Bomet County has unveiled a State-of-the-Art Film and Music hub for content...
Bomet County has unveiled a State-of-the-Art Film and Music hub that will give the youth an opportunity to showcase their creative works locally and globally. The facility has been established through...
View ArticlePolice seize elephant tusks worth Ksh. 10 million in Muranga
The fight against elephant poaching got another boost yesterday after police managed to recover 100 kg of elephant tusks valued over Ksh. 10million. According to a tweet by the Directorate of Criminal...
View ArticleKenya’s Post Covid Recovery has to be People -Centered NOT Coal- Centered
A post covid recovery plan should prioritise people and not a polluting coal industry, this is according to Greenpeace Africa. The Kenyan budget outlining the governments’ plans for Kenya’s Post COVID...
View ArticleNational Museums of Kenya to use BOA grant for Murumbi Heritage Collection...
The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) has been selected as a 2021 Bank of America Art Conservation Project grant recipient. The grant will fund the restoration of three artworks from the Murumbi African...
View Article10 emerging issues from Covid-19 reporting in Kenya
Lack of enough data, proper research, proper planning, and compassion towards each other are among the factors hampering the fight against Covid -19 in Kenya. These emerged at a Twitter spaces...
View ArticleKenya sanitation week to include 15 defacation counties
The Kenya Sanitation Week campaign entered its third day on Wednesday with calls for communities to prioritize hygiene and sanitation as a way of enhancing human development. The campaign which kicked...
View ArticleEnd wildlife trade to save the African lion
World Animal Protection has raised alarm on the plummeting numbers of wild African lions, part of it is as a result of global wildlife trade. Africa’s lion population has almost halved in the past 25...
View ArticleWhere to get the Covid-19 vaccine in Kenya
You will no longer have to travel long distances or suffer even longer queues thanks to the unveiling of a new list of Coronavirus vaccination sites spread all over the country and counties. In the...
View ArticleAfrica CDC to Host the Inaugural Annual Conference on Public Health in Africa...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) (www.AfricaCDC.org) has announced that the 1st International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA), which was postponed...
View ArticleCovid-19 fight in Kenya: The gains, losses and expectations
It has been almost most one and –half years later, and the fight against Covid-19 rages in Kenya albeit in a haphazard manner. As far as the gains are concerned, the schools have now opened for the...
View ArticleGreenpeace Africa demands Truthfulness in the Pesticides Conversation in Kenya
In response to a media report that farmers have petitioned the Kenyan parliament to review an EU policy that prompted a ban of the use of some pesticides before Kenya adopts it, Greenpeace Africa Food...
View ArticleKenya receives 880,460 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, a major boost to...
Kenya on Monday received 880,460 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in yet another boost to the ongoing vaccination drive that targets to vaccinate 10 million people by the end of the year. According...
View ArticlePoor pig handling leading to low quality pork on our tables -study
There is a direct relationship between how pigs are raised in the farm, transported, slaughtered and the quality of pork that we consume. According to a collaborative study released by World Animal...
View ArticleRubis energy launches scholarships for Kenyan students
More students are set to join the Rubis Energy Kenya Scholarship Fund (REKESF) this academic year. The scholarships are awarded to needy students from underprivileged homes who have performed...
View ArticleEra of leaded petrol over, eliminating a major threat to human and planetary...
When service stations in Algeria stopped providing leaded petrol in July, the use of leaded petrol ended globally. This development follows an almost two decades long campaign by the UNEP-led global...
View ArticleKenya receives 358,000 Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses amid Kagwe’s warnings...
Kenya has received a total of 358,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from Canada which is another shot in the arm needed for its vaccination efforts. The vaccines came just a few days after...
View Article141,600 doses of single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine now in Kenya
Kenya on Friday received the first consignment of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, comprising of 141,600 doses, as it ramps up the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme. The Johnson & Johnson...
View ArticleCIC Group launches Seniors Mediplan Insurance Cover
CIC Group has launched a medical cover dubbed Seniors Mediplan targeting senior citizens from the age of 60 years. While the joining age is capped at 80 years, the insured will remain on cover for life...
View Article4 million children across 14 counties are set to benefit from the National...
At least 4 million children across 14 counties are set to benefit from the National School-Based Deworming Program jointly implemented by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health with...
View ArticleFarm subsidies must favour Small Scale Farmers, not Profit-seeking Corporations
In response to a report by FAO, UNDP and UNEP that more than half a trillion of government subsidies are causing more harm than good to the farmers and the environment, Greenpeace Food campaigner...
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