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Sexual abuse against children on the rise in Makueni, says children officer

Makueni Children Officer Rasto Omollo has decried the rising number of sexual abuse cases committed against young boys and girls in the county. Omollo said in every two weeks a child related sexual abuse case is reported and attributed the...

Pregnant women in Kenya risking lives from eating odowa, the ‘mineral stone’

Nancy Akoth is four months pregnant and like many women in her state has strange cravings. Some women eat coal, gherkins or soap but Akoth craves soft stones, known in Kenya, where she lives, as ‘odowa’. "I just have this urge...

How lack of water denies Kenyans the ‘right to life’ in West Pokot

'Pusu poltoy cho relach’ meaning, like clouds in the sky, new people will replace old ones but people will continue to exist. This Pokot saying shows they believe in a future. As the climate change debate continues and with COP 21...

Nakuru woman with strange disease appeals for medical support

By Njeri Kimani For two years, 55 year old Priscilla Kaniaru has been confined to her house in Kiamunyi area in Nakuru. What started as an off and on loss of vision ended up in a battle to survive. In an...

FGM is a tool to protect the spread of HIV, Maasais say

By Malachi Motano "Cutting girls is something our people have done for hundreds of years," Nashilu Lenteiyo, the senior Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) 'surgeon' in the Maasai community of Ol Donyo Nyokie, tells a reporter. She adds, "No one can convince us that...

New HIV infections increasingly occurring among teenagers compounding elimination challenge

On World Aids Day (WAD), Kenyans commemorated it in different parts of the country in different ways. With gains made towards eliminating the virus that causes Aids, HIV, statistics give a gloomy picture especially among the youths. AMREF says that most new...

Doctor rules out possibility of lead poisoning for Thange residents affected by oil spillage

A doctor has ruled out any possibility of lead poisoning among residents of Thange village in Kibwezi, Makueni County affected by an oil spillage that contaminated water sources. Dr. Tom Bosire Menge a Chief Toxicologist based at the Kenyatta National...

Senate Committee on Energy orders for medical screening of Thange residents

The Senate Committee on Energy wants residents of Thange Village in Kibwezi Sub County affected by a massive oil spillage screened for possible petroleum products poisoning. Under the leadership of Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, the committee in a recent tour...

Reprieve as Kenya Pipeline Company promises to compensate Thange residents affected by oil spillage

Hundreds of residents from Thange village in Kibwezi, Makueni County affected by a massive oil spillage from a pipeline belonging to the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) got a reprieve after the company promised to compensate them. The spillage that happened...

Parents advised to embrace family planning for better education

By Malachi Motano Parents have been advised practice family planning in order to offer quality education to their children. Teachers must also enhance good teacher-pupil interaction so as to create a good environment for learning and allow the students to open...

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