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Thousands face starvation in Kilifi as drought situation worsens

According to EAC Cabinet Secretary Beatrice Moe, over 80,000 residents of Kilifi are in dire need of food aid and drinking water.

Thousands face starvation in Kilifi as drought situation worsens

Gladys Kerubo: Lady tuk-tuk rider on mission for expectant mothers

Gladys Kerubo: Lady tuk-tuk rider on mission for expectant mothers

Imarika Sacco eyes digital tools in its expansion strategy

Imarika Sacco eyes digital tools in its expansion strategy

After Shakahola forest massacre, residents face economic hardship

After Shakahola forest massacre, residents face economic hardship

State commits to streamline current labour migration

State Labour and Skills Development PS Shadrack Mwadime has stated that Kenya will secure bilateral agreements to protect its citizens working in foreign countries.

By 2 months ago

State commits to streamline current labour migration

Governor, firm sign Sh20b cocoa farming deal

Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung'aro has inked a Sh20 billion deal to fund organic cocoa farming.

By 2 months ago

Governor, firm sign Sh20b cocoa farming deal

US NGO partners with Baringo County to manage malnutrition

About 22,000 children in the county suffer from acute malnutrition and Helen Keller International is working with the county to support integrated medical outreach.

By 2 months ago

US NGO partners with Baringo County to manage malnutrition

How Kilifi's binti-to-binti group is tackling tragedy of stillbirths

Binti-to-binti support group is a maternity, open-day learning group designed to ensure that rural mothers seek Antenatal services during their first trimester.

By 2 months ago

How Kilifi's binti-to-binti group is tackling tragedy of stillbirths

Shakahola churches struggling as distrustful faithful keep off

One year after the GNI activities were halted, clerics in and around Shakahola shared how Makenzi’s activities have affected their lives and their flocks.

By 2 months ago

Shakahola churches struggling as distrustful faithful keep off

Kilifi county to install biogas in secondary schools

Mung'aro's administration plans to power all the institutions with friendly and renewable energy from organic matter such as food scraps and animal waste.

By 2 months ago

Kilifi county to install biogas in secondary schools

Archaic beliefs fuelling killing, abandonment of intersex children

Intersex babies are often seen as a sign of looming danger and poverty in the homestead.

By 3 months ago

Archaic beliefs fuelling killing, abandonment of intersex children

Families oppose mass burial for Shakahola kin

Government Pathologist says unidentified bodies to be interred in mass graves.

By 3 months ago

Families oppose mass burial for Shakahola kin

Endless grief of waiting for victims of Shakahola Massacre

Degraded bodies in bags with handwritten cards identify each victim of the cult as families say it has been endless grief waiting for the state to release their bodies for a decent burial.

By 4 months ago

Endless grief of waiting for victims of Shakahola Massacre

Baricho Wellfield water project ready

The Baricho wellfield water project will serve over 400,000 people, said Water Cabinet Secretary Zachariah Njeru, who added that the project was to improve the residents' quality of life.

By 4 months ago

Baricho Wellfield water project ready

Shakahola death toll rises to 450 as two more bodies exhumed

Skeletal remains were discovered in graves at Kwa Mugambi, located South of pastor Paul Makenzi's homestead in Shakahola forest, Kilifi county.

By 4 months ago

Shakahola death toll rises to 450 as two more bodies exhumed

69,000 Kenyans living in modern slavery

Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May said modern slavery was on the rise due to rising geo-political and economic volatility, conflict, and climate change.

By 4 months ago

69,000 Kenyans living in modern slavery

Shakahola bodies heaped in a container as death toll hits 446

Bodies retrieved from the shallow graves in the first four phases of the exercise going on inside the forest in Kilifi's Malindi area have been piled in one container mortuary.

By 4 months ago

Shakahola bodies heaped in a container as death toll hits 446

Shakahola death toll hits 443 as seven more bodies exhumed

Seven more bodies were exhumed Tuesday at the Kwa Mugambi area, located south of controversial pastor Paul Makenzi’s homestead in Shakahola Forest, Kilifi county.

By 4 months ago

Shakahola death toll hits 443 as seven more bodies exhumed

Shakahola death toll rises to 436 after seven more bodies retrieved

Detectives and forensic experts from the DCI Homicide Unit have recovered seven bodies as the fifth phase of Shakahola exhumation kicked off Monday. This has pushed the death toll to 436.

By 4 months ago

Shakahola death toll rises to 436 after seven more bodies retrieved

Miraa, muguka battle moves to Parliament as MP proposes ban

Deputy Majority Leader Owen Baya wants miraa deleted from the list of scheduled crops.

By 4 months ago

Miraa, muguka battle moves to Parliament as MP proposes ban

Alarm over rising mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kilifi

Cases have been attributed to the failure of pregnant and breastfeeding women to embrace antiretroviral treatment.

By 5 months ago

Alarm over rising mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kilifi

Two dead, scores injured as tropical storm Ialy hits Coast

Two people died and at least five others were injured after Tropical Storm Ialy tore through villages destroying schools, homes and businesses.

By 5 months ago

Two dead, scores injured as tropical storm Ialy hits Coast

Mung'aro launches phase three of county Mashinani programme

Mung'aro said that the programme promotes dialogue with the people.

