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  • Parents and teachers Beware of Drugs in Schools

    Parents and teachers Beware of Drugs in Schools

    Chairman of Kenya Tobacco Control and Health Promotion Alliance Dr. Joel Gitali
    Chairman of Kenya Tobacco Control and Health Promotion Alliance Dr. Joel Gitali

    The Chairman of Kenya Tobacco Control and Health Promotion Alliance Dr. Joel Gitali has cautioned against the use of drugs and substances in learning institutions.

    Dr. Gitali, a highly respected advocate against tobacco use, was speaking to a local vernacular media, the Mirror Tv.

    He called for stakeholders to join hands – parents, teachers, and the authorities to see to it that our schools don’t harbor drugs.

    This is because students are usually soft targets for drug peddlers.

    He called upon those entrusted with the responsibility to up their job to see to it that learning continues well

  • Optiven Group set to achieves another investment at Konza city

    Optiven Group set to achieves another investment at Konza city

    As real estates are running to achieve a big share all over the nation, Optiven Group a trusted real estate has opened its doors in Konza City.

    Tulivu Gardens Phase 2 by Optiven group is here for you who are looking for an affordable investment opportunity.

    Group’s Executive director has affirmed that the group has launched a big garden for people to invest. “We have recently launched the perfect deal in the developing City of Konza where you can invest and watch your investment grow.” Mr. George affirms.

    Geroge says that Konza it’s a prime area stating that its prime for both commercial and residential.

    “This is a prime property that you can use for commercial or residential purposes since the area is experiencing population growth due to the available job opportunities.”

    Optiven is on ensuring that their investments are always affordable at all times. “We have affordable payment plans and during this month, you can deposit 300k in this property and get 4k cashback.” Mr. George says.

    To book a piece here for the early bird offer, call 0790300300/0723400500 or visit www.optiven.co.ke

  • Existing global inequalities must not be perpetuated by the digital advancements

    Existing global inequalities must not be perpetuated by the digital advancements

    Hon. John Kiarie MP, Dagoretti South, the Chair of the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation

    Kenya, being a regional and continental leader in the digital race, is calling for equity in the structuring of the global digital economy.

    Hon. John Kiarie MP, Dagoretti South, the Chair of the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation made his presentation at the Standing Committee on Peace and International Security of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on a debate themed “Cyberattacks and Cybercrimes – The new risks to global security.” during the 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union General Assembly in Bahrain.

    Kiarie said that the perpetuation of global inequalities including the online space is a form of economic attack that shouldn’t be propelled further.

    Kenya is at the moment working on the automation of massive government services. There are plans to establish an ICT Infrastructure that will see about 100,000 KM of fiber optic cables. We are developing Wi-Fi hotspots in markets and rural areas”, said Hon. Kiarie.

    He indicated that Kenya has made tremendous progress in legislation that relates to ICT and Communication including, the Kenya Information and Communication Act, the Kenya Data Protection and Privacy Bill, and the computer misuse and Cybercrime Bill among other laws in the sector.

    He called on the convention to consider economic protection by establishing proper mechanisms and conventions to regulate online trade that promote economic equality in the digital space.

  • Pan African Climate Justice Alliance Launches Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice

    Pan African Climate Justice Alliance Launches Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice

    

    The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance in partnership with Kenyatta University launched the third cohort of the Nairobi Summer School of Climate Justice (NSSCJ Cohort III). The official launch was held at Kenyatta University which co-hosts the initiative.

     

    Speaking at the launch function, Dr. Mithika Mwenda, the Executive Director of Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) said that introspecting on the two years the initiative has been on, it’s worth jubilation.

     

    “Two years back we commenced this noble initiative on the NSSCJ. To us, it was a bold dream to see young people being in the stewardship of climate justice efforts in this continent. It was a dream that has become a reality,” said Dr. Mithika.

     

    Mithika said that the achievement would not have been possible if there was not the hand of Kenyatta University with which PACJA is partnering as a hosting institution of the initiative.

     

    “We appreciate the effort put in by Kenyatta University over the planning process for the NSSCJ that we have enjoyed for the last 2 years that has made the NSSCJ a premier process of strengthened pan-African mobilizations and organizing of young people to drive bold, continental-wide transformations”, Dr. Mithika added.

