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  According to the 2022 Tobacco and Drug Abuse Survey (TADSAS), tobacco use among adults aged 15 to 65 has declined to 8.5 per cent, down from 11.6 per cent in 2014. Read More

  HOMA Bay, Kenya May 29– President William Ruto has kicked off his tour of Homa Bay County to launch and inspect key development projects in the lead-up to the Madaraka Day celebrations. This year’s national celebrations will be held on Sunday at Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay. The President is accompanied by Opposition leader Read More

  Once approved, each case will be fully covered up to Sh700,000, which includes the surgery and necessary post-operative care as per SHA’s national care package. Read More

  The initiative, by the Senator who was kicked out from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, is aimed at raising awareness and support efforts toward a world where menstruation is not a barrier to education, health, or women’s empowerment. Read More

  A third-year law student from the University of Nairobi has landed in legal trouble after an Eldoret court ordered him to pay Ksh7.5 million in damages for cyberbullying and defamation. Kevin Ndung’u Kiriga, who was found guilty of defaming Benard Kagia, a driver attached to Prophet David Owuor of the Repentance and Holiness Church, is expected to compensate Kagia following a ruling delivered by Eldoret Chief Magistrate Dennis Mikoyan. Guilty of Cyber Harassment and Character Assassination The court ruled that Kiriga had engaged in online harassment and malicious defamation, violating Act No. 5 of 2018 under the Computer Misuse and
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  While Ngũgĩ never received the Nobel Prize in Literature—a recognition many Kenyans believed he deserved—Ruto said the writer would always remain “the champion of literary emancipation and innovation in our hearts and minds.” Read More

  BUNGOMA, Kenya May 29 – A family dispute turned deadly in Cheptais, Bungoma County, after a 15-year-old boy hacked his 19-year-old brother to death during an argument over a memory card. Police said the two brothers—one in Form Three and the other in Grade Eight—were at their home on May 27 when a quarrel broke Read More

  Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said Ngũgĩ “stands tall” as one of the most distinguished literary minds to ever emerge from the region. Read More

  Ngũgĩ died on Wednesday night, in the United States after a long illness. He was 87. His daughter, Wanjiku wa Ngugi, confirmed the news on a Facebook post, saying her father “lived a full life and fought a good fight.” Read More

  His role was temporary and his exit is not unexpected, but it comes a day after Musk criticised the legislative centrepiece of Trump’s agenda. Read More