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Heifer International rallies support for Africa’s young farmers

NAIROBI — What began as a policy summit on food systems quickly turned into a rallying cry. At the heart of Nairobi’s Kenyatta International Conventio...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Business

Hustler Fund faces 6B Loan defaults and eyes additional 5B

NAIROBI -The future of Kenya’s much-heralded Hustler Fund is in serious doubt. With soaring loan defaults and a deep budget cut from the National Trea...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Africa

Suicide Crisis Grips Eswatini: 39 Lives Lost in Just 20 Weeks

Mbabane, Eswatini — In just five months, 39 people have taken their own lives across Eswatini, painting a deeply troubling picture of a growing mental...

1 year ago · By Eugene Were

Kenya

Lake Naivasha swells again flooding homes and sparking health fears

Naivasha, Kenya – The floodwaters have returned to Lake Naivasha, and with them, a familiar sense of despair. For the third time in five years, rising...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Business

Kenya signs Crown dependencies recruitment deal amid labour shortages

Nairobi -In a move expected to boost overseas job opportunities for Kenyan workers, the government of Kenya has signed a new agreement that will open...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Africa

Malalah: Rigathi Gachagua is legitimate Deputy President of Kenya

NAIROBI — Former Kenyan Senator Cleophas Malalah has issued a bold call for President William Ruto to dissolve his government, following a Court of Ap...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

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Kenya alarmed by rising drug use among youths aged 15-24

A quiet crisis is growing across Kenya, and it’s one that doesn’t respect age, class, or region. The Ministry of Health has issued a stark warning abo...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Africa

Here is the Bold Plan to Transform Polluted Nairobi River

NAIROBI – On the banks of the Nairobi River—where garbage chokes the waters and informal settlements teeter precariously—a quiet revolution is taking...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Africa

African Civil Society to File Landmark Climate Justice Petition at Continent’s Top Human Rights Court

Arusha, Tanzania In a bold move that could redefine Africa’s legal response to the climate crisis, a coalition of civil society groups is taking their...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Africa

We Shall Restore the Dignity of the Payslip – Gachagua

Rigathi Gachagua, Kenya’s former Deputy President, delivered a scathing Labour Day message on Thursday, vowing to restore dignity to the country's ove...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Kenya

No More Bets: Kenya Hits Gambling Industry With Sweeping Media Ban

Kenya's top media companies have been ordered to stop broadcasting gambling advertisements with immediate effect, in a bold move by the government to...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Kenya

“We Are Not Traffickers”: Mediheal Defends Itself as Kenya Launches Organ Trade Probe

Mediheal Hospital, one of Kenya’s most prominent private medical institutions, is at the centre of a deepening scandal after an international exposé a...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter