KAPS 2025 Paediatric Surgical Camp held at AgaKhan and JOOTRH Hospitals to fix Congenital Malformations KISUMU, Kenya, October, 7th -SIX YEARS AGO, when Evalyne Awino welcomed her fourth child, Geoffrey Omondi, the family was overwhelmed with joy. Incidentally, their happiness was soon overshadowed by concerns regarding his unusual genital appearance. Worried about her son’s condition,…
Sh50,000 to be disbursed to 70 beneficiaries per ward across the country. Application Period: 6th – 12th October 2025 Validation and Sensitisation of Applicants: 17th October 2025 National Launch: 29th October 2025 MAMA GRACE HALL, Kisumu, October 6th, In a bid to bolster inclusive empowerment, the government has launched a national registration drive for the…
Why the Laikipia bond remains a bold template for subnational fiscal transformation and what other counties can learn from it. KISUMU, Kenya, October 5th -As Kenya’s counties face widening infrastructure gaps, growing development backlogs, and over-reliance on national transfers, the question arises: how can devolved units fund transformational projects sustainably? In 2021, Laikipia County, under…
XN Iraki, University of Nairobi The Central Bank of Kenya has made two significant changes in the country’s banking sector. The first is to lift a decade-long moratorium on licensing new banks. Second is to raise capital requirements, the amount of money banks are required to keep readily available compared with the value of other…
Kisumu’s Kibuye and Muhoroni’s Shauri Yako Estates Slated for Transformation Under PINUA Initiative CITY HALL, Kisumu, October – Kisumu County and UN Habitat have formally signed a letter of intent paving the way for a major social housing upgrade in the Kibuye and Shauri Yako estates located in Kisumu Central and Muhoroni Sub-Counties respectively. The…
UASIN GISHU, Kenya, October 1st – A section of religious leaders from Uasin Gishu County have called on the government to uphold fairness in police recruitment and teacher employment exercises to ensure integrity,foster public trust, and attract more competent individuals. This,they noted, will significantly reduce rampant corruption,bias and favouritism that has been witnessed in the…
About 20 nurses were injured and several mobile phones lost after being attacked by “organized groups” wielding rungus. MASOGO DIOCESE, Siaya, October 1st –The Church of Christ in Africa (CCA), Masogo Diocese, under the leadership of Bishop Noah Ochola, has castigated the brutal attack meted out on peacefully demonstrating nurses in Siaya County on Tuesday,…
According to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS) 2022, the percentage of married women using modern contraceptives rose from 32 percent in 2003 to 57 percent in 2022. MOMBASA, Kenya, September 2025, World Contraception Month – On a humid afternoon in Bamburi, Sanura Omar Shariff sits on a wooden stool outside her small home,…
Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town One of the commitments the South African presidency of the G20 made in its policy priorities document at the beginning of 2025 was to push for fairer, more transparent sovereign credit ratings. And to address the high cost of capital caused by an illusive perception of high risk in…
KISUMU, Kenya, September,2025 –The necessity to enhance the media’s capacity for accurately reporting weather forecasts has intensified, as the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) demonstrates its ongoing commitment to collaborate closely with various stakeholders to achieve this goal. With the rapid evolution of smart and advanced technologies, KMD highlighted that these innovations will assist journalists in…