Oscar Kakai

2 weeks ago | nation.africa | Oscar Kakai

What you need to know:New GBV rescue centre in West Pokot offers medical, legal, and psychosocial support to vulnerable survivors. Hope Centre opens to address GBV crisis, restore survivor dignity, and improve access to justice. It is a sigh of relief for gender-based violence survivors and those at risk in West Pokot after a rescue centre was set up in Kapenguria County Referral Hospital.

3 weeks ago | nation.africa | Oscar Kakai

Panic has gripped a village in West Pokot County after four people died and several others were injured when a gold mining pit collapsed on Saturday at 2 am. West Pokot County Commissioner Khalif Abdullahi said the four were buried alive after the gold mine caved in at Karon Village in the Turkwel area. The deceased have been identified as Lotudung Leng'ole, 49; Lemareng Lorionomut, 25; Siliye Chepomerkut, a 32-year-old woman; and Poshen Termoi, 27.

1 month ago | nation.africa | Oscar Kakai

A row is brewing between landowners and the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco) over unpaid compensation for land affected by the 220kV electricity transmission line project in West Pokot and Trans-Nzoia counties. The landowners have threatened legal action if the company does not pay. Some have also threatened to destroy the power line towers, which would constitute criminal sabotage similar to that which plunged the nation into darkness a while back.

1 month ago | nation.africa | Oscar Kakai

What you need to know:Women inmates in Kapenguria receive rare emotional support, donations, and community engagement from visitors. Despite abandonment by families, they found joy through visits, skills training, and donated supplies. Many prisoners suffer depression, stress, trauma, untold loneliness and feelings of abandonment and dejection when friends and family stay away from them. Detained far from home, they receive few or no visitors.

1 month ago | nation.africa | Oscar Kakai

It is 8 am on Monday, April 28, when we catch up with Ms Emily Longura at her one-room rented house at Kabichbich Trading Center in Pokot South sub-County. She is outside washing utensils with tears flowing down her cheeks.