Mandera County risks recording a low number of students who will join universities after the March Kenya Certificate Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. County Director of Education Adan Roble has said this, further revealing that at least four private secondary schools have been closed due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. “The acute shortage of […]
Education CS Prof George Magoha on Wednesday instructed teachers to confiscate all small-bottle sanitisers from students. Speaking after meeting education stakeholders at Our Lady of Fatima Girls Secondary School in Kariobangi North, the CS noted that some students have been using sanitisers to start fires in schools. “I want to tell teachers that they must […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has cautioned headteachers across the country against sending learners away for fees. Speaking on local radio stations, President Kenyatta said that headteachers have no authority to send learners with fees balances home. ‘‘Let me be very clear, no child should be sent away from school because of school fees,’’ President Kenyatta warned. […]
According to the Guinness Book of Records, sultan Moulay Ismail ibn Sharif fathered more children than any other man in recorded history. The exact number remains unknown, but there are reports that his 1171st child was born in 1704, while the Guinness Book of Records notes a slightly lower number – 800 children by 1727. […]
Rwandan and Malawian authorities shut down schools on Monday as coronavirus cases surge. Rwanda closed schools in the capital Kigali for two weeks, but the education ministry said the other regions will be shut if more cases are confirmed. According to Jean-Marie Vianney Gatabazi, Governor of Northern province, this should serve as a warning to […]
Administrators in Meru County have intensified tracking of parents whose children are yet to report back to school, as it emerged that more than 53,000 learners are still missing from institutions in the region. Public Service Principal Secretary Mary Kimonye and her Infrastructure counterpart Mwangi Maringa said the government will now resort to use of […]
Photo Courtesy of Rich Allela Mekatilili wa Menza was a Kenyan fearless leader, who led her people, the Giriama people to resist the British against exploiting them. She was born in Mutsara wa Tsatsu between 1840 and 1860. She was the only girl among five children and was named Mnyazi wa Menza (Mnyazi, daughter of Menza) […]
Sudd is the largest wetlands in Africa and second in the world, with an estimated area of 57,000 km², located in South Sudan. The extent of Sudd wetlands depends on the seasons and yearly. During wet seasons the the size of this wetland increases up to 90,000km² and gradually decreases to about 42,000 km² depending […]
This lake is among the lakes found on the floors of Great Rift Valley. It is the world’s largest permanent desert Lake ( lake neighbouring Chalbi desert) and the world’s largest alkaline lake. It is also the word’s fourth-largest Salt Lake by volume. The cradle of human beings Some of the fossils of the earliest […]
Carolyn Elkins now assistant professor at Harvard University, spent ten years researching the real history of the Mau Mau insurgency in Kenya and the systemic brutality that British colonial bureaucracy put it down. Elkins says: When I presented my dissertation proposal to my department in the winter of 1997, I was intending to write a […]