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Relief or motherhood: Tough choice endometriosis forces on women
Agnes Aluoch shares how endometriosis led to a life-altering hysterectomy, forcing a difficult choice between relief from chronic pain and the loss of her chance at biological motherhood.
By Rosa Agutu 1 month ago
Relief or motherhood: Tough choice endometriosis forces on women
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My brother-In-law's kidney gave me a second chance
On March 14, 2025, Kyarie Mwangi was scared but grateful because his brother-in-law was preparing to give a piece of himself so he could live.
By Rosa Agutu 2 months ago
My brother-In-law's kidney gave me a second chance
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Faith and diabetes: How patients can stay safe during fasting periods
The risk of developing complications while fasting is generally low. However, people with type 1 diabetes are usually advised not to fast, regardless of their sugar control.
By Rosa Agutu 3 months ago
Faith and diabetes: How patients can stay safe during fasting periods
Kagame: We are not in Congo for minerals
“If we were in Congo for the minerals, we would be 100 times richer than we are now,” said President Kagame during Umushyikirano 
By Rosa Agutu 3 months ago
Kagame: We are not in Congo for minerals
How boda boda insurance fails riders when accidents happen
Although motor insurance is legally required, many boda boda riders say insurance companies fail them when they need help the most.
By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago
How boda boda insurance fails riders when accidents happen
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From Guerrilla fighter to President: Museveni's 40-year political journey
When Yoweri Museveni was sworn in January 1986, after leading a guerrilla war against President Milton Obote. Many Ugandans saw his reign as a beacon of hope.
By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago
From Guerrilla fighter to President: Museveni's 40-year political journey
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Relief or motherhood: Tough choice endometriosis forces on women
Agnes Aluoch shares how endometriosis led to a life-altering hysterectomy, forcing a difficult choice between relief from chronic pain and the loss of her chance at biological motherhood.
By Rosa Agutu 1 month ago
Relief or motherhood: Tough choice endometriosis forces on women
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My brother-In-law's kidney gave me a second chance
On March 14, 2025, Kyarie Mwangi was scared but grateful because his brother-in-law was preparing to give a piece of himself so he could live.
By Rosa Agutu 2 months ago
My brother-In-law's kidney gave me a second chance
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Faith and diabetes: How patients can stay safe during fasting periods
The risk of developing complications while fasting is generally low. However, people with type 1 diabetes are usually advised not to fast, regardless of their sugar control.
By Rosa Agutu 3 months ago
Faith and diabetes: How patients can stay safe during fasting periods
Kagame: We are not in Congo for minerals
“If we were in Congo for the minerals, we would be 100 times richer than we are now,” said President Kagame during Umushyikirano 
By Rosa Agutu 3 months ago
Kagame: We are not in Congo for minerals
How boda boda insurance fails riders when accidents happen
Although motor insurance is legally required, many boda boda riders say insurance companies fail them when they need help the most.
By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago
How boda boda insurance fails riders when accidents happen
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From Guerrilla fighter to President: Museveni's 40-year political journey
When Yoweri Museveni was sworn in January 1986, after leading a guerrilla war against President Milton Obote. Many Ugandans saw his reign as a beacon of hope.
By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago
From Guerrilla fighter to President: Museveni's 40-year political journey
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Relief or motherhood: Tough choice endometriosis forces on women
Agnes Aluoch shares how endometriosis led to a life-altering hysterectomy, forcing a difficult choice between relief from chronic pain and the loss of her chance at biological motherhood.
By Rosa Agutu 1 month ago
Relief or motherhood: Tough choice endometriosis forces on women
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My brother-In-law's kidney gave me a second chance
On March 14, 2025, Kyarie Mwangi was scared but grateful because his brother-in-law was preparing to give a piece of himself so he could live.
By Rosa Agutu 2 months ago
My brother-In-law's kidney gave me a second chance
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Faith and diabetes: How patients can stay safe during fasting periods
The risk of developing complications while fasting is generally low. However, people with type 1 diabetes are usually advised not to fast, regardless of their sugar control.
By Rosa Agutu 3 months ago
Faith and diabetes: How patients can stay safe during fasting periods
Kagame: We are not in Congo for minerals
“If we were in Congo for the minerals, we would be 100 times richer than we are now,” said President Kagame during Umushyikirano 
By Rosa Agutu 3 months ago
Kagame: We are not in Congo for minerals
How boda boda insurance fails riders when accidents happen
Although motor insurance is legally required, many boda boda riders say insurance companies fail them when they need help the most.
By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago
How boda boda insurance fails riders when accidents happen
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From Guerrilla fighter to President: Museveni's 40-year political journey
When Yoweri Museveni was sworn in January 1986, after leading a guerrilla war against President Milton Obote. Many Ugandans saw his reign as a beacon of hope.
By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago
From Guerrilla fighter to President: Museveni's 40-year political journey
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Faith and diabetes: How patients can stay safe during fasting periods
The risk of developing complications while fasting is generally low. However, people with type 1 diabetes are usually advised not to fast, regardless of their sugar control.
By Rosa Agutu 3 months ago
Faith and diabetes: How patients can stay safe during fasting periods
Kagame: We are not in Congo for minerals
"If we were in Congo for the minerals, we would be 100 times richer than we are now," said President Kagame during Umushyikirano
By Rosa Agutu 3 months ago
Kagame: We are not in Congo for minerals
How boda boda insurance fails riders when accidents happen
Although motor insurance is legally required, many boda boda riders say insurance companies fail them when they need help the most.
By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago
How boda boda insurance fails riders when accidents happen
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From Guerrilla fighter to President: Museveni's 40-year political journey
When Yoweri Museveni was sworn in January 1986, after leading a guerrilla war against President Milton Obote. Many Ugandans saw his reign as a beacon of hope.
