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2 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | Angela Oketch |Angeline Ochieng |George Odiwuor
At the break of dawn in Nairobi’s Kibra, women haul jerricans of water, children trail behind them barefoot, and street vendors begin their daily routine. But behind this ordinary hustle and bustle lies an extraordinary crisis, one that Kenya has been fighting for decades. Cholera, a waterborne disease eradicated in many parts of the world, continues to claim lives in the country.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
businessdailyafrica.com | Angeline Ochieng |Victor Raballa
A private developer has broken ground for Sh120 billion real estate project in Kisumu to tap into demand for housing in the lakeside city. The project by GulfCap Real Estate, a private developer, will comprise houses and social amenities. Dubbed LV Marina, the real estate project will be developed on a 285-acre parcel of land owned by the late former vice president Jaramogi Oginga Odinga's family. The parcel of land hosted the controversial collapsed molasses plant owned by the Odinga family.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Angeline Ochieng |Victor Raballa
A private developer has broken ground for a Sh120 billion real estate project in Kisumu, targeting to tap into demand for housing in the lakeside city. The project by GulfCap Real Estate, a private developer, will consist of houses and social amenities to bridge the growing demand for housing in the lakeside city. Dubbed LV Marina, the real estate project will be developed on a 285-acre parcel of land owned by the late former Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga's family.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Angeline Ochieng
What you need to know:Castro attributed his success to hard work, discipline and continued support from his parents. However, the teenager admitted that maintaining the good results was not a walk in the park. In April 2021, Castro Williams, then a candidate at Crystal Hill Academy Primary, scored 431 marks out of 500 and emerged fourth nationally and proceeded to Kapsabet Boys High School. Back then, Castro was among the top five candidates nationally.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
nation.africa | Angeline Ochieng
As parents, candidates and schools celebrate the outcome of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination results which were released on Thursday, some outstanding performers have illustrated the true definition of defying all odds to post good results. In Kisumu, hard work, determination and resilience is what it took for 18-year-old Enrique Enock to make it to the list of the best performing students.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
nation.africa | Angeline Ochieng
Ms Irene Akinyi, a mother, would love to raise an independent, courageous woman in her three-year-old daughter, Daisy. But growing up in the expansive Nyalenda slums exposes the young girl to several hazards. She is supervised in almost every move to avoid accidents. Until recently, one of the hazards had been the pit latrines they used. Daisy risked falling into the large defaecating hole. But when we arrive at the home, Irene’s face speaks of a relieved mother.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
nation.africa | Angeline Ochieng
The late afternoon sun was setting over Migori County when George Alambo's phone rang with a call that would save a widow's home. On the other end, a man's voice trembled as he shared his mother's struggle – a widow fighting to keep their one-acre family land from a seller who, having found a higher bidder, was attempting to reclaim what he had already sold. For Alambo, chairperson of the Western Kenya Human Rights Network, such calls have become a haunting symphony of injustice.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
nation.africa | Stacy Atieno |Angeline Ochieng |VICTOR RABALLA
Thousands of residents have been displaced after heavy rains upstream of River Nyando caused severe flooding in downstream areas. The rains caused an overflow at Ahero Bridge on the Kisumu-Nairobi highway, submerging homes, businesses, farmland and critical infrastructure. Many families were left stranded and in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
nation.africa | Angeline Ochieng
“I was born with HIV, but my status has not at any point interfered with my life. My social, academic and career lives have all remained positive,” says Collins Onyango. The 21-year-old peer educator at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital says knowing his HIV status at the tender age of 11 changed his life for the better. Until 2014, Collins says he viewed people living with HIV differently due to the myths and misconceptions he had heard about the virus.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
nation.africa | Angeline Ochieng
Manyatta, Kisumu County buzzes with late afternoon energy as we make our way through the slum. The air is thick with the aroma of sizzling street foods, as a handful of women seated by the dusty roadside, tend to their wares - fresh fruits and vegetables, while others huddle in animated groups, their voices carrying snippets of conversation about life in the densely populated slum. Our path leads us to a modest tin-roofed house nestled in the heart of the slum.