     

    Dr. Joseph Kurauka, the Chairperson of the Department of Environmental Studies and Community Development at Kenyatta University affirmed that University’s partnership with PACJA yielded results by equipping the young generation with skills and knowledge of issues pertaining to climate change, environment, and Climate Justice.

     

    “To affirm our commitment, I am glad to share with you that Kenyatta University’s Department of Environmental Studies and Community Development is processing accredited certification and master’s studies in areas of climate Justice”, disclosed Dr. Kurauka.

     

    Prof. Wanjohi who represented the Vice Chancellor emphasized the role of the young generation in carrying forward awareness and commended the importance of equipping them with skills and knowledge on climate change and climate justice.

     

    “I believe that Climate Change is everywhere and is affecting all of us. I hope that the applicants to be selected will be in that dynamism of bringing change because climate change has become a global Challenge we are currently facing”, said Prof. Wanjohi.

     

    Nancy Githaiga, Country Director, of the African Wildlife Foundation reminded participants that Climate change has hit Africa and Kenya in particular, hence joint efforts are needed to address the challenge. She said that youth equipped with knowledge will drive the change.

     

    “We have a responsibility because our action or inaction on the matter of climate change will definitely speak. Voices of young people must be heard but also there must be solutions through action,” reiterated Nancy.

     

    During the launch of the third cohort of the NSSCJ the alumni of the Nairobi Summer school of Climate Justice shared experiences of the knowledge earned from the last cohort. Mrs. Jiata Ekele from Nigeria says she managed to carry out sensitization and advocacy through creative content writing and storytelling across all her social media handles daily not forgetting her effort of speaking to webinars monthly.

     

    “Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice equipped me with knowledge on climate change advocacy and other correlative concepts such as climate justice, climate finance tool kits, social media campaign strategy, and good networking skills”, said Mrs. Jiata.

     

    Salem Mihindeou Ayenan from the Republic of Benin commended the knowledge gained from the school and the role it has played in supporting him in driving change in the community in Benin and on the continent.

     

    “The experience and knowledge earned from the Nairobi Summer School gave me an opportunity to be trusted by UNESCO which selected me to be among eight members of the UNESCO-African Focus Group Discussion on greening curriculum on climate education, who participated in the survey of more than 17,400 young people around the world”, confirmed Salem.

     

    Jesse David from Nairobi, Kenya engaged in climate change and climate Justice after being trained by Nairobi Summer School on Climate Justice and now he is engaging youth in matters relating to climate Justice.

     

    “It really empowered me to be of impact, even at the institution level at Kenyatta University and being an ambassador of the Green Education Hub, I’ve been able to interact with students who are coming to learn, coming to express themselves, understand what the opportunities look like for them and what role they can play to be of impact to the organization” testified Jesse David.

     

    About Nairobi Summer School of Climate Justice and the application process NSSCJ is conceptualized as an intergenerational platform to share, learn and network the disruptive ideas needed to catalyze economy-wide transformation in a climate-catastrophic world. The school adopts a society-wide focus, targeting sectoral and thematic experts and frontline activists irrespective of formal education and cultural backgrounds. Since its inception, the school has trained over 900 youth from diverse backgrounds and diverse countries and continents.

     

    Over two years in action Nairobi Summer school Alumni, are contributing to shaping narratives around climate Justice across Africa and beyond through campaigns, Climate Change negotiations, and other advocacy processes at the national, regional, continental, and global levels.

     

    To apply for the Nairobi Summer school of Climate Justice follow this link:

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFyCwXtqjH64rdLBw5KBSjNdT3Nzpq34J5

    mE9fDWGAYxEZuQ/viewform

  • Kenya College of Accountancy Champions accessibility for Challenge Based Learning

    Kenya College of Accountancy Champions accessibility for Challenge Based Learning

    KCA University has joined hands with other stakeholders in a bid to improve Challenge Based Learning (CBL).

    This according to the deputy vice-chancellor of academic affairs Prof. Joshua Bagakawill go a long way in improving the graduands’ employability, Prof. Bagaka says:

    “The interaction today was about challenge-based learning to our students in the university. Which differs very much from traditional test papers and such.”

    Buy in this case we are adopting A method where students are given real-world problems and they are challenged to solve them. We see that as a way to go because in that case, it prepares students for the real world. The second part is if we do that, then it means that the students will actually have to be ready and they won’t have to memorize for the exams.

