Kenya Terminates US Election Education Program Ahead of Polls
Kenya’s government has terminated operations of a U.S.-funded project to educate voters, just months before this East African country holds its next presidential [...]
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Former mentor raising funds to send fatally shot Ottawa teen Leslie Mwakio’s body to Kenya
My name is Andrew MacDonald, starting in 2007 through to 2012 I had a little brother through Big Brothers / Big Sisters (BBBS) of Ottawa, named Leslie Mwakio. On Tuesday [...]
For Kenyans, Jamhuri Day 2016 is shadowed by sadness over Naivasha tragedy
Kenyans everywhere are celebrating this 53rd Jamhuri Day with a heavy heart and a shadow of sadness hanging over us. On Saturday Dec 10, 2016, a tanker carrying inflammable [...]
Striking Kenyan doctors threaten to shut private hospitals
Kenyan doctors and nurses warned Thursday they will extend a strike crippling public hospitals to private clinics as well next week, unless the government offers them more in [...]
Viola Desmond chosen as first Canadian woman to grace banknote’s face
Viola Desmond, often described as Canada’s Rosa Parks for her 1946 decision to sit in a whites-only section of a Nova Scotia movie theatre, will be the first [...]
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. Established in 1991 by the Parliament of Canada, this day marks the anniversary [...]
KCPE 2016 results released
The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results are out. For the first time in Kenya’s KCPE history, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said all candidates [...]
HIV vaccine clinical trial begins in South Africa
A new vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes Aids, is being tested in South Africa in what scientists say is the first large study of an HIV vaccine’s effectiveness [...]
The Hand
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class a fun assignment – to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful. Most of the class [...]
Priscah Kemunto Mokua death & funeral
We are saddened to announce the death of omongina Priscah Kemunto Mokua of Sengera village, Manga, Nyamira County, which occurred on November 10, 2016 in Toronto Canada. [...]