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Declare femicide a national crisis, rights groups tell President Ruto

Human Rights Defenders have called on President William Ruto to declare femicide as a national crisis. Through various rights organizations, they claimed that despite efforts...

Emotional tributes as KEFEADO celebrates 30 years of service to humanity

They say it takes two to tango, but the union of a mother and daughter to selflessly serve the people to meet their various...

TIME BOMB: Of Busia streets and the doomed boychild

The long and snaking queues of transit trucks welcome you to Busia, the border of Kenya and Uganda. At the border checkpoint, human traffic is...

United Nations boosts war against Gender-Based Violence in Vihiga

The war against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Vihiga County has received a boost from the United Nations Human Rights Commission. The commission on...

Being Farida Salim: Kenya’s Samia Suluhu who chose ‘dirt’ against family wishes

“How can an upright thinking woman quit her profession to venture into this dirty game?” this was the thinking of Farida Ahmed Salim’s family...

Meet this Kisumu woman mining talents from children living with disabilities

Inside her tiny office located at Nyamasaria, about 40 children aged below 15 years are putting final touches on some paintings. Eunice Owino moves around...

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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...

Investment Conference exposes Nyanza’s development potentials

The government has announced plans to fast-track key development projects in Nyanza in renewed efforts to transform the...

Declare femicide a national crisis, rights groups tell President Ruto

Human Rights Defenders have called on President William Ruto to declare femicide as a national crisis. Through various rights...

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,...

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...

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...