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Ending the stigma around rising mental health crisis

We are probably familiar with terms, such as childhood trauma, narcissism, healing, shadow work, and more.

How Sakaja can turn hawkers 'menace' into a success story

CBD has long been the epicentre of commerce, governance, and culture. But over the years, the hawker crisis has turned it into a battleground.

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Mpox threat intensifies as new mutated strain spreads to China

As China grapples with surging the East Asian nation's health authorities announcedthe detection of a new mutated Mpox strain, known as clade 1b.

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Tackling period poverty must go beyond handing out pads

Every new school term in Kenya, the conversation about period poverty re-emerges, focusing on girls who miss class due to the lack of pads.

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Kenya-Finland programme boosts FGM war in Samburu

A three-year bilateral programme between the government and Finland has boosted efforts to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation in Samburu county.

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Stop inciting Gen-Zs to violence, President Ruto tells Uhuru

President William Ruto has urged leaders to refrain from inciting the youth to violence.

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Man, 32, hangs himself near in-laws homestead

A 32-year-old man travelled from Nairobi to Homa Bay County to die by suicide near his father-in-law's homestead.

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Attacks on Ruto point to political succession war laced with ethnic tension

Unrestrained insults against Ruto are a part of the dizzying societal change taking place in the country, with citizens with easy access to information and mobi

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163 persons taken ill after consuming 'poisonous milk' in Kericho

At least 163 people, including children have been hospitalised after allegedly drinking poisonous milk (Mursik) in the Lel Sotet, Masaita, and Kabianga areas of

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