By 5 months ago

Mung'aro launches phase three of county Mashinani programme

Court orders DPP to reduce Makenzi's murder charges

The High Court in Malindi has ordered the Director of Public Prosecution to reduce murder charges against preacher Paul Makenzi and his co-accused from 191 to 12.

By 5 months ago

Court orders DPP to reduce Makenzi's murder charges

Shakahola: Kin of victims reluctant to collect bodies, seek therapy to reach closure

The social workers and therapists from the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), the Directorate of Homicide, and Kilifi County hope to convince the families to pick the bodies of their kin for burial.

By 5 months ago

Shakahola: Kin of victims reluctant to collect bodies, seek therapy to reach closure

Hotels submerged as River Sabaki burst its banks

Floods have submerged some hotels in Malindi after River Sabaki burst its banks due to heavy downpours upstream.

By 5 months ago

Hotels submerged as River Sabaki burst its banks

17 cases of diarrhoea reported in Kilifi IDP camp

The people affected by diarrhoea presented with stomach pains, vomiting and high fever raisings fears of outbreak of waterborne diseases.

By 5 months ago

17 cases of diarrhoea reported in Kilifi IDP camp

State distributes hybrid coconut tree seedlings to farmers

Agriculture Secretary Mithika Linturi said the move was a response to the reduced coconut tree population.

By 6 months ago

State distributes hybrid coconut tree seedlings to farmers

Nurses save lives of pregnant women as doctors strike bites

Patricia Ndoro has been seeing at least 40 pregnant mothers every day since doctors downed tools a month ago.

By 6 months ago

Nurses save lives of pregnant women as doctors strike bites

Untold story of journalists, activists struggling with Shakahola trauma

Journalists who covered the Shakahola massacre suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

By 6 months ago

Untold story of journalists, activists struggling with Shakahola trauma

First four victims of Shakahola tragedy buried in one grave

Fate followed four relatives whose bodies were retrieved in embrace from a shallow mass grave inside the Shakahola forest when they were buried together yesterday in a single grave.

By 6 months ago

First four victims of Shakahola tragedy buried in one grave

State commits to streamline current labour migration

State Labour and Skills Development PS Shadrack Mwadime has stated that Kenya will secure bilateral agreements to protect its citizens working in foreign countries.

By 2 months ago

State commits to streamline current labour migration

Governor, firm sign Sh20b cocoa farming deal

Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung'aro has inked a Sh20 billion deal to fund organic cocoa farming.

By 2 months ago

Governor, firm sign Sh20b cocoa farming deal

US NGO partners with Baringo County to manage malnutrition

About 22,000 children in the county suffer from acute malnutrition and Helen Keller International is working with the county to support integrated medical outreach.

By 2 months ago

US NGO partners with Baringo County to manage malnutrition

How Kilifi's binti-to-binti group is tackling tragedy of stillbirths

Binti-to-binti support group is a maternity, open-day learning group designed to ensure that rural mothers seek Antenatal services during their first trimester.

By 2 months ago

How Kilifi's binti-to-binti group is tackling tragedy of stillbirths

Shakahola churches struggling as distrustful faithful keep off

One year after the GNI activities were halted, clerics in and around Shakahola shared how Makenzi’s activities have affected their lives and their flocks.

By 2 months ago

Shakahola churches struggling as distrustful faithful keep off

Kilifi county to install biogas in secondary schools

Mung'aro's administration plans to power all the institutions with friendly and renewable energy from organic matter such as food scraps and animal waste.

By 2 months ago

Kilifi county to install biogas in secondary schools

Archaic beliefs fuelling killing, abandonment of intersex children

Intersex babies are often seen as a sign of looming danger and poverty in the homestead.

By 3 months ago

Archaic beliefs fuelling killing, abandonment of intersex children

Families oppose mass burial for Shakahola kin

Government Pathologist says unidentified bodies to be interred in mass graves.

By 3 months ago

Families oppose mass burial for Shakahola kin

Endless grief of waiting for victims of Shakahola Massacre

Degraded bodies in bags with handwritten cards identify each victim of the cult as families say it has been endless grief waiting for the state to release their bodies for a decent burial.

By 4 months ago

Endless grief of waiting for victims of Shakahola Massacre

Baricho Wellfield water project ready

The Baricho wellfield water project will serve over 400,000 people, said Water Cabinet Secretary Zachariah Njeru, who added that the project was to improve the residents' quality of life.

By 4 months ago

Baricho Wellfield water project ready

Shakahola death toll rises to 450 as two more bodies exhumed

Skeletal remains were discovered in graves at Kwa Mugambi, located South of pastor Paul Makenzi's homestead in Shakahola forest, Kilifi county.

By 4 months ago

Shakahola death toll rises to 450 as two more bodies exhumed

69,000 Kenyans living in modern slavery

Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May said modern slavery was on the rise due to rising geo-political and economic volatility, conflict, and climate change.

By 4 months ago

69,000 Kenyans living in modern slavery

Shakahola bodies heaped in a container as death toll hits 446

Bodies retrieved from the shallow graves in the first four phases of the exercise going on inside the forest in Kilifi's Malindi area have been piled in one container mortuary.

By 4 months ago

Shakahola bodies heaped in a container as death toll hits 446

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