Report cites level of cancer threat
At least 32,987 Kenyans died of cancer in 2018 as revealed by a latest report on the extent the disease has ravaged the country. The report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
Standard Media (Kenya)
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Rongai is drowning in raw sewer and garbage
Any visitor to Rongai - better known as ‘Diaspora’ - or even driving on Magadi Road at night cannot miss the waft of a foul smell. You would be forgiven to think that the place is home to a mega sewer
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Trouble as dominant HIV testing kits fail crucial WHO test
Most of the dominant HIV testing kits used in Kenya and several other African countries have failed crucial thresholds set by the World Health Organisation. Of the eight most widely used HIV Rapid Diagnostic
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Army worm outbreak wreaks havoc in Western Kenya farms
The fall army worm that is destroying maize plants in parts of Western Kenya and the Rift Valley. [Osinde Obare, Standard] Leaders from Western Kenya want the fall army worm invasion in the region declared
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Environment Tribunal stops Phase 2 of Standard Gauge Railway
Construction of the Sh63 billion Phase Two of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Nairobi to Naivasha has been stopped. National Environment Tribunal ordered the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) not
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Ethuro appeals for humanitarian aid for starving 13 million in Eastern, Horn of Africa
Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro has called for urgent international action for the close to 13 million people in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa at the risk of starvation. Ethuro accused the developed
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Scientists reveal 20 Kenyan plants that can cure cancer
Scientists have confirmed more than 20 local plant species are effective against many of the top killer cancers today. During a three-day annual scientific conference of Kenya Medical Research Institute
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Kenya sets sights on green bonds after mobile phone issue
Kenya aims to issue its first 'green' bond this year, the initiative's backers said on Friday, bolstering the nation's reputation for financial innovation after the government launched the world's first
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Sh143 million Naivasha water project launched
The PS Housing and Urban Development Ms Aida Mwinano (with specs) inspect ongoing works in various informal settlement schemes in Naivasha. She said that the government would use Sh16B in upgrading informal
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High-fibre diet key in fight against diabetes, study show
A diet that boosts good bacteria in the stomach could be key to reducing the risk of diabetes, an Australian study has found. Researchers from Melbourne's Monash University found for the first time that
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Scientist on mission to save endangered antelope in Kenya
Hirola, the world’s most endangered antelope. You may not know that Kenya is home to the hirola, the world’s most endangered antelope found nowhere else on earth today, having been virtually cleared in