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Public Service Vehicles (PSV) will not be allowed access to the Central Business District (CBD) from Monday in the latest effort by the government to ease congestion in the city center. The PSVs, popularly referred to as matatus, will be expected to pick and drop passengers at the designated terminus away from the city center. […]

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By Winnie Kabintie  The benefits of the blue economy will not be reaped if countries do not focus on preserving marine ecosystems particularly by dealing with plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is the biggest threat to the marine/aquatic ecosystems according to the United Nations Environment. Current estimates by the United Nations Environment show about eight million metric […]

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By Winnie Kabintie A new campaign dubbed Deliver for Good Kenya, which aims to empower girls and women in four thematic areas in order to achieve gender equality and drive progress in the country was launched on Wednesday. The Deliver for Good Kenya initiative, which is supported  by the governments of Denmark and Canada, will focus on […]

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By Winnie Kabintie Speakers at the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference have called on women to venture out and seize the opportunities opening up in the blue economy. According to Silvester  Kututa MD/CEO, Express Shipping and Logistics EA Ltd, at the moment, there are still few women engaged in the industry and until women positioned themselves […]

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Marie Stopes Kenya, an Ngo that has been on the spot lately for reportedly offering abortion services contrary law, has suspended the services. According to  Marie Stopes Director Dana Tilson, the decision to suspend the abortion services was followed a directive by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board (KPMDU). Dana Tilson, however, said that all 22 Marie Stopes […]

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