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IGAD and EU hand over of PPEs, lab test kits to Kenyan Gov’t
By Citizen Reporter,
1421, February 8, 2021 (EAT)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the delegation of the European Union to Kenya and the United Nations Office for Project Service...
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WHO approves Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine
By CNN,
1305, January 2, 2021 (EAT)
The World Health Organization has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for lower and middle-income countries to begi...
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Kenya to receive 24M doses of COVID-19 vaccine free
By Dorcas Wangira,
1450, December 18, 2020 (EAT)
Kenya has joined other countries in the rush to secure the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the acting Director General in the Health Ministry Dr. Pa...
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Over 2 million children in Ethiopia’s Tigray in need of aid: UN
By VOA,
316, December 17, 2020 (EAT)
About 2.3 million children in the Tigray region of Ethiopia have been cut off from humanitarian assistance for over a month, the United Nations said T...
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Action urged on teenage pregnancy and HIV as new report reveals high rates in Homa Bay
By Citizen Reporter,
1116, November 27, 2020 (EAT)
Gender inequality, difficulties in accessing services and poverty are fuelling high rates of unintended pregnancies and HIV in Homa Bay, Western Kenya...
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BWIRE: After public lynching of KEMSA, what next?
By Guest Writer,
1810, November 23, 2020 (EAT)
By Victor Bwire The usual mob injustice, transactional nature and emotional approach to dealing with fraud and corruption in public institutions in...
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COVID-19 restrictions led to polio, measles outbreaks: WHO
By VOA,
1451, November 7, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Friday the COVID-19 pandemic’s restrictions and demands on resources have stifled immunization programs, ...
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Raila faults judiciary over order on reopening of schools
By George Amolo,
1716, October 11, 2020 (EAT)
ODM leader Raila Odinga has criticised the Judiciary over a recent ruling on reopening of schools in the country. Also Read: Schools to be reopened...
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OPINION: Why we’re uniting in support of African girl leaders to beat AIDS, shift power
By Guest Writer,
1308, October 11, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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UNICEF launches investigations after employee accused of assaulting, racially abusing Kenyans
By Ian Omondi,
1214, September 16, 2020 (EAT)
UNICEF has launched investigations into an incident where one of their employees is said to have stormed a private post-wedding party at an apartment ...
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OPINION: The right to live free from violence is a basic human right even as we battle COVID-19
By Guest Writer,
1051, August 28, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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WHO says children aged 12 and over should wear masks like adults
By Reuters,
926, August 23, 2020 (EAT)
The World Health Organization (WHO) said children aged 12 and over should wear masks to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic under the same conditions as...
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Futures destroyed: COVID-19 unleashes ‘shadow pandemics’ on Africa’s girls
By Reuters,
1629, August 21, 2020 (EAT)
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...
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Africa Health Officials call for children to return to school
By VOA,
1348, August 21, 2020 (EAT)
Experts from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund say it's urgent and essential that children across the A...
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Abdulrazzaq Hussein is third winner of Unsung hero campaign
By Citizen Reporter,
1915, August 12, 2020 (EAT)
The Wangari Maathai Foundation has announced the third winner of the Unsung hero campaign as Abdulrazzaq Hussein. The 27-year-old young change-make...
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India records 1 million cases of COVID-19… and it’s the poorest who are hardest hit
By CNN,
1106, July 17, 2020 (EAT)
India passed 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases Friday, after its health ministry reported a record 34,956 new infections in just 24 hours. As...
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Kayole Starlets are making soap amid football break
By Geoffrey Mwamburi,
1727, July 11, 2020 (EAT)
With all sporting activities in the country paused and teams feeling the negative financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, clubs have been forced to...
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Five dead in new Ebola outbreak
By CNN,
825, June 2, 2020 (EAT)
Five people, including a 15-year-old girl, have died of Ebola in a fresh outbreak of the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations...
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Girls unable to access sanitary pads during COVID-19 pandemic – Migori Woman Rep
By George Juma,
1309, May 24, 2020 (EAT)
Migori Woman Rep Pamela Odhiambo is urging the Education Ministry to release sanitary pads which had already been purchased for learners for distribut...
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Children at increased risk of harm online during global COVID-19 pandemic – UNICEF
By Citizen Reporter,
1130, May 23, 2020 (EAT)
Millions of children are at increased risk of harm as their lives move increasingly online during lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF and partne...
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