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By Ilhan Yassin Harley It is a great thing that young women in Kenya, like Kenyan men, have guaranteed primary education until the age of 14, something we can be really proud of. Reading and writing in English and Swahili, numeracy, history and geography, biology (that was called Home Science in my time)… Everyone gets […]

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By Winnie Kabintie A 16-year-old girl in Bungoma County is nursing injuries after her father burnt her private parts with an iron box for allegedly having a boyfriend. The father of the form two student is said to have descended on her after villagers reported that the girl had a relationship with a boy in […]

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The police service is once again on the spot for brutality and use of excessive force following yesterday’s scuffle at City Hall that left various Members of the County Assembly injured. Four policemen were caught on camera assaulting a defenceless, Patricia Mutheu, the MCA for Mlango Kubwa ward. From the videos that have since gone […]

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A medical study  has provoked a widespread social media storm ; #MedBikini, for criticizing female doctors who post photos of themselves in bikini on social media, calling it “provacative” and “unprofessional”. The journal, titled, “Prevalence of unprofessional social media content among young vascular surgeons” was published online behind a paywall on December 25, 2019 in the […]

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Benjamin Mkapa, the third president of Tanzania has died in Dar es Salaam today. President John Pombe Magufuli has confirmed the death via a live televised broadcast, saying the former president died while receiving treatment earlier today. Mkapa, who served as president of Tanzania between 1995-2005, will be rememberd for championing several regional peace mediation efforts […]

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