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After global aid withdrawal, Kenya’s unbudgeted crisis leaves people living with HIV stranded

Ruth Nekesa (Not her real name) wakes before dawn in her two room house in Mjini, a slum estate in Bungoma town. The first thing...

How communal drug dispensing is suppressing HIV medication defaulting rates in Homa Bay

As the morning sun hits Pala Village in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County, Fauzia (not her real name) makes her way into Pala Level Four...

Agony of Homa Bay teens nursing scars of early motherhood

It is a warm sunny Wednesday afternoon, and over 30 teen mothers are seated under a tree at Unga Chief Camp, in Ndhiwa, Homa...

Education initiative boosting sanitation, hygiene in Bungoma with groundwater

In Bungoma County, access to clean groundwater is transforming lives, improving health outcomes, and fostering community well-being.  AMREF Health Africa and the County Government of...

How fathers’ Involvement in Kangaroo care is saving lives of infants in Kenya

Josephat Odhiambo, a father of one, tenderly holds his newly-born baby against his chest as he flashes a smile. Happiness is written on his face...

Is taxation the best way to tame alcohol consumption?

Stakeholders in the fight against alcohol and drug abuse now say taxation is the best way to deal with the menace. They say this has...

Latest News

Now, school dropouts can earn university degrees in Kenya

The journey of attaining university degree in Kenya is a long and winding one which requires one to...

The Female Interface: Why We Need More Women in AI

More women building AI could mean safer and more inclusive technology, but their impact is limited by systemic...

Kenya’s youngest university opens its doors in Kisumu

The African Talent University (TATU) has finally received government’s nod to admit students. The Kisumu-based institution becomes Kenya’s 85th...

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,...