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January 21, 2019

Lifestyle Section

Katja Iversen: Investing in women pays

November 28, 2018, was meant to be a big day for Kenya. For the second time, MPs would try and pass a major gender law to improve the representation of...

Initiates graduate under Kikuyu customs

Some 240 young men from Gatundu, Kiambu county, recently graduated into adulthood after undergoing circumcision under the Kikuyu traditions.

The...

Rwanda to lead in life expectancy as Kenya stagnates

People in Rwanda will retain the title of the highest life expectancy in East Africa by 2040, according to a new study.

Kenyans...

Cleft lip: How surgeon creates new smiles on the operating table

Long ago, children born with cleft lips in Europe were seen as proof of not just the child’s demonic nature but of the mother as well. Both were...

Oct. 05, 2018, 12:30 am

Pumwani Maternity Hospital on 19th September 2018./HEPHZIBAR BUKASU.

Sep. 22, 2018, 12:00 am

A crocodile at Cetra farm /MARTIN RWAMBA

Sep. 20, 2018, 12:00 am

A graduation ceremony at Mount Kenya University. The report says investing in the health and education of young people in Africa could unlock productivity and innovation.

Sep. 03, 2018, 12:00 am

A woman harvests rose flowers at a Kenyan farm.

Jun. 13, 2018, 12:00 am

Kenya relies heavily on the Global Fund and the United States government to finance HIV programmes.

Jun. 11, 2018, 12:00 am

The global tobacco epidemic is projected to kill one billion people worldwide this century.

Mar. 10, 2018, 12:15 am

Authors Njuguna Kimunya and Muthoni Likimani

Feb. 17, 2018, 12:15 am

Director Dream Credit Mrs Lilian Gachoki C.E.O Equity Bank Dr. James Mwangi Author of the books S.T Wainaina and Elizabeth Njeri

Feb. 15, 2018, 12:30 am

Bill Gates: It's those healthy kids going to school that will be key to the future economic growth.

Jan. 27, 2018, 2:00 am

Nov. 10, 2017, 12:00 am

African science journalists share ideas during a past training on infectious diseases in Nairobi, Kenya.

Nov. 10, 2017, 12:00 am

The burden of breast cancer disproportionately affects African countries with five-year survival rates as low as 12 per cent in parts of Africa, compared with almost 90 per cent in the United States, Australia and Canada.

Nov. 06, 2017, 12:00 am

Secondary school students at an awards ceremony hosted by Base Titanium in 2015. The scholarship programme could close when the firm ends operations in its current mine.

Nov. 06, 2017, 12:00 am

Eunice Musau Ngunguu was forced to abandon her work and stay at home after she lost her hearing in 2014.

Oct. 04, 2017, 12:00 am

A medic prepares a vaccine to immunise children./ FILE PIC

Sep. 30, 2017, 1:00 am

Sitawa Namwalie is a poet, playwright and performer. She is last year’s winner of Kenya’s Sanaa Theatre Awards Best Spoken Word and Poetry.

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