Ben Oroko

Many women have nevermind experienced the right to decide on the number of children they want to give birth to, nor have they ever decided on the spacing of children within their reproductive and child-bearing cycle. Though the freedom to choose how many children and when to have them is a fundamental human right, Gender-Based Violence continues depriving women in...

Most people spend almost half a century working for a living; some work throughout their lives. Just imagine, for instance, how one feels to spend the whole time doing something they dislike or even hate altogether. That is where career advice comes in handy. It is critical to note that good career education and guidance can give young people a stepping...

Buoyed up by its sterling performance and growing stature in the field of university education and Research, Kisii University, a premier institution of higher learning in the Nyanza Region of Kenya, has again scored a major first after opening another page in the coveted field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). This comes immediately after the Ministry of...

With increasing public awareness and education campaigns on the adverse health risks associated with the traditional Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) procedure and greater access to healthcare services, unethical healthcare workers in some rural parts of the Gusii region of western Kenya have increasingly become involved in performing FGM procedures either in private clinics or secluded home settings. Many trained nurses...

By its very nature, teaching is a rewarding and challenging profession with high-stress levels. If teachers are not supported and trained to cope with these, teaching can become an exhausting and challenging job that negatively affects both the teacher and the pupils. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes...

Kenya has two distinct coffee trading systems: the auction system and the 'second window', Kenya's direct trade system. Direct trade between farmers and international buyers has become more popular in Kenya's coffee industry in the last decade, but this system remains underutilized. While auctions, traders and commodity exchanges remain critical in the world's coffee supply chain, the direct coffee trade does...

You may have grown up in a world that was very different from today's, in terms of technological advancement. Perhaps, there were only a few television channels or you vividly remember the days of black and white broadcasting, when 'iPad' or 'Google it!' was not in the vocabulary. But how different was your experience of childhood from that of today's children? Are...

Good corporate governance is a system by which an organization is directed, controlled and held accountable by its shareholders and stakeholders. In this case, good corporate governance goes beyond compliance with basic legal requirements and instead provides a framework on the establishment of a culture of business integrity, accountability and standardized, best business practices. The Sacco governance structures consist of Annual...

As its peers in the world of academia celebrate their good performance in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations and university entry grades through road shows and prize awards, Nyabite Mixed D.O.K Secondary School in Nyamache Sub-County, Kisii County, celebrates 'environmentally'. It has its university qualifiers feted through Prize awards during Education Day, where they also plant trees bearing...

Are you concerned about the vicious cycle of illegal drugs destroying families, friends, school children, and brilliant future careers? Stand up to be counted, then! You can break the cycle through a positive approach. For the youth, you cannot say, "I took drugs because so and so pressured me." Remember it is your personal decision to say "No to drugs." Against this background,...