2023 Intake Open University of Kenya
2023 Intake Open University of Kenya

Kisii County

Kisii County – 045

Cardinal Otunga High School Mosocho on the road to reclaiming former glory

Cardinal Otunga High School Mosocho was established following a request from the then Kisii Diocese Bishop, His Eminence Maurice Cardinal Otunga in 1957. It was meant to host missionaries teaching in the new diocese carved...

SURVIVOR: I overcame Gender Based Violence to tell a story

According to Gender Violence Recovery Centre, Gender Based Violence is any act that results in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering. This includes threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether...

How Prof Bagaka’s “Read Baby Read” initiative is equipping Children

For a long time, the derision has been that "if you want to hide something from Africans, hide it inside a book!" However, this can change especially if stakeholders in the education sector could encourage...

How MCA spends his time away from chambers

A Kisii Member of the County Assembly is among residents who do sugarcane farming, which is a lucrative venture in the county. Those who have properly exploited the activity have been smiling all the way...

Men challenged to join fight against female cut

More than 200 minor girls who underwent Alternative Rites of Passage training in Kisii County have 'graduated'. Men were challenged to be at the forefront in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The girls graduated...

Residents demonstrate over state of Iyabe Hospital

Residents of Bonchari constituency in Kisii county yesterday demonstrated over the sorry state of Iyabe Level Three Hospital. They have been expecting it to be upgraded to level four. They alleged that leaders diverted funds meant...

Politicians warned against transferring voters in their interest

Politicians in Kisii have been warned against transferring voters from one electoral area to the other. County Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Returning Officer Dr Sydney Namulungu warned that some politicians had the unwarranted...

Excitement as more women show interest in elective politics

She started as a nominated Senator, vied and became Women Representative and may now battle it out to become the Governor of Kisii. Ms Janet Ong’era, a lawyer, hinted recently that she will throw herself...

Police intensify fight against illicit brews

Police officers in Kisii South raided local brewing dens yesterday and destroyed over a hundred thousand liters of illicit brew. The crackdown is part of a three month Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) aimed at eliminating...

Munya directs tea factories to cut production costs

Agriculture Cabinet Secretary (CS) Peter Munya has directed tea factories to reduce costs on production so that farmers can get good pay. Speaking at Itumbe and Ogembo factories in Kisii on Sunday, Munya (pictured above)...