From red carpet fashion to the night’s big winners, the 82nd annual Golden Globes made a strong start to awards season. Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist were the big winners at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, with both films taking home multiple awards. Shōgun and Hacks also took top honors in their respective TV […]
Hewatele has received Ksh. 2.5 billion (USD 20 million) in funding to build a medicinal oxygen manufacturing facility at Tatu City. Hewatele is a medical oxygen producer in Kenya. Hewatele secured the funding from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Finn fund, Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), UBS Optimus Foundation and Grand Challenges Canada. […]
Bungoma County government has entered a four years-long partnership to empower women and girls, boost Education, leadership opportunities and gender inequality initiatives. Bungoma County’s sexual and gender-based violence prevalence is 23 per cent, compared to the national average of 13 per cent. Between 2016 – July 2023, data from the county shows that 9,089 cases […]
Small holder farmers from Bungoma County have embraced the Agroecology model of farming with the sole aim of increasing food production and fighting the global effects of climate change. Farmers from Bungoma narrates that before embracing Agroecology they used to harvest 2- 3 bags of maize per acre. To ensure small holder farmers maximize on […]
In bid to fight the rising gender based violence, new HIV/AIDS infections and teenage pregnancies in the region, Bungoma County has developed a program dubbed ‘Play to end GBV’ that involves school going boys and girls. The program is sponsored by the Kenya Red Cross Society, the Ministry of Education and Bungoma County government department […]
President William Ruto has appointed Douglas Kanja as Kenya’s new Inspector-General of Police Service for a four-year term following his vetting and approval by both Houses of Parliament. Dr Ruto made the appointment in a gazette notice dated September 19, 2024, just a day after Members of Parliament gave the new police boss the green […]
Circumcision remains a crucial rite of passage among many African communities, an ideal that is considered as a moment of transformation from childhood to adulthood. The Bukusu community in Western part of Kenya is one of the communities still pricticing circumcision rite . Throughout the month of August in every even year, this community that […]
