East Africa: Winds of Change On Kenya's Northern Borders

Previously characterised by belligerence, based on competition for resources, the border regions of Eastern Africa can sense the blissful wind of peace approaching. Read more »

Kenya: Mobile Phones Bring Health Insurance

Households in developing countries spent $148 billion out-of-pocket for healthcare expenses in 2015, and each year 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty because of the… Read more »

Kenya: Accelerating Universal Health Coverage in Kenya - How Do We Get There?

The Government of Kenya has prioritized universal health coverage (UHC) in its Big 4 agenda over the next 5 years. Read more »

Kenya: No Ordinary Match

The parched earth made for a tough football pitch, but the youth of Loresho Primary school were determined. It was blue against yellow- two teams competing for the coveted prize of… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyan Journalists Feel Heat of Govt Pressure

Freedom of the press in Kenya is facing its biggest challenge since independence, with government censorship on the rise both during and since last year's general election. Read more »

Kenya: Govt and UN Partnership to Achieve Universal Health Care Inspires Many

Recently, some of us from the Stanford University and U.C. Berkeley community had the privilege of hosting Siddharth Chatterjee, the United Nations Resident Coordinator for Kenya… Read more »

Kenya: The United Nations Strongly Supports Kenya's Push to Achieve Universal Health Care

Mr. Maina Kiai’s account (Nation, 24 February) of the exciting dialogue hosted at Stanford University, USA does not present a true account of what transpired at that meeting. Read more »

Kenya: New Technology Alone Won't Halt Aflatoxin Menace, Experts Warn

In the absence of concerted efforts to raise awareness on the dangers of aflatoxin to humans and domestic animals, advances in technology for early detection of aflatoxin in… Read more »

Kenya: Chance for Kenya to Make Amends for Post-Election Sexual Violence

I had already heard many disturbing stories of violence by the time I interviewed Mercy Maina, whose name I have changed to protect her privacy. Even so, what Mercy told me was… Read more »

Africa: Tourism Should Be Regulated, Before It Is Too Late...

This year, we will have 3 million tourists each day wandering the world. This massive phenomenon is without precedent in human history and is happening (as usual), with only one… Read more »

Kenya: Who Are Kenya's Financially Excluded?

The recent 2017 Finscope Tanzania report shows that while mobile money use in Tanzania continues to grow, the percentage of financially excluded adults has risen in parallel --… Read more »

Kenya: Innovation for Climate-Smart Agriculture Key to Ending Hunger

Some parts of Kenya are reeling from the effects of probably the worst drought in the last 20 years. With nearly 3.4 million people food insecure, Kenya’s food security… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya and Ethiopia Join Forces to Advance Peace, Security, Development and Hope

The Horn of Africa is often synonymous with extreme poverty, conflict, demographic pressure, environmental stress, and under-investment in basic social services such as health,… Read more »

Kenya: Achieving Universal Health Coverage Through Innovative Financing

Every year, one million Kenyans are driven below the poverty line by healthcare-related expenditures. Poverty predisposes them to disease and slows all aspects of growth in the… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Drought - Response Must Be Sustainable, Not Piecemeal

A malnutrition emergency Read more »

Kenya: With an Eye On Electoral Violence, Kenya Keeps Tight Rein On Media

As the clock ticks down to Kenya's general elections slated for Aug. 8, a move by the Kenya Communication Authority (CAK) to make journalists adhere to guidelines on election… Read more »

Kenya: UN Strengthens Kenya's Resilience to Disaster

Kenya's lack of capacity to cope with wide-scale disaster has seen thousands of households continue to live precarious lives, especially in light of erratic and drastically… Read more »

Kenya: Climate Change Making Droughts More Severe

The Super El Nino of 2015 to 2016 wrought droughts and floods around the world, yet it is its sister La Nina that is now fuelling drought and hunger in East Africa. Read more »

Kenya: The Indigenous 'People of Wildlife' Know How to Protect Nature

In the northern part of Mount Kenya, there is an indigenous community - the Il Lakipiak Maasai ("People of Wildlife") - which owns and operates the only community-owned rhino… Read more »

Ethiopia: Addis-Nairobi Initiative Confronts Poverty, Border Tensions

Consider this. The communities around the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Moyale-Borona area, have long been associated with internecine violence, extreme poverty, and environmental… Read more »

Kenya: Potential in Agriculture Lies in Rural Transformation

Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the livelihoods of Kenya's majority, providing both formal and informal employment with women accounting for about 70 percent of the… Read more »

Kenya: Ravaging Drought Deepens

Experts warn that Kenya is in the grip of the worst drought in recent history as government estimates show the number of people who are acutely food insecure has risen to 2.7… Read more »

Kenya: The Potential for Universal Health Care In Kenya

Even as the global community set out the 17 Sustainable Development Goals last year, a realization that stood out is that no single unit has the wherewithal to achieve such lofty… Read more »

Kenya: Kenyans Turn to Wild Fruits and Insects as Drought Looms

Too hungry to play, hundreds of starving children in Tiaty Constituency of Baringo County instead sit by the fire, watching the pot boil, in the hope that it is only a matter of… Read more »

Kenya: Why Kenya Must Create a Million New Jobs Annually

It is estimated that 3000 Kenyans are born every day, a million a year. With a median age of 18 years, Kenya is witnessing a massive youth bulge, which could either be a… Read more »