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CSOs now push for more punitive taxes to tame alcohol abuse in Kenya

A section of activists in Kisumu now want the government to escalate punitive taxes in a bid to tame alcohol use and sale. The activists...

YALI fellows celebrate program’s 10-year successes, aim even higher

Beneficiaries of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Fellowship on March 3, congregated in Kisumu to celebrate the successes of the program. The event baptised...

Calls to rebuild Kisumu Boys’ School as learners’ population chocks infrastructure

Kisumu Boys’ High School management has called upon stakeholders to intervene and help the school rebuild as the student population overwhelms infrastructure. The calls come...

Social audit pokes holes in Kisumu County development projects

A social audit has flagged down development projects by Kisumu County Government in four sub counties. The audit launched on February 14, was conducted on...

Turkana sisters who traded early marriage for education in Kisumu

Pheobe Ibabat and Sharon Itabu sit side by side, chatting amid broad smiles and occassionally, chuckles as they tap each other’s shoulders. Just five years...

ILO launches war against child labour in Kenya

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a five-year project aiming to tame child labour in Kenya. The project funded by the Netherlands government will...

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Delayed implementation of Bamako Convention hurting  Kisumu fish industry

Maurice Ouko watches his two-month-old tilapia dart through the water inside his fish cage on Lake Victoria, moments...

KRA in a bid to introduce tax literacy in basic education curriculum

The country’s basic education may soon have comprehensive tax literacy in its curriculum. According to the Kenya Revenue Authority...

ProSoil: How once abandoned farms are getting back to productivity

Seven years ago, Agnes Wekesa contemplated selling her family piece of land, and use the money to start a...

200, 000 western Kenya farmers impacted as German-supported Pro-soil project folds

After ten years of engaging farmers in western Kenya, the German-government supported Pro-Soil project has finally folded. ProSoil, a...

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...

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...