Articles by Dorcas Wangira

Women in Business: Rose Mwebi fights to stay afloat amid COVID-19

1054, October 31, 2020 (EAT)

Rose Mwebi, 42, steels herself everyday to keep her business ventures in Kenya's Kisii County afloat at the time of a global pandemic. She cannot a...

’13-year-old Monicah Atieno who went missing in August was being trailed,’ father says

1057, October 30, 2020 (EAT)

A family in Kariobangi North is appealing to the government for help in finding their daughter who disappeared three months ago. Monicah Atieno, a ...

Kembi Gitura in heated exchange with Senators over KEMSA saga

1217, August 29, 2020 (EAT)

A Senate committee has directed for another special audit on how the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) appropriated funds for COVID-19 supplies...

WHO raises concern over rising COVID-19 cases in Kenya

1107, August 13, 2020 (EAT)

The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns over the rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in Kenya, which they attribute to laxity and lack of...

Bar owners oppose proposed COVID-19 rules

1014, July 23, 2020 (EAT)

The proposed sale of alcoholic drinks rules which seeks to ban the sale of alcohol to sit-in customers in public places has sparked uproar with restau...

Coronavirus poses threat to people living with diabetes

1221, July 12, 2020 (EAT)

45-year-old Thomas Nyandoro Kauzi, who lives in Surungai, Kapsabet, Nandi county has been living with diabetes and hypertension since 2008. He work...

New recommendations push schools’ re-opening to 2021 over COVID-19

1055, July 2, 2020 (EAT)

The planned re-opening of primary and secondary schools has been deferred. The new recommendation presented to the president proposes to have schoo...

Why babies below 2 years should not wear face masks

1044, May 15, 2020 (EAT)

Even as the world adapts to a new normal of wearing face masks, Centres for Disease Control globally maintain that children aged below two years shoul...

Fighting fakes: Mobile phones the most counterfeited goods in Kenya

1551, June 1, 2020 (EAT)

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

Babu Owino moved to Gigiri Police Station after arrest over DJ Evolve’s shooting

1350, January 18, 2020 (EAT)

Embakasi MP Paul Ongili alias Babu Owino has been transferred to the Gigiri Police Station. Also Read: CCTV footage believed to be from Babu Owino ...

Family of boy ran over by Ruto convoy say DP ‘did not honour his word’

2224, July 20, 2019 (EAT)

Sidney Mambala’s life was tragically cut short when he was knocked down by a car in DP William Ruto convoy in Budalang’i, Busia. One month late...

Nairobi School prefects: 12-member team to probe assault allegations

1133, July 10, 2019 (EAT)

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday formed a 12-member team to investigate claims that a Form 2 student at Nairobi School was assaulted by prefects. ...

Nairobi School on the spot after student allegedly assaulted by prefects

1207, July 9, 2019 (EAT)

A Form 2 student at Nairobi School is facing urgent brain surgery after he was allegedly assaulted, a consultant radiologist’s report has revealed. ...

Mangororo: Shame of sorry state of public schools

859, May 10, 2019 (EAT)

Images of children sitting on stones in a flooded classroom at Mangororo Primary School in Kilifi has angered the country. Dilapidated mud-floored ...

9 hospitals under probe after Citizen TV expose on detained women

1253, March 28, 2019 (EAT)

The Ministry of Health has formed a special team to probe cases of patients detained for failing to pay hospital bills. In a circular seen by Citiz...

KCPE Pupils at St.George's Primary School in the exam hall

Head teachers propose fee increment, say condition in schools dire

1143, March 23, 2019 (EAT)

Secondary school head teachers maintain that school fees should be increased if schools are to be run effectively. According to the Kenya Secondary...

Mother accused of scalding daughter with boiling water

1025, February 27, 2019 (EAT)

A woman in Nairobi is accused of brutally assaulting her 12-year-old daughter by pouring boiling water on her and shaving parts of her head with a kit...

No birth certificate, ID, Passport for those not registered in NIIMS

1123, January 31, 2019 (EAT)

The government now says you will not get any government services, nor obtain an ID, passport, driving licenses or even a birth certificate if you aren...