Stephanie Wangari

3 days ago | restofworld.org | Stephanie Wangari |Gayathri Vaidyanathan

Firms that provide outsourced digital labor for big tech companies tend to be secretive. They are often bound by legal contracts that limit what they can say, allowing tech companies to distance themselves legally and ethically from their workers, experts told Rest of World. “This creates a circle of invisibility around this work,” Antonio Casilli, a sociologist at Polytechnic Institute of Paris who studies the human contributors to artificial intelligence, told Rest of World.

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephanie Wangari

Monica Muroki had been locked in a frustrating battle with her weight for years. Despite seeking help from a nutritionist and enduring gruelling gym sessions, the digits on the scale stubbornly refused to change. “Previously, I had been working out at the gym, where I realised I was struggling, I think because I had a lot of weight. I kept hurting my knees, so I could not work out well,” she narrated.

2 months ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephanie Wangari

A remark by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna about Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi’s education credentials sparked a heated exchange on Thursday. Speaking on Citizen TV’s morning show, Sifuna questioned why President William Ruto, a PhD holder, maintained a close friendship with Sudi, whom he described as a “school dropout”. "He told us that he has a PhD and nobody should lecture him on anything. I have never seen a PhD holder who hangs out with a class two dropout.

2 months ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephanie Wangari

Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome has come under fire after saying that monthly contributions to the Housing Levy do not guarantee home ownership. Wahome instead said that the deductions should be viewed as a tax.  “The money you are contributing is not meant to give you a house; it is helping us build the houses. After that, it is up to you to pay for the house,” Wahome said on NTV, Wednesday. She explained that the government is not giving out free homes but facilitating a rent-to-own model.

2 months ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephanie Wangari

Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome has come under fire after saying that monthly contributions to the Housing Levy do not guarantee home ownership. Wahome instead said that the deductions should be viewed as a tax.  “The money you are contributing is not meant to give you a house; it is helping us build the houses. After that, it is up to you to pay for the house,” Wahome said on NTV, Wednesday. She explained that the government is not giving out free homes but facilitating a rent-to-own model.