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Migori couple awarded for using contraceptives
By Citizen Team,
926, September 27, 2019 (EAT)
A Migori couple was on Thursday awarded as the county celebrated World Contraceptive Day. Chacha Mwita and his wife Rebecca were recognized as the ...
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22 teenagers infected with HIV/AIDS daily, Health Ministry says
By Citizen Reporter,
1347, September 25, 2019 (EAT)
It has now emerged that 22 adolescents countrywide are getting infected with HIV/AIDS daily. The report released by the Ministry of Health on Wedne...
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Sierra Leone school defies state ban on pregnant girls in class
By Reuters,
1205, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
When Mariatu Sesay realised she was pregnant at 14, one thing scared her more than the social isolation she felt in the classroom: Sierra Leone law ba...
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Police arrest boy, 13 and his 15-year-old pregnant girlfriend in Migori
By George Juma,
1812, March 25, 2019 (EAT)
Police in Migori are holding two teenagers, a 13-year-old boy and his 15-year-old pregnant girlfriend. The two, who hail from Kakaro village in Suna ...
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Pregnant Form Three student found dead in Narok lodging
By Andrew Langat,
1513, February 23, 2019 (EAT)
A Form Three student has been found dead at a lodging in Narok County. Confirming the incident, area chief Titus Tonui identified the girl as a stu...
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Kenya’s stringent laws limit access to safe abortions
By VOA,
1102, February 8, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan health officials say unsafe abortions are common in the east African nation with nearly half a million in one recent year. Abortion is prohi...
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Bondo sub county sets up plan to curb school dropout rate
By George Amolo,
1300, January 2, 2019 (EAT)
Bondo sub county plans to reintroduce a campaign dubbed Operation Back to School in a bid to curb high dropout rates in the region due to teenage preg...
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Over 4,000 gays infected with HIV in Kilifi County
By Rob Liban,
1631, December 2, 2018 (EAT)
The spread of HIV & AIDS among gay couples and teenagers in Kilifi County has hit alarming rates that have shocked health officials. Kilifi Cou...
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Magoha wants pornography sites blocked in Kenya
By Citizen Reporter,
1332, November 28, 2018 (EAT)
George Magoha, the Kenya National Examinations Council boss, wants pornography sites blocked in the country. According to him, such websites are to...
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CS Amina introduces App to track teenage pregnancies
By Sharon Nkonge,
1421, November 21, 2018 (EAT)
Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed on Wednesday said that the government has developed a digital app that will be used to gather data on pregna...
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KCPE: 4 have results cancelled as 26 teachers to be punished over irregularities
By Wycliffe Nyamasege,
1656, November 19, 2018 (EAT)
Only four candidates out of the over 1 million who sat the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination will miss their results due...
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Police officer caught with KCSE candidate in lodging
By Andrew Langat,
1522, November 14, 2018 (EAT)
An Administration Police (AP) officer and a KCSE candidate in Kilgoris, Narok County are in police custody after they were arrested in a lodging on Tu...
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Naked selfies. Blackmail. Then it got worse
By CNN,
1742, November 11, 2018 (EAT)
When model and socialite Judith Heard was asked to pay $3,000 in blackmail money to stop her stolen nude selfies being published online, she said her ...
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‘Stop millitarizing exams,’ KUPPET tells gov’t
By Daniel Korir,
1426, November 11, 2018 (EAT)
Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (KUPPET) has accused the government of millitarizing national examinations under the pretext of curbing malpracti...
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Health PS Tum roots for sex education in schools
By Cyrus Sholim,
1328, November 9, 2018 (EAT)
Health Principal Secretary Peter Tum on Thursday pitched for sex and behavioral education in schools in a bid to curb increasing cases of teenage preg...
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Shock as 13,000 school girls fall pregnant in Kilifi this year
By Zomolo Wanje,
1130, November 5, 2018 (EAT)
A disturbing statistic has been revealed in Kilifi involving teenage girls in the county. As public debate rages on over the high rate of teenage p...
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Gov’t alarmed by high rate of teenage pregnancies in primary schools
By Wycliffe Nyamasege,
1802, November 1, 2018 (EAT)
Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed has ordered investigations into the high cases of teenage pregnancies witnessed across the country during t...
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Gov’t bans discos in Siaya County ahead of KCPE, KCSE
By George Amolo,
1726, October 20, 2018 (EAT)
Siaya County Commissioner Michael Ole Tialal has banned all discos in the region ahead of this year’s national examinations. This he said would g...
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Charity denies promoting teen abortions after Kenya bans radio ad
By Reuters,
1910, September 18, 2018 (EAT)
International charity Marie Stopes on Monday denied promoting abortions to teenage girls in Kenya after the government banned a radio advertisement, s...
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Kilifi men ‘cannot buy sanitary towels’
By Citizen,
1428, May 30, 2018 (EAT)
By Abchun Abdi Majority of Kilifi county men cannot buy sanitary towels or talk about sexual reproductive health with their adolescent girls, a rep...
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