Human Interest

I wish I could turn my heart into a home to host all the homeless in Kisumu

It is a Saturday morning. A young man is busy commanding glue-sniffing urchins. “You, keep away the glue and get to the pitch. The match...

Jubilee Market; Where Kisumu residents first interacted with money

In 1979, a young Jack Nyambega found his way into Kisumu’s then only posh market; Jubilee Market. This was the only market with a roof...

It took me six months to disclose to family, friends that I had lost my job, former radio queen opens up after venturing in...

On June 22, 2021, Mercy Auma Okuto passed by her place of work, to attend a zoom meeting. This was four days after burying her...

Meet this 32-year-old YALI graduate out to render Shakeel Shabbir jobless

On October 22, 2020, Betty Akinyi Otieno joined hundreds of Nyanza leaders who met President Uhuru Kenyatta at Yatch Club, in Kisumu. The President was...

From street protests to the bar; village boy scaling the fight against injustices

About a decade ago, Joshua Odhiambo Nyamori led a successful one-week protest which saw the grabbed famous Taifa Park in Kisumu reverted to the...

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Post claiming incident of a man strangling another happened in Kenya is FALSE

CLAIM This video posted on x formerly (twitter) on 27th October 2026 by a user named Chuka.P.Washington (@paulochuka77) claims...

Ushindi Empowerment Group enlists 12,000 women for empowerment program targeting 800 chamas

At least 12, 000 women are set to benefit from advanced capacity building on financial literacy aimed at...

This video of people chanting ‘Sifuna’ during Mashujaa Day celebration is altered!

This video on different  social media platforms with a background of people chanting SIFUNA! SIFUNA! while the president...

LIFE IN WIDOWHOOD: Homa Bay men open up on scars of remarrying after death of spouses

In 2026, James (not his real name) lost his wife of 20 years. At the time of her death,...

PS Ouma Oluga visit to Jaramogi Hospital quells anxiety after days of public uproar

Dust has finally settled after a week of public uproar targeting service delivery at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching...

How my mum’s chama loan secured me a place at Safaricom’s Capture the Good Awards

There was a point in Dishon Amanya’s career when everything seemed to be falling apart. The dream of building...