Omboki Monayo
Tetra Pak has launched a campaign to promote recycling and protect the environment.
The campaign, dubbed “Go Nature, Go Carton”, is designed to promote the proper sorting, disposal and recycling of waste.
Globally, human activity produces 2 billion of waste each year.
By 2050, it is estimated that the waste levels will have risen by 70 percent.
Tetra Pak marketing director Ms Jackline...
When farmers in India first heard of biotech-engineered cotton 20 years ago, a few scoffed at the idea while others embraced it.
A team of scientists at Monsanto had developed Bt, a variety of cotton that required less spraying and produced more bolls per cotton plant.
It had been genetically modified to produce Bacillus thuringiensis, a substance that is harmful to...
Kenya has lost the gains made in tobacco control before the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report shows. The Global Tobacco Index is produced by the Global Centre for Good Governance in Tobacco Control (GGTC) as part of the STOP (Stopping Tobacco Organizations and Products) global tobacco industry watchdog. It focuses on the World Health Organization (WHO)'s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Article 5.3.
It...
The National Environmental Management Agency (NEMA) has asked county governments to provide yellow coded bins for the safe disposal of COVID-19 related waste.
According to NEMA director general Mamo Boru, the yellow coded containers will make the virus-related waste easier to identify for safe disposal.
Speaking at a tree planting exercise sponsored by Tetra Pak at Ololua Forest on October 19,...
It was a defilement incident that pushed Rebecca Basweti to picket in the streets and she vowed never to be silent whenever such incidents occur.
In Megogo village in Marani sub-county, Kisii County, a 50 year old father had sexually assaulted his step-daughter and then fled.
“When I heard about the incident, I recall thinking this just can’t become normal. I...
The uptake and usage of contraceptives among women aged 15-49 has dropped significantly in recent times.
Data from the Ministry of Health shows that between July 2020 and June 2021, 5,020,335 women of reproductive age accessed the services compared to 5,495,975 in the period of July 2019 to June 2020. The gap between 44% and 29.6% over the period was attributed...
David Ole Kaiyo remembers the demise of his sister like it was yesterday. "I mourn for the passing of my sister. Her death was so unexpected and painful," he says. According to the businessman and cattle farmer, the sister got into a heated disagreement with her husband.
The bitter exchange ended in a gas explosion and a fire. "The couple's house caught fire...
In many Kenyan homes, the signature whine of a mosquito hunting for human blood is a common feature, particularly in the evenings.
Apart from bothering, biting and leaving us with itchy spots, this tiny, long-legged insect is the world’s deadliest animal.
It is the main transmitter of malaria, which is caused by Plasmodium falciparum, a protozoan that infects the mosquito.
In 2019, at least 409,000 people died from malaria globally....
We are back at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) which has been in the news in recent months following a stalemate on who should take the plum position of Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Administration and Planning.
And we can exclusively reveal that Prof Aggrey Thuo’s path to occupy the seat recently received a welcome boost following...
A rare disease has been listed as a possible side effect of some Covid-19 vaccines.
The World Health Organization (WHO) identified Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) as a possible side effect of the Astra Zeneca and Johnson and Johnson (J$J) vaccines.
Scientists say GBS is a rare immune system disorder that results in muscle weakness, pain or numbness, and, in more severe cases, paralysis.
WHO...
