Stephanie Wangari

3 weeks ago | restofworld.org | Stephanie Wangari |Munira Mutaher

Sylvia Osewe, an elementary school teacher in the Nairobi area, loves seeing her students learn and grow. But at one time early in her career, she nearly quit. “I had about 90 students in my class [in 2008]. I had to write all the lesson plans, teach the students, mark their books, write lesson notes, and update record work,” she told Rest of World. The ideal class size is 40 students, according to the Kenyan education department.

3 weeks 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.

2 months 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.