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2 weeks ago | 
shorturl.at | Mercy Kahenda |Chebet Birir |Lillian Mutavi |Maryann Muganda
×The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper printoperations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The Standard Group is recognized as aleading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and international interest. Standard Group Plc HQ Office,The Standard Group Center,Mombasa Road. P.O Box 30080-00100,Nairobi, Kenya.
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2 months ago | 
foodsafety.einnews.com | Winfrey Owino |Kenyatta Otieno |Mike Kihaki |Chebet Birir
Health PS Mary Muriuki during the launch of Polio vaccination on Tuesday, August, 22, 2023. [Samson Wire. Standard]The Ministry of Health says St. Thomas Aquinas Igumori Secondary School students in Embu ate contaminated food. This comes hours after reports of suspected food poisoning affecting 68 students at the institution emerged and went viral.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Chebet Birir |Martin Ndiema |Osinde Obare |Bernard Lusigi
When Mary Wanjiku sat for her KCSE in 2013, she scored a C-minus. With limited finances, further studies remained out of reach. In 2016, she married Maurice Mwangi, a matatu driver, and the couple settled in Githunguri, Utawala. But as their family grew, so did financial strain. “This area does not have sufficient fresh water. I saw my neighbours using donkeys to ferry water, and that’s how I thought of owning one,” she recalls.
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2 months ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Chebet Birir
When 32-year-old Mary Wanjiku completed her KCSE in 2013, she got a mean grade of C minus. With such a grade, she could pursue a certificate or a diploma. Unfortunately, she could not proceed with her studies due to a lack of fees. To be able to fend for herself, she tried being a house help for about a year, but that too was not her thing. “I went back home to Murang’a and stayed with my mum until 2015 when I left again, in search of a job. I would then land a few menial jobs here and there.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Chebet Birir
A video on YouTube from 2021 recently emerged, showing tech mogul and philanthropist Bill Gates being confronted by angry crowds in London. The seemingly irate crowd was shouting “Arrest Bill Gates” amid other ramblings, while accusing him of being a “murderer.”According to Newsweek, an online US publication, Gates was in the UK capital to dine with the then Prime Minister, Boris Johnson — another controversial figure.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Chebet Birir
Dr John Kariuki could easily have been one of the 1.27 million people who died from Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in 2019. Dr Kariuki, a veterinarian, acquired an infection from hospital, and his life changed for good. “I was very close to death, and when I eventually managed to treat it, it was almost too late, I am now living with disability thanks to AMR,” he narrates. Kariuki adds that instead of spending US$5,000, “I ended up spending US$35,000.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Chebet Birir
As the world marks the 16 days against gender-based violence, many people living with disabilities continue to face Gender-based violence (GBV). These cases of violence often go unreported. GBV entails any physical, sexual, and psychological harm and remains a major public health problem despite numerous written political commitments, policies, and programs.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Chebet Birir
Did you know that for every ten babies born, one is preterm? And that every 40 seconds, one of those babies dies? This is according to a report released by United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), titled “Born Too Soon: A Decade of Action on Preterm Birth,” released in 2023. Ashley Muteti, a mother of three girls, all born sooner than they were expected, knows fully well the challenges associated with giving birth to preterm babies.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Chebet Birir |Maryann Muganda
At just 17 years old, Chantell Nzula, a Form 3 student from Machakos County, sits quietly in the empty newborn unit of Machakos Level 5 Hospital, cradling her baby. Only two weeks earlier she experienced the unexpected challenges of premature childbirth. Her young body, small and fragile, mirrors the uncertainty she feels as she navigates this new chapter of motherhood.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Chebet Birir
Dr Ann Vanlauwe receive gift hampers from Janet Mathenge (left) of Gift Basket Kenya. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]Born in Nigeria and married to a Belgian national, Ann Vanlauwe is a unique woman making it big in Kenya, now her home. Commanding power and authority in her various leadership roles, she remains an influential leader, a far cry from the humble orphan she was growing up. Now, she can have it all. When she moved with her family in 2001, Ann says she immediately fell in love with Kenya.
