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PS Omollo urges parents to shield children from crime
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has challenged parents to take greater responsibility for their children's upbringing and protect them from politicians and criminal groups
By Rogers Otiso 21 days ago
PS Omollo urges parents to shield children from crime
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End of an era as controversial Father Pesa buried
Controversial cleric Father John Juma Pesa was laid to rest in Kisumu, closing a decades-long religious journey marked by faith, mystery, and influence.
By Rogers Otiso 1 month ago
End of an era as controversial Father Pesa buried
Why antenatal care remains best defence against preeclampsia
While Preeclampsia cannot always be prevented, most severe outcomes can be avoided through early antenatal care, timely diagnosis and close monitoring throughout pregnancy.
By Rogers Otiso 2 months ago
Why antenatal care remains best defence against preeclampsia
Mothering with chronic health challenges: Why caregivers need support
Raising a child with disabilities is a story that reveal the difficult reality faced by many caregivers across Kenya. With financial strain, emotional battles, and societal stigma.
By Rogers Otiso 3 months ago
Mothering with chronic health challenges: Why caregivers need support
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kisumu
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kanyakwar, Kisumu Central Sub-County; Kondele Chief Maurice Ajwang says all bodies retrieved.
By Rogers Otiso 6 months ago
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kisumu
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PS Omollo urges parents to shield children from crime
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has challenged parents to take greater responsibility for their children's upbringing and protect them from politicians and criminal groups
By Rogers Otiso 21 days ago
PS Omollo urges parents to shield children from crime
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End of an era as controversial Father Pesa buried
Controversial cleric Father John Juma Pesa was laid to rest in Kisumu, closing a decades-long religious journey marked by faith, mystery, and influence.
By Rogers Otiso 1 month ago
End of an era as controversial Father Pesa buried
Why antenatal care remains best defence against preeclampsia
While Preeclampsia cannot always be prevented, most severe outcomes can be avoided through early antenatal care, timely diagnosis and close monitoring throughout pregnancy.
By Rogers Otiso 2 months ago
Why antenatal care remains best defence against preeclampsia
Mothering with chronic health challenges: Why caregivers need support
Raising a child with disabilities is a story that reveal the difficult reality faced by many caregivers across Kenya. With financial strain, emotional battles, and societal stigma.
By Rogers Otiso 3 months ago
Mothering with chronic health challenges: Why caregivers need support
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kisumu
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kanyakwar, Kisumu Central Sub-County; Kondele Chief Maurice Ajwang says all bodies retrieved.
By Rogers Otiso 6 months ago
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kisumu
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PS Omollo urges parents to shield children from crime
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has challenged parents to take greater responsibility for their children's upbringing and protect them from politicians and criminal groups
By Rogers Otiso 21 days ago
PS Omollo urges parents to shield children from crime
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End of an era as controversial Father Pesa buried
Controversial cleric Father John Juma Pesa was laid to rest in Kisumu, closing a decades-long religious journey marked by faith, mystery, and influence.
By Rogers Otiso 1 month ago
End of an era as controversial Father Pesa buried
Why antenatal care remains best defence against preeclampsia
While Preeclampsia cannot always be prevented, most severe outcomes can be avoided through early antenatal care, timely diagnosis and close monitoring throughout pregnancy.
By Rogers Otiso 2 months ago
Why antenatal care remains best defence against preeclampsia
Mothering with chronic health challenges: Why caregivers need support
Raising a child with disabilities is a story that reveal the difficult reality faced by many caregivers across Kenya. With financial strain, emotional battles, and societal stigma.
By Rogers Otiso 3 months ago
Mothering with chronic health challenges: Why caregivers need support
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kisumu
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kanyakwar, Kisumu Central Sub-County; Kondele Chief Maurice Ajwang says all bodies retrieved.
By Rogers Otiso 6 months ago
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kisumu
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PS Omollo urges parents to shield children from crime
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has challenged parents to take greater responsibility for their children's upbringing and protect them from politicians and criminal groups
By Rogers Otiso 21 days ago
PS Omollo urges parents to shield children from crime
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End of an era as controversial Father Pesa buried
Controversial cleric Father John Juma Pesa was laid to rest in Kisumu, closing a decades-long religious journey marked by faith, mystery, and influence.
By Rogers Otiso 1 month ago
End of an era as controversial Father Pesa buried
Why antenatal care remains best defence against preeclampsia
While Preeclampsia cannot always be prevented, most severe outcomes can be avoided through early antenatal care, timely diagnosis and close monitoring throughout pregnancy.
By Rogers Otiso 2 months ago
Why antenatal care remains best defence against preeclampsia
Mothering with chronic health challenges: Why caregivers need support
Raising a child with disabilities is a story that reveal the difficult reality faced by many caregivers across Kenya. With financial strain, emotional battles, and societal stigma.
