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

Kenya

DelDelegates preparing for one of the KUPCA Inaugural Research Conference Sessions. The event took place at Kisii University on November 18 to 21, 2022, to address the state of mental health in Kenya and beyond. PHOTO/Kisii University Media.egates preparing for one of the KUPCA inaugural Research Conference Sessions. The event took place at Kisii University on November 18 to 21, 2022, to address the state of mental health in Kenya. and beyond. PHOTO/Kisii University Media.

Research-based Counselling, Silver Bullet to Mental Health Puzzle

Professional counsellors in universities have had a spiking workload dealing with psychological, social and financial challenges facing students, as well as drug and substance abuseDr. Rose Otieno, Psychology Department Chair, Kisii University. Though the conversation...
Kenya's Ministry of Affairs offices, Nairobi. Kenya has about 54 embassies and high commissions abroad and 31 consulates. PHOTO/Courtesy.

OPINION: How ambassadors can be Kenya’s Bottom-Up Economic Model pillars

President William Ruto is busy constituting his government, and so far, he has chosen his cabinet; the PS nominees have been shortlisted, and other departments shall follow suit. One of the other departments that President...

Informed citizenry, a virtue of self-governance

The sovereign people are the source of all Constitutional Power in Kenya. This Constitution binds all persons and all State organs. It commits to nurturing and protecting the well-being of the nation by recognizing a government...

BOOK REVIEW: Thriving Entrepreneurs

BOOK CHAPTER REVIEW Chapter Title: Cast Your Vision Author: Anthony Njagi Reviewer: Victor Ochieng’ Thriving Entrepreneurs is the latest book published by Antony Njagi. As a scribe, I can describe the book as a manual for entrepreneurs. It was launched...

GAIINS: Making agricultural, climate risk insurance gender-inclusive

The Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), have launched a new project...

Involve indigenous communities in climate change mitigation, activists demand

Climate justice advocates are calling for the allocation of at least 30 percent of global environmental conservation resources to indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs). The advocates separately spoke on June 22, 2022 at intersessional...

What public speakers should learn about handling Q&A sessions

In the Art and Science of Public Speaking, remember that many speaking situations involve two pertinent parts: the formal presentation and the Question-Answer (Q and A) session. At the tail-end of the presentation, most speakers...

Why Kenyan Voters Must Reject Kenya’s Ballot of Division

What pains me most is the thought of the many conflicts which come in handy with Kenya's politics and, in general, Africa. Research by Accord on pioneering peace pathways reveals that since the mid-1990s, election-related...

Towards incorporation of artificial intelligence in arbitration

Arbitration, in its simplest sense, refers to a procedure in which a dispute is submitted, on the parties' agreement, to one or more arbitrators, who make a binding decision on the dispute. In choosing arbitration,...

Students need sufficient information on study-abroad opportunities

Recently, as a career counselor in secondary schools, I attended the Worldview Education Fair to learn more about the world of work. It happened at the Emara Ole Sereni Hotel, along Mombasa Road in Nairobi. The...