    “If we have challenge-based learning, it means each student will be addressing these challenges in different ways so there’s no memorizing and they will be focusing on problem-solving. KCA University is the pioneer in this thing and we are partnering with Lincoln University where such approaches have taken root.

    In Kenyan universities we have had this tradition that the final exam accounts for 70% of the final grade. Such that what the students do throughout the trimester only accounts for 30%. The final exam can even account for 10 or 20%.”

  • Dkf volunteers 2nd day at kipipiri kfs tree nursery in nyandarua

    Dkf volunteers 2nd day at kipipiri kfs tree nursery in nyandarua

    Knowledge of the true value of trees and the role they play in climate change mitigation has been the motivating factor behind the Green Army’s voluntary work in tree-growing restoration.

    A combined team of 30 dedicated volunteers has spent a second day at Kipipiri Forest Station tree nursery. The team engaged in pot filling to enable increased pricking for more seedling production.

    Being the 3rd week of boosting KFS nurseries in Nyandarua County, the team looks forward to reaching all the forest stations in the county.

  • 190-year-old British-based global development organization operating in 86 countries moves strategies

    190-year-old British-based global development organization operating in 86 countries moves strategies

    By Martin Masinde

    The British not-for-profit international development organization Crown Agents, which supplied locomotives to Kenya’s very first railway lines has unveiled a strategic change in its Kenyan operations, with the opening of new offices in Nairobi to put Kenyan experts in charge of parts of its
    global operations.

    The development company implements programs for governments, donors, and agencies worldwide. Crown Agents has had offices in Kenya since 1965 supporting the Government of Kenya in delivering programmes in procurement reform, health, and government staff training.

    However, in the last year, it has tripled its staff in Nairobi, appointing Kenyan experts to manage parts of its
    global strategy and programs. Crown Agents is now managing global recruitment from Nairobi, as
    well as its global fund management strategy.

    This follows Crown Agents Kenya taking a leading role in tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases by facilitating the administration of 8.5 million treatments against Schistosomiasis (Schisto) and Soil
    Transmitted Helminths (STH) across the world. The treatments were funded by the UK Foreign,
    Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Children’s Investment Foundation (CIFF) as
    part of their effort to eradicate NTDs globally.

    Last year, Crown Agents Kenya collaborated with philanthropists and the Irish and Japanese Governments to deliver over 4.5 million pieces of assorted PPE, ventilators, oxygen concentrators, and other medical equipment to hospitals around the country to support Kenya’s fight against COVID-19.

    Crown Agents Kenya is currently working closely with the Governments of Kenya and Jersey to reinvest three million pounds of looted funds hidden in Jersey into the Kenyan health sector. Through the Framework for the Return of Assets from Corruption and Crime in Kenya (FRACCK), an asset recovery program signed by the Governments of Kenya, Jersey, the UK, and Switzerland, Crown Agents Kenya is leading in the procurement of medical equipment and the training of health workers, with the aim of providing enhanced health service delivery as part of the universal healthcare initiative.

    To accommodate its increased staff, Crown Agents Kenya is now moving to larger offices in the Green House on Ngong Road. The move follows a few years after the appointment to Crown Agents’ global Board of Directors, in 2021, of Non-Executive Director David Mureithi, former Unilever Managing Director for Kenya, East, and Southern Africa, and board chairman of Starehe Boys Centre and School.

    “Crown Agents exist to enable governments and society to resolve some of the most onerous barriers to development. To do that most effectively, we need strategic and programmatic leadership that understands the causes, and the specific circumstances, that we face across the developing world,” said David.

    Opening the new offices, with now eight global Kenyan managers, alongside the Kenyan implementation team, recently appointed Country Director for Crown Agents in Kenya, Loise Kinyanjui, said: “We now have part of the company’s global strategy being driven by those who have lived, studied and worked in Africa, working alongside country-level staff engaged in detailed procurement and logistics challenges.”

    About Crown Agents
    Crown Agents is a UK not-for-profit international development company with decades of experience supporting governments, working in some of the most difficult contexts in the world, and focusing on the most vulnerable in society.

    Crown Agents’ work reaches over 36 million people in 60 countries, with expertise in Procurement Reform, Public Sector Transformation, Humanitarian & Stabilisation, Last Mile Supply Chain, Health System Strengthening, and Training & Professional Development.

  • Chege Kîrûndî a leader who has done tea Reforms

    Chege Kîrûndî a leader who has done tea Reforms

    The Chairman of Kiru Tea Factory Chege Kîrûndî has hailed several reforms geared towards improving the tea sector in the country.

