Jackson Bare

Egerton University will have a new Vice Chancellor (VC) soon. The Public Service Commission (PSC) has already kicked off the interview process to find a replacement of Prof Rose Mwonya who retired in January 2021. Whoever succeeds to rise to take the position will be the 6th vice chancellor of the university which is based in Njoro, Nakuru County. The institution has been...

Lack of an organized potato market in the country is to blame for poor prices of the commodity, agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said. Speaking during a farmers’ meeting in Molo, Nakuru County recently,  Munya said unlike commodities like milk whose prices have been set by the government, "setting potato prices is hard as there are no formal market structures for...

All teachers in Kenya will have received the COVID-19  vaccination jab in the next seven days, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has announced. Speaking in Nakuru on Monday when she launched the national campaign for the scale up of the COVID-19 vaccine for teachers, TSC CEO Dr Nancy Macharia said that the number of teachers vaccinated so far is not impressive. "This is...

Nakuru County has recorded a reduction in the number of neonatal and maternal deaths thanks to a new surveillance and response system. The county’s department of health says that neonatal and maternal mortality rates dropped from a high of 67% to 38 % in a period of three years. The county adopted the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR)-a...

The body of a 23-year-old Egerton University student who went missing on Saturday last week has been found. Edward Chege, a student at the Njoro based campus was found at the university’s’ botanical gardens on Monday morning. He is suspected to have committed suicide. According to Njoro Sub-county police commander Jonathan Kisaka, Chege had been battling depression for some time. "He had even tried to take...

Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui has revived the debate on the legalisation of traditional brews in the country. According to Kinyanjui, thousands of young people are being “rendered socially and economically unproductive after seeking solace in the deadly beverages”. “The lethal concoctions in the illicit brew are baffling as they are dangerous compared to traditional brew, such as muratina, taken during ceremonies,”...

A new study has revealed shocking statistics on how women living within informal settlements in Nakuru County endure violence. Their husbands or partners are the main perpetrators. The report says, 26 out of every 100 women have somehow been victims of some form of violence which can be described  as sexual violence. This means at least 26% of women living in slum areas...

Technical and vocational training in Nakuru County got a boost after the county government procured training tools and equipment  worth Ksh 10 million. The items will be distributed to all technical and vocational training centres across the county. Among the procured equipment are metal processing machines, welding machines as well as fashion and design machines. According to the county government, the machines will be of great...

Teachers of Nakuru's Moi Primary School will be flown to Dubai for free following the good results the institution posted in exams. They now have every reason to celebrate after Nakuru Town West Member of Parliament Samuel Arama promised to treat them to a fully paid trip following a super performance the school registered in the 2020 Kenya Certificate of...

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) secretary general Wilson Sossion seems to be losing grip as he fights a do or die battle to remain in control of the withering teachers' union. With seemingly all odds against him, Mr Sossion appears isolated as different forces work towards ending his not so rosy reign at the union. The latest blow to...