More women are daring to challenge the heavy patriarchal barriers in leadership. In the 2017 election, Sophia Abdi Noor (pictured) made history as the first female elected as Ijara MP. Pool | Nation Media Group This year’s Women Rights Convention was a moment to cherish. Hosted last month by the Community Advocacy and Awareness Trust (Crawn Trust), the
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By Ann Mikia and Dorcas Moraa August 1-7, 2021 was marked as the international breastfeeding under the theme Protect Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility. The day aims to foster knowledge on breast milk among mothers and caregivers- in case of illness or death of mothers- of babies. this campaign was informed by a study by the
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By Daniela Mary Kabira In our country Kenya, there are many garbage pits around our environment. When we walk through the streets of Nairobi city county we all see garbage thrown everywhere. For example, we see plastic bottles, metallic waste, busted sewage pipes vomiting bad smell, we even see old, dirty and torn clothes and
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By Njura Ivy Email: ivynjura9@gmail.com Growing up, we used to live across the fence of the Lake Nakuru National Park. The one very stun warning I used to hear from the game wardens who also lived in the neighbourhood was that the worst time to rattle a buffalo is when it is injured. This might seem impertinent
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By Aggrey Omboki omboki2725@gmail.com Aisha Dafalla’s first memories of donating blood are a little unpleasant. She was happy to give blood the first time in 1981 as a Form 3 high school student. “I was very eager to give blood but I was unaware of the requirements for a successful donation exercise,” she recalls. “When
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