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

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Conjestina Achieng (right), a former female professional boxer during a training session when while on a rehabilitation facility. Mental-related complications sent her out of the boxing ring. PHOTO/Courtesy.
Schizophrenia is one of the most commonly stigmatized mental health disorders.  Parents should watch for things like emotional reactivity, moodiness, despair, heightened anxiety, and melancholy in their children’s growth.  Barriers to raising awareness of mental illness include lack of adequate resources, stigma, and false information.  Kenyan legend Conjestina Achieng is a former female professional boxer who made history within the first decade...
A section of residents of Matisi Ward, Trans Nzoia County, after receiving complete cooking gas cylinders from Mwale Mahanga, their Member of County Assembly. PHOTO/Courtesy.
The world is breathing unclean air. Mothers who cook with clean energy sources during pregnancy have healthier babies. Most women who use firewood as a source of energy for cooking experience eye problems.  National government should make clean energy affordable to all. Nearly 99% of the world’s population breathes air that is dangerous to their health and exceeds WHO air quality regulations, according...
The 3 on 3 basketball was recently introduced in Kenya and has taken root in the country's games. PHOTO/Federation of International Basketball (FIBA).
The game was introduced about a decade ago, getting to Kenya four years ago. It's a unique one in different aspects. In 3 on 3 basketball, you can substitute players whenever you like.  Basketball 3 on 3 rose from the streets into the Olympic games within just a decade.  In Kenya, the game is now turning heads, especially after both the women’s and...
The world has been facing a plethora of crises, which researchers have called a polycrisis. The effects trickle down to economic stability, climate change and other aspects of life. ILLUSTRATION/Ralph Thurm.
The decline of humanity’s possibilities necessitates collective action. Accumulating long-term stresses are considered by scholars a key structure for more crises to erupt.  Even though polycrisis may only last a short while, there are some long-term processes involved in its causality. “A global polycrisis occurs when crisis in multiple global systems becomes casually entangled in ways that significantly degrade humanity prospects. These interacting...
Journalists and media stakeholders gather at The Aga Khan University’s Graduate School of Media and Communications on March 23-25 for a conference on sustainable journalism. PHOTO/The Aga Khan University.
The conference was a time of reflection on challenges facing the media and what can be done to solve them. Climate reporting and its funding were termed essential. Online courses on journalism and reporting were also introduced to the journalists. Aga Khan University is set to have more courses on journalism. The concept of “sustainable journalism” encompasses all aspects of the media industry,...
Young people having a joyful moment after training and awarding of grants. The event was courtesy of 10 Billion Strong, Wise Kenya and Green Kenya. PHOTO/WISE Kenya.
The initiative trains leaders for today and tomorrow, equipping them to be changemakers in their areas of service. Climate change effects aversion has been among the major aims of the initiative. Kenya and Tanzania are the main target countries. The founder of a global environmental movement, Patrick Arnold, returned to east Africa and camped twice in Kenya (Nairobi and Kisumu) and...
Panelists from Left: Dr. Mbwarali Kame - CEC - Education and Digital Transformation; Dr. Kalandar Khan, Technical University of Mombasa; and Athman Hussein, Keeper Heritage Coastal Region, with Dr. Rukiya Harith, Pwani University as moderator. PHOTO/British Council Kenya.
At a Blue Economy event dubbed Tamaduni Conversations, on Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth, stakeholders delved into conversations around protecting, respecting, discovering, and sharing Mombasa's cultural heritage in Kenya.  These are only a few of the priorities of the British Council in Kenya, which had sponsored the event in collaboration with Twaweza Communications. The conversation was held on March 14,...
Panelists roll the conversation during The People Dialog Festival at National Museums of Kenya. PHOTO/Courtesy.
The Center for Multi-party Democracy (CMD) hosted The People Dialogue Festival (PDF), now in its fifth year, over the last four days of last week at the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi. Almost 2,000 locals and internationals came in daily to voice their ideas or simply to observe the ongoing conversation from March 8 to 11, with numerous stakeholders being...
Sima Bahous, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women, during a past event. PHOTO/Courtesy.
This year’s annual celebration of Women’s Day focused on innovation and technology for gender equality.  Technology ownership and use may help address development and humanitarian concerns, and empower and elevate women.  The United Nations Women commemorated the day with panel talks highlighting the roles of all in enhancing access to digital tools, which served as a high-level event that brought together innovators,...
A water vendor fetching tapped water. Many parts of Kenya have had acute water shortage due to consecutive dry seasons. PHOTO/ Courtesy.
The persistent absence of sufficient rain in Kenya for the past several seasons continues to have more effects on humans. In Kiambu County, it has caused most residential areas to become dusty, and the soil particles and germs blown into the air by the persistent wind exacerbate respiratory issues.  Allergies and irritation of the respiratory system and eyes are particularly common...