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Dennis Ochieng

Dennis Ochieng writes for the Standard Health

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School girls in the tight grip of period poverty in Tana River

By Dennis Ochieng
Jan. 26, 2025

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Sanitation goals face harsh realities in open defecation

Open Defacation rate declined from 16.2 per cent in 2003 to 7 per cent in 2022, the country remains among 36 countries still grappling with this unhealthy practice.

By Dennis Ochieng
Feb. 10, 2025

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Diving on empty: Raw deal for diver who recovered a headless body in River Tana

Not long ago, Ibrahim Abakora Mamba recovered the body of a headless man, which had been difficult to trace in River Tana.

By Dennis Ochieng
Feb. 24, 2025

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Diving on empty: Raw deal for diver who recovered a headless body in River Tana

Not long ago, Ibrahim Abakora Mamba recovered the body of a headless man, which had been difficult to trace in River Tana.

By Dennis Ochieng
Feb. 24, 2025

Uncertainty hits farms as climate shifts, weather patterns evolve

As the climate shifts unpredictably, farmers and experts are left in suspense, waiting for the rains that may or may not come.

By Dennis Ochieng
Mar. 10, 2025

Uncertainty hits farms as climate shifts, weather patterns evolve

Concern as iconic grey crested cranes fade from Lake Victoria

During the harvest season, farmers kill cranes or poison them with pesticides while others fall victim to electrocution by power lines.

By Dennis Ochieng
Mar. 31, 2025

Concern as iconic grey crested cranes fade from Lake Victoria

Between refuge and ruin: How Dadaab's survival battle is fuelling an eco crisis

Since 1991, the indigenous residents of Dadaab sub-county in Garissa have been hosting refugees, and the area's already fragile environment has been pushed to the brink.

By Dennis Ochieng
Aug. 11, 2025

Between refuge and ruin: How Dadaab's survival battle is fuelling an eco crisis

Buzzkill: How declining bee colonies are threatening food, farms and future survival

In Kenya, landscape changes and reductions in flowering plants have dramatically weakened bee populations.

By Dennis Ochieng
Sep. 22, 2025

Buzzkill: How declining bee colonies are threatening food, farms and future survival

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Nature's cure: How forest walks cut stress, boost health

Interdisciplinary scientific research conducted in Finland and Japan reveals that walking slowly through the forest can be therapeutic and beneficial to health, fostering deep inner peace.

By Dennis Ochieng
Oct. 13, 2025