Kenya’s domestic and foreign debt is at a crippling Kshs 50 trillion ($50 billion). To stall the economy’s, decline the country’s government is raising revenue through sale of citizenship, passports, permanent residency and special visa programmes.
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Africans rising Eliud Kipchoge receives Honorary Doctor of Laws and Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya award
The University of Exeter honoured Eliud Kipchoge’s “outstanding achievements in the field of sports” by awarding him an Honorary Doctor of Laws during its winter graduation ceremony. This comes after he received Kenya’s highest category of presidential awards.
Politics and Society Why Kenya is failing to integrate technology into secondary schools
Integrating technology into schools involves understanding the dynamic relationship between technology, how it’s used in the classroom and the content of the curriculum.
Politics and Society Inclusion politics a placebo for Kenya’s democracy
Politics of compromise have always served politicians and never resolved Kenya’s real governance issues.
Lifestyle Artificial Intelligence providing solutions for African farmers hit by climate crisis
Machine learning is offering useful insights in areas of land use, yields, and peak time for harvest, input distribution gaps, and other contextual monitoring aspects that would help struggling farmers improve crop yields considering the impact of the climate crisis on crops.
Lifestyle Why all children must learn code
Coding is beneficial to children, irrespective of their career path later on in life.
Lifestyle Desalination plant in Kenya’s coast is a case study in addressing the looming water crisis
In a bid to provide safe and drinkable water a non-governmental organization in Kenya has built a large-scale solar-powered desalination plant on the Eastern coast of the country. Such desalination projects address the rise in water scarcity due to climate change and contamination.
Arts and Culture African literary prizes are contested – but writers’ groups are reshaping them
African literary prizes are slowly becoming more relevant and richer, thanks to writers organising on the continent.
Arts and Culture Kipchoge and Muhammad crowned World Athletes of the Year
Kenyan marathon maestro Eliud Kipchoge and American track and field star Dalilah Muhammad have been named World Athletics’ male and female athletes of the year. Kipchoge clinched the award which he also won last year following an impressive season.