Education Stories

Funding crisis looms over universities, TVETs as HELB and exam budgets slashed
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 30, 2025

The National Treasury has indicated that the allocation was excluded due to ongoing revenue shortfalls and competing expenditure demands across govern...

Mauritania’s Sidi Ould Tah elected AfDB president, succeeding Akinwumi Adesina after close vote
Mwangi Maina  |  May 29, 2025

Tah, who officially begins his five-year term on September 1, 2025, brings over 35 years of financial and development experience, most recently leadin...

African leaders urge adherence to peace pact, respect for sovereignty in Great Lakes talks
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 29, 2025

Addressing the situation in Sudan, the leaders urged greater cooperation to stop the influx of weapons and mercenaries, in line with the UN arms embar...

South African mother, two accomplices sentenced to life for trafficking six-year-old daughter
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 29, 2025

Raquel Smith and her boyfriend, Jacquen Appolis, alongside their friend Stevano van Rhyn, were each handed life sentences for their involvement in the...

Senators demand probe into ECDE conditions in Wajir as children study under trees
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 29, 2025

Wajir Senator Abass Sheikh lamented that learners in the county are still forced to learn under trees or in overcrowded makeshift structures, conditio...

DCI arrests Murang'a MCA Grace Nduta over alleged staged abduction of Juja MP Koimburi
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 29, 2025

The DCI said the arrest followed social media reports about the alleged abduction of Wairimu herself, claims which the investigative agency has dismis...

State launches committee to speed up land and environmental cases stalling key projects
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 29, 2025

The Attorney General said the legal audit conducted by her office showed that the government is either a principal or interested party in all the 10,5...

Kenyan breast cancer patients to pay 67pc less for treatment under new deal with Roche
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 29, 2025

The agreement, formalised through an MoU, is part of the government’s broader efforts to strengthen financial protection for cancer patients in line w...

Mining CS Hassan Joho urges police to stop arbitrary arrests of fishermen
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

Joho stressed that arresting fishermen should not be the routine way to enforce the law.

PEG-MGF Peptide: Exploring its potential in research and beyond
Husnain Ali  |  May 29, 2025

One of the primary areas where PEG-MGF might hold promise is tissue repair and cellular proliferation.

I still hold the Public Seal - Attorney General Dorcas Oduor
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

The confusion stems from reports that the seal had been shifted from the AG’s office to the Head of Public Service through the National Administration...

Task force uncovers widespread GBV, home abuse, police lapses, and FGM by medics
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

Chairperson Nancy Barasa highlighted that many of these crimes happen inside homes, where vulnerable victims are betrayed by their own relatives.

Catholic Bishops call for justice after "foul" killings of two priests
Mary Wambui  |  May 29, 2025

The bishops termed the killings as veiled with malicious intent and mystery.

Alarm over tropical diseases as counties turn to internal funds
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

Counties revealed that they are struggling to sustain treatment and prevention programmes for diseases like bilharzia, intestinal worms, trachoma, sle...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: A legacy of literary greatness and unfulfilled Nobel Prize dream
Barack Oduor  |  May 29, 2025

The constant bated breath to see Ngugi win the Nobel Prize literally triggered anxiety. It even evoked sharp debate on the place of literary prizes an...

Sub-Saharan Africa tops global list with 827 million people lacking adequate social protection
Alfred Onyango  |  May 29, 2025

Cash transfers are among the most commonly used social protection tools designed to enhance nutritional outcomes for poor and vulnerable households.

Tribunal orders South Sudan to pay Sh9.6 billion to Vivacell over investment deal breach
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 29, 2025

Vivacell and its mother company, BVI, moved to court in 2018, lodging 17 claims against South Sudan and demanding $2.9 billion (around Sh375.1 billion...

Kenya and world mourn literary icon Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, champion of African languages
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 28, 2025

His daughter, Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ, confirmed the passing through a public message, describing him as a man who “lived a full life” and asked Kenyans and...

Cancer patients left in limbo as KNH radiotherapy machine breaks down
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 28, 2025

KNH Acting CEO William Sigilai said the hospital has fast-tracked the procurement of a new machine.

Africa chiefs of defence forces conference begins, urges stronger collaboration on security challenges
Mary Wambui  |  May 28, 2025

Kenya's Chief of Defence Forces, General Charles Kahariri, noted that this year's meeting convenes at such a time when the regional and global securit...

Mbadi blasts counties over Sh40bn pension arrears, calls non-remittance ‘theft’
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 28, 2025

Mbadi decried the persistent non-remittance of pension dues by counties, terming it a significant challenge to the viability of public pension systems...

Trump’s Afrikaners are South African opportunists, not refugees: What’s behind the US move
The Conversation  |  May 28, 2025

The evidence suggests that the heads of household among the Afrikaner 49 are drawn not only from that minority of Afrikaners who are totally unreconci...

What happens during first 9 days of Dhul Hijjah as Muslims begin fasting and millions prepare for pilgrimage
Abdirahman Khalif  |  May 28, 2025

In Eastleigh, a good number of people have already begun fasting from today. Many of them are expected to continue the fast daily until the 5th of Jun...

South Sudan launches lifesaving vaccines to fight pneumonia, diarrhoea in children
XINHUA  |  May 28, 2025

Anin Ngot Ngot Mou, undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, described the rollout as a game changer in the fight against two of the country's leadin...

DPP granted more time to decide on charges for four filmmakers linked to BBC's 'Blood Parliament' documentary
Carolyne Kubwa  |  May 28, 2025

When the matter came up for a mention on Wednesday, a senior prosecutor applied for adjournment, saying they needed more time to make a decision on wh...

Majority of Kenyans oppose broad-based government - TIFA
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 28, 2025

According to the poll, 54 per cent of Kenyans do not support the broad-based government.

Urgent food system reform needed for resilience as Africa faces chronic hunger crisis
The New Times  |  May 28, 2025

The conflict adds another destabilising layer. Violence and insecurity across the Sahel, Horn of Africa, and Great Lakes regions have disrupted planti...

Senators clash over new county revenue sharing formula
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 28, 2025

The tension echoed a similar stalemate five years ago, when the Senate failed to pass a formula after 10 attempts, forcing then-President Uhuru Kenyat...

10 years ago Kenya set out to fix gender gaps in education – What’s working and what still needs to be done
The Conversation  |  May 28, 2025

Our study found that Kenya needs to review its teacher education curriculum to make it more gender responsive. Teachers also need more training to fol...

NACADA shuts down illegal rehab centre over inhumane conditions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 28, 2025

The facility, which lacked proper licenses, was found to be operating without qualified medical or counselling staff, putting the lives of its clients...

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