2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
2025 Intake Open University of Kenya

Janet Kiriswo

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Janet Kiriswo is A Multi-lingual certified professional Journalist (English, Swahili and Native Kalenjin). Holder of a Bachelor`s degree in PR & Communication skills from Moi University, A Diploma in Mass Communication from The Kenya Institute of Mass Communication, (KIMC), with over 15 years active experience in the media industry. She thrives in covering stories matters that touches on Business, Health, community, Culture and Traditional issues and progress, Politics, Interviews and leaderships among others. She poses other skills in Public Relationship, Communication consultant, Radio presentation, broadcasting, visual feature stories, video/voice recording and editing among others. She strongly believes in changing the world through Communication.
She is a senior teacher and the founder of the special needs unit at Simotwet Special Primary School.  Chesaina plans to organize a banquet at her home for the candidates, and by the time they come back, the rest will have left for the holidays.  The education sector in Kenya has trained special trainers like Chesina to cater to special kids...
World Anesthesia Day is marked to commemorate the anniversary of the first use of ether anesthesia by Dr. William T.G Morton in 1846.  The guardians of painless surgeries are slowly being recognized, causing a surge in the number of students seeking to pursue anesthetic courses. In some cases, sedatives are administered continuously during surgery but with close monitoring. As the world celebrated...
Stagnated water, when untreated, becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes, which cause malaria. Most African countries receive abundant sunlight throughout the year, so solar can generate electricity for both on- and off-grid applications. In Africa, countries need to emulate African countries like Morocco, which has the Noor Solar Complex Program, the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant. Climate change and its repercussions...
In the history of African Climate, past experiments have shown that humans produced carbon dioxide and other gases, especially during the 1800s, harming the atmosphere.  Empowering women in agriculture by providing appropriate technology and resources is also paramount.  In Baringo, farmers were affected after being supplied with maize seeds that are not climate resistant, increasing vulnerability and impacts of climate change...
Parents are blamed for playing a role in encouraging the increase in the taking of illicit brews by always giving their sons money. The MP challenged the KYO leaders to focus on changing the Sub-County and not shy away from illicit brew issues, as he has already lost six of his friends through the vice.  He tasked the KYO youth with...
The occasion was graced by Sankale Ole Keis, a renowned Baringo youth, and the Director General Youth Senate Kenya, who hails from the Ilchamus community in Baringo County.  Sankale pointed out three major points focused on the youth already in action in the manifesto: Entrepreneurship, Engagement and Education. In attendance was the recently elected KYO that is yet to be launched...
An expectant woman. The issue of getting a paid maternity leave is a serious hurdle in Kenya, with many women falling victim after getting pregnant. PHOTO/SA.
Women's pregnancy cannot and will never be a cause for poor or low yield for an organization with proper management.  Due to an urgent need to solve this problem, Employment Act Cap 226 Revised Edition 2012 (2007) was enacted to address this issue. Employment matters are handled in the Employment and Labor Relations Court, whose jurisdiction is equivalent to that of...
KEWOTA CEO Benta Opande, giving her remarks. The idea of starting KEWOTA came to her during her career in the teaching fraternity until she shared it three years later with her destiny makers and connectors. PHOTO/Courtesy.
The association has grown its idea to a national one, giving other Teachers' Unions like KUPPET and KNUT sleepless nights.  KEWOTA has also partnered with Equity Bank, where teachers under KEWOTA can access loans payable in 96 months, with the loan being given according to one's payslip. KEWOTA also believes that teacher delocalization should soberly look into those in intermarriage. For years,...
Some associate it with superstition, but it is an automatic body response to anxiety and related fears before or during sexual intercourse. It is manageable and shouldn't be stigmatized. ILLUSTRATION/Courtesy.
Vaginismus occurs when the vagina automatically tightens up when you try to insert something into it. This can be painful and upsetting but can also be treated. The treatment can be focused on identifying, understanding and changing any negative perception about body image and penetrative sex. Issues with women's sex life tend to increase as the woman ages and can affect...
An illustration of how obstetric fistula occurs. Worryingly, a whopping 2 to 3 million women worldwide have fistula, according to data by UNFPA. ILLUSTRATION/Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation.
The basic vaginal fistula causes a woman to leak urine regularly.  Women with pelvic cancer who have undergone radiotherapy as a medical remedy are susceptible to becoming fistula patients. In Mercy Mission Hospital Eldama Ravine, when such cases arise due to the delivery of big babies or obstructed labor, they are handled quickly. According to the National Cancer Institute, a fistula is...