PROFILE: Wavi Mungala redefining her career through integrity, tenacity

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange Wavi Mungala has over 15 years of experience across the hospitality, banking and public sectors in Kenya and the U.S. She is ...

wavi mungala

PROFILE: Jane Gitau, opening doors for other women

By Guest Writer,

Jane Gitau is the Head of Corporate Communication at the Kenya Seed Company and the Chair of Greenbelt Movement, Kenya. She is a Chevening Scholar ...

greenbelt , maathai

BWIRE: Review Statistics Act to facilitate data driven policy making at county level

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire That Kenya still relies on national legal framework on data collection and management while operating a devolved governance structu...

OPINION: Sex education the perfect pill to cure rampant teen pregnancies

By Guest Writer,

By Serah Kamau As learners troop back to school after a nine-month break thanks to the Covid-19 outbreak, hundreds of girls will remain at home bec...

sex education , teen pregnancies

UK abolishes ‘tampon tax’ on menstrual products

By CNN,

The UK has abolished the 5% rate of value-added-tax (VAT) on menstrual products, known as the tampon tax. It means that from January 1, period prod...

MENSTRUATION , sanitary pads , Tampons

PROFILE: Caren Wakoli mentoring youth to eradicate poverty

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange and Esther Kiragu Caren Wakoli is the Executive Director at Emerging Leaders Foundation. She calls herself a student of life,...

Caren Wakoli , Emerging Leaders Foundation , YALI

PROFILE: TI Kenya boss Sheila Masinde going the extra mile

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange The spotlight today is on Sheila Masinde, the Executive Director of Transparency International, Kenya. Well, I heard of Sheil...

sheila masinde , Transparency international

PROFILE: Celebrating Jedidah Wakonyo Waruhiu, Kenya’s ICJ Jurist of the Year

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange Jedidah Wakonyo Waruhiu was recently declared the 2020 Jurist of the Year. The Jurist of the Year Award is held annually and ...

Jedidah Wakonyo Waruhiu , KNCHR

Year in review: Court cases for FKF and a contentious election

By Jacob Icia,

@icia_jacob When the Covid-19 pandemic stopped every football activity from March and for the better part of 2020, one aspect of the beautiful game c...

FKF , Nick Mwendwa

MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos donates Ksh.468B to 384 organisations

By CNN,

MacKenzie Scott announced on Tuesday her second major charitable contribution of the year, giving away nearly $4.2 billion (Ksh. 468.72billion) to 384...

Amazon , bezos

UNDP, CRAWN Trust push for increased access to maternal, child health services

By Rachel Ombaka,

Lack of access to maternal, child health services as well as poor provider attitudes have largely contributed to maternal deaths in Nairobi. Also Rea...

coronavirus , infant mortality , maternal deaths , Pumwani , Universal Health Coverage

Uhuru lauds Maendeleo ya Wanawake for fighting for women’s rights

By PSCU,

President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Maendeleo ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO) for its frontline role in fighting for women’s rights in Kenya. ...

kobia , Maendeleo Ya Wanaume Organization , UNFPA , women's rights

Year in Review: Malkia Strikers braved it all to qualify for Olympics

By Stanley Mativo,

Stanley Mutinda Chief volleyball writer Despite the “Grand-Bluff” that was the year 2020,  thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic which has br...

2020 in Review , Cameroon , Janet Wanaja , Malkia Strikers , Paul Bitok , Sealed Olympics Games ticket , YEAR IN REVIEW

Four petitioners awarded Ksh.16M in post-election sexual violence case

By Rachel Ombaka,

The High Court has awarded four petitioners Ksh.16million as damages for violation of their constitutional rights during the 2007 post-election chaos....

2007/08 Post Election Violence , GBV , naitore nyamu , physicians for health , SGBV

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

Tigray fighting is spiraling out of control, U.N. Human Rights chief warns

By VOA,

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, warns that fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is spiraling out of control...

Abiy Ahmed , Ethiopia , tigray

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

OPINION: Recovering from COVID-19 through greater youth economic inclusion

By Guest Writer,

By Patrick Mutahi and Steven Rebello Just on nine months since the first case of COVID-19 was recorded in Egypt, more than 1,800,000 cases have bee...

coronavirus , youth

OPINION: A final chance at justice for survivors of post-election sexual violence in Kenya

By Guest Writer,

By Naitore Nyamu On December 10, the High Court in Nairobi is scheduled to finally deliver a decision on Petition 122 of 2013, which seeks to secur...

GBV , SGBV

OPINION: A salute to Kentice Tikolo for leading the way for women behind you

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange I love it when a Kenyan woman is excellently causing disruption and challenging the status quo. This is a story about Kentice Ti...

Kentice Tikolo