By Rogers Otiso 3 months ago
Mothering with chronic health challenges: Why caregivers need support
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kisumu
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kanyakwar, Kisumu Central Sub-County; Kondele Chief Maurice Ajwang says all bodies retrieved.
By Rogers Otiso 6 months ago
Four siblings drown while swimming in an open quarry in Kisumu
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Gen Z mum defies gender stereotypes to etch her place in Ugunja's welding space
At only 24, Beatrice Achieng, a mother of one from Ugunja in Siaya County, is breaking gender barriers with every spark from her welding machine.
By Rogers Otiso 10 months ago
Gen Z mum defies gender stereotypes to etch her place in Ugunja's welding space
Malaria, intermarriage linked to high prevalence of sickle cell disease in Nyanza
Sickle cell trait alters red blood cells in a way that makes it harder for the malaria parasite to grow and survive.
By Rogers Otiso 11 months ago
Malaria, intermarriage linked to high prevalence of sickle cell disease in Nyanza
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Brewing dreams on the streets of Kisumu
The smell of hot street coffee in Kisumu streets fills the air. For many, it is a quick, affordable drink to warm the body and start the day.
By Rogers Otiso 11 months ago
Brewing dreams on the streets of Kisumu
Young Kisumu women snapping their way out of unemployment
On the streets of Kisumu, where the rhythms of matatus, hawkers, and hurried footsteps compose the city's daily soundtrack, a new quiet transformation has been unfolding.
By Rogers Otiso 11 months ago
Young Kisumu women snapping their way out of unemployment
Tears and agony as 22 road accident victims are laid to rest in Nyakach
Nearly every home is struggling with its loss after collecting the coffins of loved ones from the joint ceremony at Naki Primary School.
By Rogers Otiso 11 months ago
Tears and agony as 22 road accident victims are laid to rest in Nyakach
Traders count losses after Kisumu bus park fire destroys stalls
Hundreds of traders in Kisumu are counting heavy losses after a devastating fire swept through Kisumu Bus Park in the early hours of Wednesday
By Rogers Otiso 1 year ago
Traders count losses after Kisumu bus park fire destroys stalls
Nurses strike looms over pay, broken deals
Union accuses CoG, national government of ignoring agreement signed eight years ago. Nurses demand confirmation, salary review and signing of all pending CBAs.
By Rogers Otiso 1 year ago
Nurses strike looms over pay, broken deals
Mob kills two suspects as wave of crime hits Kisumu
Two suspected robbers were lynched by a mob in Kisumu County following a string of violent burglaries that have raised public concern over the region's worsening security situation.
By Rogers Otiso 1 year ago
Mob kills two suspects as wave of crime hits Kisumu
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'I want to stop': Young Kenyans open up about struggle with masturbation
According to Centre for Disease Control, Masturbation is a natural and common practice where an individual stimulates their own genitals for sexual pleasure.
By Rogers Otiso 1 year ago
'I want to stop': Young Kenyans open up about struggle with masturbation
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Unseen battle: How one man's struggle with chronic Lymphedema changed his life
Standing at a matatu stage after a long day's work 15 years ago, Francis Komu then 22 years old felt a sharp, needle-like pain in his ankle. At first, he brushed it off.
By Rogers Otiso 1 year ago
Unseen battle: How one man's struggle with chronic Lymphedema changed his life
Sun harvesting: Woman's solar oven sparks change in Migori village
Solar ovens direct sunlight into a cooking space, where the trapped heat gathers. The exact process varies by design but all solar ovens usually require highly reflective materials
By Rogers Otiso 2 years ago
Sun harvesting: Woman's solar oven sparks change in Migori village
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Women: Chin hair could be a sign of these health problems
Facial hair is associated with men and when a woman finds hair anywhere on her face (apart from her eyebrows), it can elicit feelings of surprise and shock.
By Rogers Otiso 3 years ago
Women: Chin hair could be a sign  of these health problems
Let us be kind to women with fertility challenges
Data from Kenya Fertility Society inform us that two in every 10 couples suffer from fertility challenges.
By Rogers Otiso 4 years ago
Let us be kind to women with fertility challenges
Surgeon accused of stabbing wife to death, to held for seven more days
Crime and Justice
By George Njunge
8 mins ago
ODM in panic mode ahead of Linda Mwananchi rally in Homa Bay
Politics
By Standard Team
13 mins ago
Can Gachagua, Mwangaza vie? AG rejects need for new Supreme Court advisory
Crime and Justice
By Kamau Muthoni
13 mins ago
Give Sifuna enough money, Ruto tells Uhuru
Politics
By Bernard Lusigi and Jackline Inyanji
23 mins ago
Kemri helps tackle women's health challenges in Africa
Opinion
By Dr Martin Bundi
1 hr ago