2023 Intake Open University of Kenya
2023 Intake Open University of Kenya

Monthly Archives: December 2022

Since when the armed youth from Jonglei State invaded the Greater Pibor Administrative Area community, over 700 families have been displaced in Pibor town, according to a local religious leader. PHOTO/Courtesy.

2022 wrap-up: Civilians bear brunt of ethnic conflict in Pibor

Local authorities in Pibor Administrative Areas have confirmed the killing of 56 people and wounding of 17 others in an ethnic violence between armed...
Rice farmers from Bunyala have continued to gain from rice farming, and request the government to furnish them with essential machinery for better farming and harvesting. PHOTO/Courtesy.

AGRIBUSINESS: How rice farming is improving Budalangi residents’ livelihoods

The Bunyala Rice Irrigation Scheme has improved the livelihoods of the local residents due to improved rice production.  According to the statistics obtainable from National...
A cover page of the book Ikigai: the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Lessons from Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy...

For those who are looking for a heroic book to read right at the advent of 2023, I recommend Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a...
MCA Sharon Chebet speaking about education and how she got her sponsorship. during an end-of-the-year capacity building and mentorship forum in Kamara, Eldama Ravine, on December 15, 2022. PHOTO/Janet Kiriswo, The Scholar Media Africa.

KOWYN: Community-based organization saving girls from illiteracy sting

The Ogiek people of Kenya are an indigenous hunter-gatherer community scattered across the vast Mau Forest Complex. Among them is the Ogiek of Baringo,...
A picture of Ian Etyang, a 15 year old class eight pupil from Busia who went missing in May 2022. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Busia parent grieving over son’s mysterious disappearance

As Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu was releasing the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam results on Wednesday, December 21, 2022, a desperate...
Members of the Purity International Ministries Group, an initiative helping widows and widowers in Kisii Town, receiving Christmas gifts on December 24, 2022, at the Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa ( PEFA) Kisii Cathedral grounds. PHOTO/Courtesy.

Celebrating Through Sharing: A case of Purity Int’l Ministries charity initiative

Christmas festive season has always been a time of celebrations and merriment. You might, however, be surprised to realize that while you are profusely having...
Michael Kariuki, second from right, with other students, listen to an address by the school leadership at the school grounds shortly after the release of the 2022 KCPE results. The school performed excellently. PHOTO/Njoroge Njuguna, The Scholar Media Africa.

Sun of excellence shines in the Sunrise Children School

There was once a Biblical garden of Eden whose location remains a mystery! Young Michael Kariuki, a jovial, confident, inquisitive, amiable, and avid book lover,...
Oriki Doubar, a 2022 KCPE Candidate at Mountain View School in Nairobi, who garnered 406 in the KCPE examination, after battling myriad challenges. PHOTO/Courtesy.

From average to above 400 in KCPE: How Doubar pushed the...

At some point, I had almost lost hopeOriki Doubar, 2022 KCPE Candidate. The recent release of the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results...
Photo of a section of Sironga wetlands in Nyamira County, where the wetland mining business is thriving as they continue getting exhausted. PHOTO/Arnold Ageta, The Scholar Media Africa.

Alarm as wetlands in Nyamira dwindle

Tente area on the outskirts of Nyamira Town, Nyamira County- Kenya, is fast becoming an estate of brick and mortar. This is good news until...
Appreciating art.

POETRY: The Call of the Wild

A busy suburb, a well-laid-out mall, crazy traffic, ascending prices and the intrusion of technology.  All these are easily recognizable as the hallmarks of modern...