Category: Education
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Two students from Nova Pioneer Boys High School, Eldoret, Kon Lual Ajok and Ian Mwadiloh, have emerged as the overall winners of the 8th Young Scientists Kenya (YSK) National Science and Technology Exhibition. Their blockchain-powered project, Afronomy Chain, is a web system that enables real-time tracking of public funds from collection to expenditure in a…
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The Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) has unveiled a major recruitment drive aimed at filling thousands of vacancies in both leadership and teaching positions across the country. In an announcement made through a public notice on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, TSC confirmed that a total of 21,000 permanent and pensionable positions are available in various senior…
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The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has sharply criticised the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for what it describes as a persistent failure to promote thousands of educators who have remained stuck in the same job group for more than a decade. In a strongly worded statement issued on Monday, August 11, KUPPET Secretary…
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The M-Pesa Foundation is set to construct learning facilities worth KES 35 million at Limbine Primary School in Meru County. The Foundation will carry out the construction of six classrooms for learners from Grades 1 to 6, the renovation of four classrooms, the construction of a science laboratory, and the construction of ablution blocks for…
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One of the boys’ pit latrine blocks without doors. Photo by Lenah Bosibori From the beautifully arranged school blocks, built for learners and a huge playground where students engage in sports activities, lies a hidden yet critical challenge at GK Prison Comprehensive School in Kajiado County. Here, around 2,500 learners are forced to share just…
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Joshua Owino, 66, in the dock at the Makadara Law Courts. A Nairobi school watchman who has been allegedly defiling a 12 year old pupil will have to raise Sh300,000 bond to secure freedom during trial for defilement. Joshua Owino, 66, a watchman at The Christ Hope Kenya in Mathare, Nairobi, is facing charges of…
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Fourth year Moi University student David Oaga Mokaya appearing in court On Monday August 4, at Nairobi’s Milimani Law Courts, digital forensic analyst Boniface Machibi delivered expert testimony in the case of Moi University student David Oaga Mokaya. Prosecutors allege that on November 13, 2024, Mokaya used his X account ‘Landlord @bozgabi’ to share a…
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Brian Kimanzi, a university student in Kenya facing financial hardship, had turned to sports b’ett1ng out of desperation to make ends meet. His rent was long overdue, and the little allowance he received barely lasted half the month. Over and over, he placed b’ets with optimism, only to encounter continuous losses that left him discouraged.…
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Crab mentality, also known as crab theory or crabs in a bucket, is a metaphor for a kind of negative group behavior where individuals try to pull down anyone who is succeeding, rather than helping or celebrating their success. It’s named after the behavior of crabs in a bucket: when one crab tries to escape,…
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Mimi noma si noma! @pop in una maoni ? Of Kindiki, mud-walled classrooms and a chopper By Mwangangi Sabastian | 7yrs ago Last Saturday Kenyans on Twitter were on fire. Social media was abuzz with reactions from all walks of life after the 2022 Ruto sure-bet Deputy and Senator for Tharaka Nithi Prof Kithure Kindiki’s…