By Rosa Agutu 4 months ago
From Guerrilla fighter to President: Museveni's 40-year political journey
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We sleep hungry: How pregnant women fight for care
Immunisation rates, antenatal and postnatal care, and skilled deliveries have all dropped sharply.
By Rosa Agutu 6 months ago
We sleep hungry: How pregnant women fight for care
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Marsabit thirst: Women forced to trek miles as water sources dry up
What is referred to normal by many is an unimaginable reality to the people of Marsabit County.
By Rosa Agutu 6 months ago
Marsabit thirst: Women forced to trek miles as water sources dry up
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Will Winnie Odinga, the daughter of legacy, carry his torch?
Winnie Odinga was always with her father, from childhood outings, where she would wonder why people followed and adored her father.
By Rosa Agutu 7 months ago
Will Winnie Odinga, the daughter of legacy, carry his torch?
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Ida Odinga: Quiet strength behind Raila long, storied political career
From the classroom to the national stage, she upheld family through Raila's long detentions. Through the League of Kenya Women Voters, Ida inspired generations to lead through life's trials.
By Rosa Agutu 7 months ago
Ida Odinga: Quiet strength behind Raila long, storied political career
Fortified foods role in improving nutrition, fighting hidden hunger
In Kenya, fortification of food is mandatory to combat micronutrient deficiencies such as iron, iodine, vitamin A, and folic acid.
By Rosa Agutu 8 months ago
Fortified foods role in improving nutrition, fighting hidden hunger
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Caring through chaos: Families endure dementia's slow, unrelenting grip
Dementia is a thief-one that does not rob in a single act, but slowly, relentlessly, until the mind is emptied and nothing feels the same.
By Rosa Agutu 8 months ago
Caring through chaos: Families endure dementia's slow, unrelenting grip
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When medicine fails: How antibiotic resistance nearly took Dr Kariuki's life
What almost ended him was not the fall but an unseen enemy known as the silent pandemic that refused to bow even to medicine: antimicrobial resistance.
By Rosa Agutu 8 months ago
When medicine fails: How antibiotic resistance nearly took Dr Kariuki's life
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How biotech is transforming farming
Assortment of raw dry legumes composition on marble surface
By Rosa Agutu 9 months ago
How biotech is transforming farming
How Kenyan scientists are fighting potato disease with biotechnology
Researchers at Kalro are cultivating genetically modified (GM) potatoes that can resist late blight, a disease that infects leaves, stems, and potato tubers.
By Rosa Agutu 9 months ago
How Kenyan scientists are fighting potato disease with biotechnology
When the small casket becomes heaviest to carry
Wanjira had brought her one-year and five-month-old child, Gianna Wangari to KNH, who had undergone abdominal surgery two months earlier.
By Rosa Agutu 10 months ago
When the small casket becomes heaviest to carry
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Why patients abandoned by family have turned KNH wards into their home
Left behind by kin, long-term patients find refuge at KNH wards. Social workers struggle to reunite unclaimed patients with their families.
By Rosa Agutu 10 months ago
Why patients abandoned by family have turned KNH wards into their home
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Abandoned but not alone: Babies with disabilites find hope at KNH
From January to June this year, 18 babies have been abandoned at KNH. They were abandoned because of physical deformities.
By Rosa Agutu 10 months ago
Abandoned but not alone: Babies with disabilites find hope at KNH
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Gen Z Revolt: How women took to the front line in anti-Finance Bill protests
Women decided to no longer be victims of bad policies. Mobilisation was done on X hashtags, Titok reels, WhatsApp statuses, Facebook posts and Instagram stories, reels and lives.
By Rosa Agutu 11 months ago
Gen Z Revolt: How women took to the front line in anti-Finance Bill protests
Life after prison: Kenyan fathers rebuild lives after years of incarceration
As some fathers bond with their children, other fathers who were incarcerated are desperately trying to rebuild the bond that once was.
By Rosa Agutu 11 months ago
Life after prison: Kenyan fathers rebuild lives after years of incarceration
KTN journalist Sofia Ali wins national award
KTN journalist Sofia Ali, has won a national award on raising awareness about counterfeit trade.
By Rosa Agutu 11 months ago
KTN journalist Sofia Ali wins national award
Silent birth: Inside mother's final hours before baby died in the womb
After months of feeling baby kicks in her womb and shopping for clothes, it was finally time to meet baby Amaya Leilani.
By Rosa Agutu 1 year ago
Silent birth: Inside mother's final hours before baby died in the womb
A family's journey through stroke and healing
Ischemic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain is blocked or narrowed, while hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures and bleeds.
By Rosa Agutu 1 year ago
A family's journey through stroke and healing
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From restless nights to quiet departures: Embracing love, loss, and dignity in dying
Saying goodbye is never easy, but the hope of reuniting with a loved one again can provide some comfort.
By Rosa Agutu 1 year ago
From restless nights to quiet departures: Embracing love, loss, and dignity in dying
MPs escape the sack over gender rule, but not yet out of the woods
Crime and Justice
By Kamau Muthoni
57 mins ago
Gachagua moots for a zero borrowing budget
Politics
By Ndung’u Gachane
57 mins ago
Court orders lawyer to return Sh15.3m to widow and her children
Crime and Justice
By Nancy Gitonga
57 mins ago
Tone-deaf Ruto reinstates tax measures Gen Z protested in 2024
National
By Macharia Kamau
57 mins ago
Kerich, Analo suspended but is that enough for Sakaja?
National
By Pkemoi Ngenoh and Fred Kagonye
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Kakamega High School closed indefinitely after dormitory fire
Western
By Benard Lusigi and Mary Imenza
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Comedian Eric Omondi arrested by DCI
Crime and Justice
By Fred Kagonye
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