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Kisumu to plant 3 million trees in 3 years

Kisumu Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o on Friday launched the city greening initiative to kick start his plan of planting three million trees by 2025. The Governor...

Value Addition to Fish Waste Decreasing Pollution in Kisumu

Twenty years ago, strong foul stench emanating from heaps of waste was the order of the day near fish processing factories in Kisumu.  Huge sized...

Weed once chocking Lake Victoria is now our main source of fuel

Until 2018, Mary Akinyi was budgeting Sh.150 daily for purchase of either charcoal or firewood for domestic use. Then came the cheaper and more efficient...

It is lost dignity for Nyando flood victims

For five years now, David Anguko Lore has not been able to till his four-acre piece of land in Kasiwindi village of Ombaka, in...

Kisumu village where floods are responsible for teen pregnancies

Fifteen-year-old Brigit (not her real name) sits pensively under a tree, clutching a baby girl. Her hands appear not strong enough to restrain the baby...

UNLIKELY SIAMESE TWINS: Kisumu babies born with trees

When Victor Didi walked along the Dunga Beach at lake Victoria in 2021, at the peak of the lockdown imposed by the Kenyan government...

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Can AI bridge the land justice gap for women in rural Kenya?

For six months, 63-year-old Catherine Hagasa Mate barely slept, keeping watch over the fragile shelter she built in...

Why tech player AURA is defending PSRA on crackdown on private security firms

Kenya's leading technology firm has defended the ongoing crackdown on private security firms by the Private Security Regulatory...

Women journalists turn to AI, but gaps in access still persist

At 5 a.m. in Kakamega County, Irene Nasimiyu prepares for her morning radio show. Before going on air,...

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...