This is a very moving story of Rose, a 26 year old Kenya lady with a story to tell. "My name is Rose. I come from a family of seven - five children and my Mum and Dad. Being the fourth born child and the last girl, my parents loved me so dearly," she begins. "When I turned e
Read MoreJuvenile detention centers house kids up to age 18 who have committed offenses ranging from habitually running away to assault. Adolescents are sent there by juvenile judges, rather than adult courts. Although they are restrictive facilities, their purpose is not necessarily punitive. Rather, their
Read MoreThere is hardly anything more beautiful or valuable to humanity than the God instilled inbred passion that inhabits the very depths of who we are. That passion is a dream. Your dream can either take you to heights you never could imagine or you can choose to let it die and be buried in the compla
Read MoreOn her first night on the Kenyan Mugie Ranch, Heather D’Angelo heard an unsettling roar outside of her tent. She waited for growls to become faint as she sat paralyzed and muted by fear. “I couldn’t even shed a tear because the lion would hear my tear drop, that’s how scare
Read MoreKenya has been put on the spotlight severally due to its athletes and sportsmen,Nobel Peace price winner,Beautiful Places and culture and also a Holliwood star. Three members of the Moipei Quartet made history on Sunday, becoming the first non-Americans to perform the US national anthem
Read MoreThe Kenya Schools and Colleges Music festival this year were held at the Lake Side city of Kisumu between August 2nd and 12th.There were very many performances that impressed but what stole the show was Mount Kenya University Brass Band. On Wednesday received a standing ovation f
Read MoreBut if there was nothing to make the 26-year-old petroleum chemistry student stand out from his classmates, the story of how he came to be at his graduation ceremony at the American University of Nigeria in the northeastern city of Yola, is one of sheer courage and determination. Last November, Umar
Read MoreNavigating college life while fresh out of high school can be a challenge, especially at a large university. When you add the responsibilities of being a parent to that challenge, it is easy to see how some might struggle. Nursing student Krystal Taylor learned all about that experience when s
Read MoreShaking off the morning chill, they walked down dirt pathways and past burning piles of trash. It would cost 10 shillings — about a dime — to see the speech, but they wanted to see the man. Inside a shack made of pressed tin sheets, the roof held up by tree trunks, they gathered ear
Read MorePoverty Kenya is the victim of extreme and endemic poverty. Half of its population lives below the poverty line, on an average of US$ 2 or less per day. Stark disparities in income and standards of living – plus a steady rise in inequalities – are rendered all the more striking i
Read MoreUnlike other children who head home to begin working on their homework once school is done, the 11-year-old rushes home to change before picking her rolls of groundnuts, prepared by her mother to hawk around the city. When The Standard met up with her on Tuesday last week, the young girl said she le
Read MoreThis is a very controversial issue in our today’s era especially for the young scholars. Why should a lecturer want to know what a student writes or posts on his or her private face book account or student-run face book groups? John Rowe, academic registrar of Australia’s Curtin Universi
Read MoreResearchers have raised doubts about the health and educational benefits of the ongoing school deworming programme. The programme with six million school children beneficiaries in Kenya and 95 million globally is mainly supported by the World Bank, World Health Organisation and the Gates Foundation.
Read MoreThe best education that Mohammed Abdirahim Abdullahi received in his formative years and the strict discipline at his former school did not stop him from leading the massacre of 148 people years later. Abdirahim, the man who led the Al-Shabaab killer squad that raided Garissa University Col
Read MoreThe long awaited Kenya’s 2014/2015 budget worth Ksh 1.8 trillion was finally released yesterday. Many sectors hoped that the National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich would allocate them enough share for the next one financial year. Starting with Kenya’s transpor
Read MoreWhat causes jiggers? This is a question that many individuals ask especially those who live in cities or have never encountered them in thier lives but only hear about them in the media. jiggers also known as (Tunga penetrans) or sand fleas are normally found in sandy areas with warm,
Read MoreThousands of Kenyans thronged Nyayo Stadium, Nairobi, to celebrate the 52nd Madaraka Day, commemorating the day Kenya attained internal self rule. The Kenyans attending the celebrations had been expected to have been seated by 8am and the stadium was open from 6am. President Uhuru Keny
Read MoreTrue to the words of Scott Hamilton “The only disability in life is a bad attitude”. Mr. Bernard Chiira, or Ben as many know him, has lived his life nothing short of the astounding truth in that phrase. Ben was born with Scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine and Osteogenesis Impe
Read MoreToday is World Day for Safety and Health at Work,i bet you did not know that nor knew of its existance. This is an annual international campaign to promote safe, healthy and decent work. It is held on 28 April and has been observed by the International Labour Organization (ILO) since 2003.
Read MoreUniversity intake is in progress and soon first years will arrive with their new clothes and the latest kicks but little do they know what lies ahead for them. So freshers, as you pack your suitcases and leave the security of your parents’ home, ‘leave the nest’ to explore the worl
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