Authorities in Cameroon say they are attempting to remove thousands of children working in gold mines along the country’s eastern border. Some of the children were displaced from the Central African Republic because of violence there and dropped out of school to mine gold for survival. The 2021-2022 school year in Cameroon started Monday, and […]
Nigeria has maintained the infamous position as the World’s Poverty Capital, with 93.9 million people in Africa’s most populous country currently living below poverty line. Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) Limited and member of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC), Mr Bismarck Rewane, has stated. Quoting a World Bank data, Rewane, in a […]
President Uhuru recieved 2021 National Wildlife Census Report on Monday which was fully funded by the government, and conducted by local experts. According to the census report, Kenya has a total of 36,280 savanna elephants, becoming the fourth largest population in the world after Zimbabwe, Botswana and Tanzania. The census also established that the country […]
Kenya’s education sector was hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic that paralysed learning in all levels, from primary school to universities in 2020. After the first case was reported in the country, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the closing of all learning institutions in the country on March 15 in an effort to curb the spread […]
Operations at public universities are likely to come to a halt from today August 30, 2021 when a seven-day strike notice issued by lecturers and staff unions expires, unless a deal is reached to avert it. The 2021/2022 academic calendar begins in September and any industrial action will disrupt start-of-semester activities. Many universities are scheduled […]
CBS has uncovered an advanced illegal essay-writing industry in Kenya that is assisting American students in cheating exams. Smart graduate Kenyans according to the media outlet, have been making a living by assisting American students in colleges and reputable universities cheat in their exams by writing essays or even completing the entire degrees. The industry […]
The ministry of education has ordered public secondary schools to refund parents fees charged besides that which government has recommended. The Education Ministry further outlawed schools from sending students home for failing to clear arrears that exceed the set fees. The recommended fees for national schools is set at sh45,054, county schools at sh35,035 and […]
Singapore topped the list on measures of status of young people in181 countries followed by Slovenia, Norway, Malta, and Denmark. Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Afghanistan, and Niger came last respectively. The index which was released on Tuesday revealed that the conditions of young people around the world have improved by 3.1 percent […]
Feminism literary criticism is literary criticism informed by feminist theory or by politics of feminism. The novel Coming to Birth is a fiction based on the actual events in colonial and postcolonial Kenya that took place between 1956 and 1978. Macgoye uses the actual names of political leaders, for instance Jomo Kenyatta, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, […]
Characters serves as driving force in literature, Characters illustrate and personify the theme of the story. Characters push and create the plot of the story. Readers of literature can experience world of the writer or narrator through characters interact in the environment and the way the characters view the environment. The types of characters that […]