    Speaking exclusively to Mount Kenya Times E-paper, Wakili Kîrûndî noted that the reforms are a step in the right direction and called upon farmers to improve their tea farming.

    “Recent developments have resulted in high-yielding tea varieties so I’m urging farmers to embrace such. Most of the smallholder tea in Kenya was planted in the 1960s and with time it has lost its productivity but thanks to science, the newly developed clones are yielding better returns,” Wakili Kîrûndî noted.

    He at the same time highlighted the need for the farmers to grow green tea, purple tea as well as orthodox tea. “All these are fetching very good prices in the market and we thank the Kenya Tea Development Authority KTDA for showing goodwill to boost and facilitate this,” he added.

    The Kiru Tea Factory Chairman also advised farmers to embrace diversification at a time when farmers across the country are feeling the effects of climate change.

    “On the same farm, make a point of planting other profitable crops such as avocadoes, macadamia, and the like. Also, rear the dairy cows and use the manure to boost soil fertility,” Wakili concluded

  • Afyarekod & Aheti Align Towards Digitizing Primary Healthcare Via Data And Patient Management


    AfyaRekod and Africa Health and Economic Transformation Initiative (AHETI) recently signed an MOU to drive the agenda of digitization of primary healthcare through a data and patient-driven approach via the network of the mission clinics in over 44 countries in Africa.

    The agreement also focuses on capacity development for healthcare workers, supporting them with equipment and creating sustainable value for them via the alliance.

    The network size and scale in Africa handles over 55% to 60% of primary healthcare across the continent via the Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network Africa (JENA)
    AfyaRekod has been working with The Association of Sisterhoods of Kenya (AOSK) to power the Catholic Mission Hospitals in Kenya with our AfyaRekod mobility EHR system that is digitising the mission hospitals.

    Digitising the hospitals is a crucial step for AOSK as they strive for better healthcare and streamlining of operations in the mission hospitals.


    According to Prof Fred Ogolla, CEO of AHETI, there have been revolutions that transformed the world. Some for better, others for worse.

    “The industrial revolution improved income levels in the world, birthing unprecedented global economic growth. The partnership between AHETI & AfyaRekod has the potential to birth the next revolution; a digital health revolution that will transfer health from the hands of doctors to the patients’, says Dr Ogolla.


    By leveraging the AfyaRekod technology to reach their SDG goals, AHETI benefits from this partnership through the use of technology to contribute to the social and economic justice of the country with quality and affordable healthcare being the ultimate go
    John Kamara, CEO of AfyaRekod, says that the reformation of healthcare in Africa lies in the way we drive the digitization, education and value of patient-driven healthcare using data as the core value to help the over 75% of the African population and the very limited health-facilities that serve these people in rural and semi-urban communities across the continent.

    With the partnership with AHETI we can collectively support the sisters and mission clinics that serve over 300m people in Africa every year. The key to reducing the cost, burden and inefficiency in healthcare is driving the agenda of preventive and data-driven approaches to healthcare and treatment.


    By working with AHETI and her networks to digitize and drive patient-driven healthcare in primary health systems, the result will be a transformed and healthy Africa.


    “We have found that the three entities have similar goals and it is why we all sat down to discuss how our combined efforts could lead to quality and affordable healthcare which in turn, will go a long way to eradicating poverty diseases.”

  • Akiba na Mrembo Program a Game Changer

    Akiba na Mrembo Program a Game Changer

    “Bahati Member of Parliament The Honorable Irene Njoki aka Mrembo na Kazi has continued to implement her Akiba na Mrembo Program,” she notes.

    “Financial mobilization is one of the pillars under the AKIBA NA MREMBO EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM. Groups are trained and guided on how to access government affirmative funds.

    Today, Bahati Mp Hon Irene Njoki paid a courtesy call to Youth Fund CEO Mr. Josiah Moriasi to discuss on the possible partnership between her office and the Youth Fund office so that Bahati youths can be trained and facilitated to access and benefit from Youth Fund’s interest-free loans.

    Youth Fund offers a variety of loans to individuals and groups in the youth bracket. Hon Irene Njoki is calling upon bahati youths to take advantage of these interest-free loans with flexible repayment terms to grow their own SMEs and in return create more employment for themselves and for their fellow youths.