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From raw to artificial bone: How Catholic Diocese of Nakuru is contributing to water safety

By Kioko Kivandi In 1984 Kenya was hit by a severe drought. The country’s food banks were severely stressed just as were its water sources. Writing about ...

Dangerous Meal: Reflections of a Nature Photographer

By Kioko Kivandi I was photographing a wounded Marabou Stork on the shores of Lake Naivasha on Saturday March 25 when a Hammerkop appeared from nowhere and r...

Why organizations should pay and train their interns

By George Githinji In the last few years, organizations claim that the current groups of graduates are unemployable. They make further claims that universiti...

Engaging with the Constitution of Kenya

By Freshiah Wairimu Ever heard someone explain a concept so well that you had to share it? At the recently concluded training for CSOs on ‘Monitoring the ...

Victor Yegon wants Boniface Mwangi charged for hate speech for his social media posts

Victor Yegon, an activist wants the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Criminal Investigations compelled to lodge a hate speech case against ph...

Court declines Vimal Shah’s request to compel Google and Twitter to pull down Blogger Nyakundi’s posts

A request by billionaire Vimalkumar Bhimji Depar Shah and his company Bidco to compel Google and Twitter to enforce a mandatory injunction on content by blogger...

Blogger Dennis Owino held by Police for six hours without a reason

Blogger Dennis Owino, popularly known as @KinyanBoy was yesterday arrested and held for six hours without being told the reason for his arrest. Dennis was also ...

Why bloggers should worry about the Films, Stage Plays and Publications Bill, 2016

The dust is yet settled on the Films, Stage Plays and Publications Bill, 2016 going by media coverage of the aftermath of the public participation session that ...

Deputy President William Ruto sues Boniface Mwangi for defamation over a tweet

Deputy President William Ruto has filed a defamation case against activist Boniface Mwangi over a tweet terming it false and malicious. I hope Deputy Preside...

Deputy President William Ruto threatens to sue Boniface Mwangi for defamation

Deputy President William Ruto has threatened to sue Boniface Mwangi over his tweet which he says was false and malicious. The words in their ordinary and plain...

Media Council of Kenya condemns assault of a K24 reporter

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has condemned the assault of K24 reporter Duncan Wanga two days ago terming it an unlawful and unfortunate act against freedom ...

Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi given a warning over contempt of court in Safaricom suit

Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi was yesterday let go with a warning against continuous contempt of court in a defamation suit in which Safaricom’s Bob Collymore and Mi...

Mark Mwithaga died on ‘day of 1982 coup’

On the night that Nakuru veteran politician Mark Mwithaga breathed his last, no one may have taken notice of how significant that night was. It's not because h...

Steps to follow when faced with a criminal case

By Gilbert Langat Anybody can fall on the wrong side of the law anytime in the course of their life. When this happens most people get confused and may not kno...

Why Jackson Njeru and Jackline Okuta were jailed for contempt of court

On June 14th 2016, Justice Mbogholi Msagha sentenced Jackline Okuta and Jackson Njeru to three months imprisonment or sh500,000 fine for failing to abide by a c...