Kamau Maichuhie

Kenya, Thika Road

A Bachelor of Arts in communication graduate from Daystar University and currently a journalist working for Nation Media Group.

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Articles

Crisis of unreported GBV cases: Here’s how and where survivors can get help

4 days ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

Following the post-election violence that rocked the county in 2007-08, Jacqueline Mutere, 58, was one of the women who underwent a horrible rape ordeal. As a result, she conceived and later gave birth to a girl. About 18 years later, she has yet to get justice. Jacqueline said her quest for justice hit a brick wall when she went to report the incident at a police station and was turned away by police officers, who said they were busy trying to contain the violence.
FGM without borders: The new frontline in the war on cross-border mutilation

5 days ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

What you need to know:Kenya and neighbours have launched regional initiatives to curb cross-border FGM through education, enforcement, and community collaboration. Porous borders and weak enforcement hinder anti-FGM efforts, with activists calling for stronger surveillance and joint government commitment. In recent years, cross-border female genital mutilation has become the weak link in the campaign against the practice in Kenya.
No more 'boys don't cry': Teach children to challenge gender stereotypes early

6 days ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

What you need to know:Children absorb gender stereotypes early; open conversations and role models help promote equality and challenge bias. From chores to sports and online safety, early actions shape children’s views on gender and equality. Across the world, stereotypes about gender, and what it means to be a boy or girl, are prevalent. Research shows that by age three, children begin to absorb stereotypes. They are quick to pick up cues from family, media, school and society.
From victims to voices: Baringo women lead peace efforts in banditry-prone zones

1 week ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

What you need to know:In Baringo, women lead peace efforts to curb banditry worsened by climate change and scarce resources. Amid rising climate-induced conflicts, they push for inclusion in peacebuilding, transforming county's response to violence. For several decades, Baringo County has been prone to conflicts due to rampant banditry that has resulted in loss of lives and destruction to property. Banditry has been attributed to cattle rustling and the fight for pasture and water.
Women Enterprise Fund denies wrongdoing as mystery paybills, ballooning training costs flagged

1 week ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

The Women Enterprise Fund has been put on the spot for questionable use of funds. Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has raised the red flag over accountability, with a review of financial statements revealing unexplained variances against supporting ledgers. In the financial year ending June 30, 2024, she questions Sh212 million transacted through unauthorised mobile paybills that were not accounted for.
'I saw death’: Kenyan mothers narrate horror stories in labour rooms

1 week ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

When Julia from Kisumu started experiencing labour pain early last year, it could not overshadow her joy. She was excited that she would soon be a mother and looked forward to the moment she would deliver and hold the baby in her arms. Full of hope, Julia went to hospital ready to give birth. However, she was shocked by the treatment she got. “I was about to give birth and kept telling the nurses to attend to me, but they were just talking about their sweet moment in catching up and laughing.
New beds, new beginnings: Dignity drive targets 57,000 male inmates

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

A few years ago, NTV did a story that lifted the lid off the deplorable living conditions at the Manyani Maximum Security Prison in Taita Taveta County. In the story, inmates slept on the floor, with only the privileged few having bedding. All the other men had tattered mattresses and blankets. The plight of these male inmates, as captured in the story, mirrors what thousands of their counterparts undergo in other male prisons.
Broken promises, broken lives: GBV funding in freefall despite rising cases

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

What you need to know:GBV cases are rising in Kenya, but critical funding cuts are crippling prevention and response efforts. Despite existing laws, weak enforcement and few shelters leave many survivors without justice or support. For several years, cases of gender-based violence have hit the roof, with Kenyan women and girls bearing the brunt. Lack of proper funding has, however, been blamed as the major stumbling block in winning the war on gender-based violence (GBV).
Tricked, trapped and traumatised: The dark reality of Kenyan maids in Saudi homes

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

In December 2019, Selestine Musavakwa was ecstatic. The widowed mother of two had just landed a cleaning job in the United Arab Emirates—a rare chance to support her children after her husband’s sudden death the previous year. It was her first time at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, and she was awed by the massive planes and the energy of international travel. She was not alone—dozens of other young women, also bound for new jobs abroad, surrounded her.
Grief and abuse: Inside Kenya’s shocking widowhood rituals

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Kamau Maichuhie

Diana Lukosi was at home doing household chores when she received a call one afternoon in 2007 informing her that her husband had died in a grisly road accident. In an interview with the Voice, she says the untimely death of her family’s sole breadwinner left her devastated. “As I mourned the father of my two children, my main worry was how I was going to bring up the children. I had no job. I feared and dreaded what the future held for me and my children,” she says.