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KCSE 2024: National schools continue to showcase academic dominance as private schools rise
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 11, 2025

Schools from metropolitan counties, particularly Nairobi and Kiambu, dominated the rankings.

NTSA sets tough requirements for vehicles transporting children returning to schools
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 05, 2025

NTSA urged parents and guardians to utilise its free mobile app to verify the essential details of public service vehicles, drivers, and conductors be...

A reform gone wrong: How Ruto’s university funding model failed students in 2024
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 05, 2025

While the government has pledged to refine the system, trust among students, parents, and stakeholders remains low.

Oshwal Academy directed to allow Muslim students to perform afternoon prayers
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 09, 2024

The court ordered the school to allow the students to perform their prayers within the campus.

Isiolo leaders discuss security, development in meeting with DP Kindiki
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 13, 2024

One of the key issue raised was the need to conclude the recruitment of the National Police Reservists.

Kumbusha Mwanafunzi initiative helping improve education in Coast schools
Farhiya Hussein  |  Oct 01, 2024

Sabri hopes to introduce teacher training programmes to ensure educators are equipped with the skills to support student empowerment.

Karatina University closed after students protest over matatu fares, hostel rents
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 25, 2024

The institution has approximately 10,000 students, and the majority participated in the protests.

Senator Nyamu seeks deployment of safety officers in schools to tackle violence
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 19, 2024

The motion comes at a time when Kenya has witnessed 239 cases of unrest in secondary schools in the last nine months.

Eastleigh High School closed indefinitely after student protests over Mosque construction
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Sep 18, 2024

In the aftermath of the demonstrations, several properties at Eastleigh High School were damaged.

State sets up committees to review varsity funding model as student leaders call off strike
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2024

The student leaders have now issued the government a 30-day notice to address their concerns, including the abolition of Bands 4 and 5,

AG Dorcas Oduor forms committee to address mass failure of law students
Barack Oduor  |  Aug 29, 2024

Data from the Council of Legal Education (CLE) shows that students have been failing the bar exam for the past 15 years, raising questions about their...

New university funding model risks locking out needy students from universities
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 24, 2024

This systematic failure threatens to undermine the very goal the model was designed to achieve, placing the higher education sector in jeopardy.

Bodaboda officials meet security team after recent spate of violence in Isiolo
Waweru Wairimu  |  Aug 18, 2024

Four people were injured in Thursday's confrontations between two groups of about 40 bodaboda riders which were triggered by a fight between two opera...

Former Bangladesh PM Hasina demands probe into July 'killings and vandalism'
Diana Mbugua  |  Aug 13, 2024

Around 300 people died in the demonstrations that began as protests against employment quotas but spiralled into a movement seeking Hasina's overthrow...

African students face rising visa denial rates in the US and Europe
Amina Wako  |  Aug 04, 2024

Citizens of the 26 member states within Europe’s Schengen area enjoy borderless access, while most travellers from elsewhere require visas.

Wajir teacher sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing teenage girl
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jul 01, 2024

Noor Ahmed Ismail stabbed GNA (name withheld), a pupil at his school, to death on May 12, 2016.

Opening of scholarships, loans portal pushed to June 18 over Eid ul-Adha
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 17, 2024

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu announced the new date in a statement on Monday, citing the Eid ul-Adha celebration. 

[HOLD, FOR BALANCE] Kenyan student's family calls for probe into his mysterious death in Tanzania
Farhiya Hussein  |  Jun 10, 2024

Brian Rajab was a 27-year-old second-year student pursuing an advanced diploma in marine engineering at the Dar es Salaam Maritime Institute.

Isiolo widows pick up the pieces after losing husbands to bandits
Waweru Wairimu  |  May 02, 2024

Kaltum wonders why criminals who raid, maim, kill, and steal livestock are never arrested.

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