Gardy Chacha

Kenya, Nairobi

Award winning journalist. Husband. Father. Son. Nephew. Pragmatist who believes in possibilities. I believe in God...and recognise that Good always wins.

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Pay gap: Why a woman earns Sh27 less for every Sh100 by a man

1 week ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

The What Women Want Summit took place last month at the Trade Mark Hotel in Nairobi. One of the breakout sessions addressed the gender pay gap, the premise being that men earn more than women for the same job. “Earning good money is part of a woman’s emancipation. The truth is that men got a head start at making money. Women are playing catch-up. A woman cannot be fully emancipated if she cannot afford to pay bills. “For us we no longer want to just earn: we want to be paid our worth.
Endometriosis ruined my joy, health, and almost took my life

3 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

On a fateful day in 2018, June Kathoki, then just 27, swallowed an entire container of pills and lay down to sleep, hoping she would wake in the celestial realm of the departed. Fate had other plans. June is a Health Records Officer at a local hospitalInstead of slipping away, she awoke violently, her body convulsing as she expelled the very substances meant to end her life. “I woke up, vomiting my guts out,” she recalls. It was her first suicide attempt.
Crisis in the soil: Fertilizer shortage and depleting land risk food security

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

The planting season is approaching in Kenya’s breadbasket areas, in line with the March-April-May rains. Farmers are already queuing at National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) outlets to purchase subsidized fertilizer. However, there is a shortage in supply. A spot-check by The Standard in Bomet and Kitale shows that farmers have been left in suspense as NCPB outlets are out of stock.
Regina Kimanthi: Diagnosed with arthritis at 38, now battling diabetes at 48

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

At the age of 38, Regina Kimanthi was diagnosed with arthritis in 2015, following recurrent and unexplained joint pain and fatigue. “I have been on arthritis medication ever since,” she says. But sometimes, she runs out of medicine and is forced to endure the pain. As a resident of Malawi village in Makueni County, money is scarce. After all, poverty is a constant challenge that she and her fellow villagers face.
Inhumed: Danger posed by anthrax bacteria in soil and bitter lessons for livestock farmers

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

The month of January, 2024, recorded above average rainfall. The previous year, the Kenya Meteorological Department had forecast El Nino beginning October the same year. The showers came down in Kanguku village, Murang’a County, like a blessing from heaven. It watered a strip of Napier grass at Christopher Ngugi’s small scale farm turning them lush green; succulent food that boosts a dairy cow’s milk production. “Every now and then we feed them the grass,” Ngugi explained as he gave us a quick tour.
Will Kenya arrest anthrax outbreaks?

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

Kenya has laid out a plan to eliminate Anthrax in humans and reduce incidence in animals – to less than 1 per cent of the 2020 baseline – by 2036. The anthrax prevention and control strategy notes that the disease is primarily controlled through animal vaccination. This is also the position adopted by the global anthrax elimination programme, led by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Rising cancer cases not linked to GM foods, scientists insist

Jan 19, 2025 | foodsafety.einnews.com | Ayoki Onyango |Noel Nabiswa |Mercy Kahenda |Gardy Chacha

Caption Activists, scientists and farmers crowded the street at Town Centre, Nairobi county on Thursday, 17tb September 2015. They were demonstrating against the ban that the government intends on lifting on BT maize. BT maize has been tested in laboratories and has been found to contain cancer cells.
A Kenyan first: Cancerous bone in boy's knee cut out, 'cooked', then placed back

Jan 19, 2025 | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

On a Sunday evening last August, a boy in Githunguri, Kiambu County complained to his parents of unbearable pain above his knee, prompting a visit to the hospital. “The doctor ordered an X-ray, and when the results came out, he said he had osteomyelitis: an infection in the bone,” says Mercy Kibiro, the boy’s motherThey left the hospital with a prescription for various medications. However, the pain persisted and worsened with each passing day.
Dr Okumu: Oncologist changing the game in bone cancer treatment

Jan 19, 2025 | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

Kenya has only two orthopaedic oncologists, and Dr Nicholas Okumu (pictured) is one of them. This is quite an impressive achievement, one might think. Yet, nothing about him – at least when you see him – immediately signals this distinction. Dressed in khaki trousers, a contemporary shirt (without a tie), and a black fleece jacket, Okumu is as down-to-earth as they come. This is not the first time the doctor has been involved in a pioneering procedure.
Redefining masculinity for men's mental health

Dec 7, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Gardy Chacha

“Man kills wife as children watch, then surrenders to police,” “Man sets house on fire in family row, burns self, sleeping wife and son,” “Kiambu man dies by suicide, wife found murdered.”They tell of horrific stories emanating from mental health challenges that beset many a man. “These tragedies often stem from prolonged stress build up without seeking help,” says Simon Mbevi, a pastor. He was speaking at the Men’s Wellness Summit, organised by ArvoCap Asset Managers in a Nairobi hotel.