. ...

covid-19 vaccine

COVID-19: KEPSA urges Gov’t to review curfew hours to 9pm-4am

By Ian Omondi,

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has issued the government with proposals of additional measures to be instituted for the next 3 weeks aimed ...

Carole Kariuki Karuga , coronavirus , COVID-19 , curfew , KEPSA

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

Calm returns in Isiolo after 3 days of clashes between two communities

By Elphas Lagat,

Leaders and elders in Isiolo County on Sunday held peace meetings to restore calm in the area that has witnessed three days of clashes between the Mer...

borana , Isiolo town , meru

OPINION: Women belong in all spaces where decisions are being made

By Guest Writer,

When women are silenced, we deny them their human rights, we take the power of choice away from them, we subject them to harmful cultural practices, w...

international women's day

High Bt maize yields impress Kenyan farmers

By Guest Writer,

By Verenardo Meeme Kenyan farmers, impressed by the high yields realized in GMO open field trials, are urging the government to speed up the proces...

Bt Maize

OPINION: Crisis pregnancy centres not the solution for rape survivors

By Guest Writer,

The emergence of crisis pregnancy centres in Kenya is a problematic solution to survivors of sexual violence who are pregnant as a result of rape or e...

pregnancy centres

‘They’re not special!’ Provost says politicians should not be allowed to speak in church

By Ian Omondi,

Vocal All Saints Cathedral Provost Rev. Canon Sammy Wainaina has come out to say politicians should not be given a chance to speak in places of worshi...

All Saints Cathedral , BBI , Provost Rev. Canon Sammy Wainaina

Kiambu murders: Parents urged to monitor children as Warunge family of four laid to rest

By Hassan Mugambi,

U.S-based businessman Nicholas Warunge, his wife, son and nephew were on Saturday afternoon buried at their home in Karura Ka Murimu area of Kiambu Co...

Karura Ka Murimu , Kiambu County , Lawrence Warunge , murder , Nicholas Warunge

OPINION: Why we must handle teen pregnancy as a gender justice issue

By Guest Writer,

By Ngare Kariuki It is a gross injustice that many girls will not report back to school because they got pregnant during the COVID-19 lockdown. ...

coronavirus , teen pregnancy

U.N. says human rights must be at core of COVID-19 recovery

By VOA,

The U.N. high commissioner for human rights has issued a call to action for international Human Rights Day to build back in a more sustainable and j...

coronavirus , human rights

Kirinyaga County steps up COVID-19 prevention campaigns

By Citizen Reporter,

The Kirinyaga County Government has launched an accelerated COVID-19 prevention campaign program in a bid to contain the spread of the virus at the co...

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