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Innovation hub equips 63 Kisumu youths with digital skills

At least 63 youths have benefit from a digital skill project targeting cyber security and data analytics. The youths drawn from across the country graduated...

Gutted Trade Part 3: A ‘Controlled Market’: Monopolies, corruption and difficulty accessing licenses shut out most Ugandans from the maw trade

This reporting project was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In Uganda, Chinese demand for the Nile perch swim bladder, termed “fish maw,” is driving over-fishing...

Gutted Trade PART 2: A Smuggling Route Reversed: Uganda no longer the region’s maw processing hub

This reporting project was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In Uganda, the hunt for fish maw is driving depletion of the country’s Nile perch population....

Gutted Trade: How the hunt for swim bladder to supply Asian markets is failing Uganda’s fishing industry

From medicinal soups to holiday gifts, fish maw from Uganda feeds huge Chinese demand. But the once thriving industry, awash with cartels and black...

Sh1 billion Kisumu Poly textile techno centre now ready for students

There is light at the end of the tunnel for textile industry players as Kisumu National Polytechnic prepares to roll out student enrollment in...

Focus on safety as YEGO digital taxi enters Kisumu market

YEGO Mobility Kenya has launched it's digital taxi services in Kisumu with key focus on safety of drivers and riders taking centre stage. With over...

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Learning on uneven ground: Inside inclusive early learning in Kakamega

A random visit to early childhood education centres in Kenya, you are likely to meet learners as young...

Rethinking retirement in Kenya: Balancing dignity, security and purpose

By Chrispine Oduma A prominent Kenyan media personality started a very interesting conversation on retirement age. Giddy posted in...

Public or Private? How Kiambu parents are weighing pre-school options

It is a chilly morning in Juja town. Lagna Kiuria, a salonist, walks her five-year-old son past a public...

NSSF’s 17 per cent return and the future of Tier II, contracting out in Kenya

By Chrispine Oduma The enactment of the NSSF Act, 2013 fundamentally reshaped Kenya’s retirement benefits landscape by introducing mandatory...

ILO turns to cooperatives in fight against child labour in coffee, tea sectors

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has taken its initiative against child labour in the coffee and tea sectors...

Busia Governor Paul Otuoma grilled by EACC over Sh1.4b tender fraud

Busia Governor Paul Otuoma has been questioned by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over Sh1.4 billion fraud...