Corporal punishment: Outlawed yet embraced – decoding the dilemma
Recently, posts of video clips and photos have been going viral on social media showing teachers inflicting disastrous corporal punishment on their learners.
The larger audience of concerned stakeholders and the government has criticized this.
Some...
GGFI: Accelerating e-mobility vision through awareness, innovation
Kenya is racing ahead of many African peers in phasing out fossil fuel-powered vehicles and embracing Electric Vehicles (EV).
Data from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) confirms that air pollution is the most significant environmental...
Why government should invest in ECDE teachers, avert proposed pay cut
At least 13,000 Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) teachers are set to face a salary cut of more than half as the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) came up with a new salary...
CRIME: Community Paralegals graduate ready to abate crime, step up justice
According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), there was a 16.7 percent increase in crime reported to the police in 2021 compared to 2020.
The total crime cases reported to law enforcement agencies...
BOOK REVIEW: Mourning Glory
Author: Prof. Egara Kabaji
Title: Mourning Glory
Contact: egarakabaji@gmail.com
Cost: KSh. 500
Publisher and Year: InterCEN Books, 2022
Reviewer: Mbukha Shitemi
Prof. Egara Kabaji’s new novel, Mourning Glory, is a heart-rending story that will bring variegated emotions in how it treats the pain,...
BOOK REVIEW: A Silent Song and Other Stories Part 1
Title: A Silent Song and Other Stories
Selected & Edited by: Godwin Siundu
Published by: Spotlight Publishers E.A Limited
Publication Year: 2020
The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) is a summative test examination that students are tested...
Uphold shaving hair and other school rules or is change inevitable?
Unlike in the outside world where, somehow, some rules do not apply, schools, specifically primary and secondary, are centers where young children are groomed on diverse areas, inclusive of character, discipline and the need...
How youth-innovated mobile platform is revolutionizing Kenya’s food production, security
With nearly everything in the modern world revolving around technology and its advancements, different innovations continue to emerge as innovators and scientists seek to provide solutions to different challenges across health, agriculture, transport, and...
HEALTH: Hidden hope in overcoming cancer, a survivor’s story
In Kenya, cancer is the third leading cause of death and ranks as the second leading cause of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) after cardiovascular diseases, as research depicts.
In 2018, a whopping 47,887 cases were reported...
Resistive traders risk arrest as NEMA buttresses plastic bags ban
The use of plastic bags was outlawed in Kenya in August 2017, which was hailed as the country’s most significant environmental conservation initiative.
However, in 2023, almost six years later, crackdowns are still looming practically...
