Former Kenyan street criminal Torez Omoll managed to turn his life around and start a charity helping people where he grew up – the slums of Nairobi. COVID-19 has hit these communities hard with unemployment
The Kenyan government says COVID-19 has forced nearly two million people out of work. As Mohammed Yusuf reports from Nairobi, many Kenyans who had steady jobs are now relying on informal work to survive
Organizations such as the World Bank, IMF, and the Jack Ma Foundation have contributed aid worth more than $2 billion to aid Kenya’s fight against COVID-19. But much of the money and donated medical supplies have gone missing, prompting President Uhuru Kenyatta to order an investigation into who might have taken it all
In Kenya there has been a positive change of pace, the government, through the Street Families Rehabilitation Trust Fund (SRFTF), a government-based foundation for the rehabilitation of street people, has contacted several reception centers in Nairobi to welcome the children
Wangechi Wachira, the director of the Kenyan feminist Center for Rights Education and Awareness, saysthe Center has seen an increase in reported cases of violence against women
Kenya’s second and longest-serving president, Daniel Toroitich arap Moi, died Tuesday morning, the country’s presidency and his family confirmed. No cause of death was given, but reports say Moi had experienced breathing problems in recent months