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.
Dating is a journey full of lessons and decisions. PHOTO/Courtesy.
The dating process involves five stages. Today's dating is a shaky ground needing attention and safety measures. Dating someone does not guarantee spending a future with them. Long gone are the days we cherished dating; it was fun, an honorable day coveted by many. One choosing to have you out on a date was an indicator that you are still the hot cake...
Barnabas Benjamin, Minister for Presidential Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan, signing the visitors book after leading a delegation to visit the health facility for rescuing President Salva Kiir's life three decades ago. Beside him is Felix Kimwok Baringo County Deputy Governor. PHOTO/Mercy Mission Hospital (MMH).
The thanksgiving is happening three decades later. South Sudan delegation visited the health facility recently. The anticipated project will position the facility in a better place to handle emergency cases. The Minister for Presidential Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan, Barnabas Benjamin, recently led a delegation of South Sudan leaders to Mercy Mission Hospital Eldama Ravine to express their gratitude for...
Children from Green View Academy during the 2022 Mashujaa Day celebrations, entertaining guests at Garden Square, Eldama Ravine Town, in Koibatek Sub County, Baringo County. PHOTO/Janet Kiriswo, Scholar Media Africa.
A concerned medic, who sought anonymity, narrates, “…the passion for helping kids is there but drained by the authorities towards getting justice for the children. Some kids run to institutions for help.  When the institutions, which are part of the Court Users Committee, take up the matter, they divert it at its maturity stage. This leaves me heartbroken.  Justice needs to...
Margaret Nzisa, who works at her brother's garage. PHOTO/Janet Kiriswo, Scholar Media Africa.
She currently works for her brother. She has, over time, become a mechanic. Nzisa urges all women to do any job, without being too choosy. Her dream is to own her garage. Ten years ago, after traveling across various counties in Kenya, Nzisa did not know what lay ahead of her and her three children.  Running away from hunger and unfruitful farming experience, she...
Children, at every point of their lives, need parental care, presence and support. PHOTO/Child Health Africa.
In Baringo, most of the children and young mothers are suffering. Neglect by parents named the main challenge. Children Office at Koibatek sub-county is employing all efforts to curb the situation. For the child, there is no tomorrow, for tomorrow will be too late; it is today! The quote at the doorway truly defines what happens in the Children’s Office of Koibatek sub-county.  Citizens...
Nelly Cheboi, 2022 CNN Hero, with Zawadi Academy pupils in Mogotio. Her TechLit Africa organization has been promoting the acquisition of digital skills among the young learners. PHOTO/Courtesy.
Access to digital skills needs to be upped. Different organizations and initiatives are focused on imparting the youth with the essential digital knowledge. TechLit Africa on top of organizations transforming lives through digital literacy. Citizen development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is one of the strategies to enhance digital literacy.  Citizen developers create software and applications with little or no...
The abnormal young one a cow gave birth to in Sobei, Baringo, sometime back. PHOTO/Courtesy.
Baringo residents in Kibias are still in shock after a sheep gave birth to a human-like creature, sending shockwaves across the entire County on how degrading the human they guess to have been involved must be. Unknown to most unenlightened populations is that human DNA is more complicated and cannot fertilize any creature apart from a fellow human. Recent case The image...
Dr. James Orodi, the Clinical Officer in charge of the Meet and Treat Outreach by Mercy Mission Hospital, James Orodiduring the program on February 9, 2023. PHOTO/Janet Kiriswo, The Scholar Media Africa.
Most of the time, we have been ignoring the home grounds, thinking they are near the hospital and that patients can access the facility anytime, but we were wrong. We saw about 150 patients today.James Orodi, Clinical Officer. It has been an early Valentine’s to the residents of Baringo county who came to Eldama Ravine sub-county to partake in the Meet...
The naturally-heated waters at the Lang Lang Forest in Baringo County. PHOTO/Janet Kiriswo, The Scholar Media Africa.
Since 1963, Kenya has been losing approximately 12,000 hectares of forested land annually to increasing demand for wood fuel and charcoal, population growth, the spread of infrastructure and the conversion of forest into commercial farmland. The total forest land area outside gazetted forests is either owned by county governments who manage them in trust from the local communities who are the...
The Kesses family donning their traditional attire pose for a photo with Janet Kiriswo (second left). The family is made up of both traditional and gospel musicians with deep excellence in music. PHOTO/Janet Kiriswo, The Scholar Media Africa.
The mighty always want to feel mighty and would make money talk for the sake of their happiness. Such elite people in the society will even pay anything for their luxury and satisfaction.  Such lifestyles are now being shared by the old and newcomers into cash, who have added to the list that belonged to politicians in Kenya. Kenya's former president,...