Edmond Kipngeno
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, a recurrence in 2015, and was declared stage 4, meaning she might live or die. Her life was at stake.
Family members had to look for resources to cater to her demanding yet straining medication.
Cancer patients say the medication is so expensive to the extent that a patient has to have at...
Uasin Gishu County is popular in maize farming, with vast lands being farmed and most of the proceeds used commercially and some percentage going to domestic consumption.
A section of the North Rift Region farmers has ventured into coffee farming, a change from maize farming, anticipating reaping big from the crop.
One of them is Richard Tinga, a coffee farmer from...
Despite going through difficulties during her examinations, Lavendar Awuor beat insurmountable odds and scored an aggregate of A Grade in the recently-released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results of 2022.
Awuor has been battling Sickle Cell Anaemia for a very long time, a condition discovered after birth. This, however, did not dwindle her vision of achieving the best in...
At the Kabirirsang community library, the young, middle-aged, and the old get to interact in an amiable environment where they share knowledge.
The community library's construction idea was initiated in 2019 through community participation and constructed using locally available materials to empower the community by eradicating illiteracy and promoting the local and native languages.
Due to its long distance from the...
It was a historical moment after the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, based in Arusha, Tanzania, ruled that the Kenyan government had violated the rights of the indigenous Ogiek community by evicting them from their ancestral land in Mau forest.
This was in May 2017, but things are contrary as the community continues to face challenges, among them...
Two families in the North Rift are worried over mysterious death of their children in school in recent months.
The graves of the two students in their parents' compounds remain a constant reminder of the once vibrant lives terminated, dreams and aspirations shattered.
The parents say the deaths resulted from negligence in the school entrusted to impart education and protect their...
The government is set to employ 3,000 trainers for Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) institutions.
The Principal Secretary for the State Department of Vocational and Technical Training (VTT), Dr. Margaret Mwakima, said the Ministry of Education will ensure there is better service delivery in the institutions.
She was speaking recently during the opening of the TVET North Rift regional office...
Moi University medicine lecturers have called off their strike. This comes after extensive talks with the management.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and the State department of University Education and Research were also involved in the talks.
The strike had lasted for a staggering 77 days.
According to KMPDU Secretary General Dr. Davji Atella, all salaries that were...
Sports stakeholders have been asked to set up volleyball academies in the country to ensure utilization of raw talents in the counties.
Eregae Sammy, who is the captain of Rift Valley Region Prison volleyball team, said that volleyball academies are essential.
"I want to ask sports stakeholders to set up volleyball academies so as to tap and nurture talents.
This will also...
"Drug testing will be conducted in selected schools with long standing cases of unrest and destruction of school property," Education CS Prof George Magoha said recently.
Prof Magoha said anyone suspected to have taken part in burning of a school should be subjected to a drug test and serious action be taken against them.
A survey conducted by the National Authority...
