Facebook officials had internal research in March 2020 showing that Instagram – the social media platform most used by adolescents – is harmful to teen girls’ body image and well-being but swept those findings under the rug to continue conducting business as usual, according to a Sept. 14, 2021, Wall Street Journal report.…
Former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario has been slapped with a Ksh3.6 million fine or six-year prison term after a court found him guilty of abusing his office in connection to the Sh55 million Rio 2016 Olympics scandal. Mr Wario was sentenced together with former National Olympic Committee of Kenya…
Emerging UK R&B singer/songwriter Cilla Raie from North London gears up to release her brand new second EP ‘Reconnected’. Her long awaited contribution to the UK R&B scene. ‘Reconnected’ is a 360 experience which touches on the journey of embracing pain and heartache. The underlying lyricism expresses knowing her self…
The Court of Appeal of Kenya has upheld the High Court’s ruling that attempts to overhaul the country’s constitution violated its basic structures. The mega-constitutional amendment bill proposed amending virtually every major part of Kenya’s constitution. It ran to 45 pages, contained 74 amendment articles, and included two schedules appended to the main text. The Constitution Amendment Bill…
The recent announcement of wide-ranging reforms at the University of Nairobi predictably triggered a new bout of student protests. The cost-cutting reforms propose a smaller administrative team, the abolition of a third of its colleges and higher tuition fees. The proposed reforms have also elicited protest from academic and administrative staff. They…
The coronavirus pandemic changed the way people all over the world accessed abortions. As lockdowns and other restrictions made it difficult to seek in-person terminations of unwanted pregnancies, some countries made-at-home abortions more accessible. In France, the government temporarily changed the law in April 2020 to allow at-home abortion until seven weeks…
Rihanna is now officially a billionaire and the wealthiest female musician in the world, according to Forbes. The pop star is worth $1.7 billion (£1.2 billion), with an estimated $1.4 billion coming from the value of her Fenty Beauty cosmetics company. The rest of her fortune mostly comes from lingerie company,…
At the start of a three-day visit to the UK to co-host the Global Education Summit with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announce strengthened links between the City of London and Nairobi and welcome new investment package. The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab…
The University of Nairobi (UoN) has more than doubled fees for postgraduate courses and parallel degrees to ease a cash crunch brought home by a dip in student enrolment. The university has increased fees for liberal arts Master’s courses like communication and MBA to more than Sh600,000 for a two-year…
England’s Football Association (FA) says it wants the “toughest punishments possible” for people identified as having racially abused members of the national side after its defeat to Italy in the Euro 2020 final. The sides drew 1-1 after extra time and Italy won the penalty shootout 3-2, with England players Marcus…
