Nairobi – Kenya, Wednesday 11th May 2022…Over 100 certified drone technology experts and enthusiasts are expected to take part in Kenya’s first-ever Drone Tech and Data Expo which is scheduled to run from 29th May to 4th June 2022. The event, which is the first of its kind in Kenya,…
Disclaimer – this article was first published on Melkizedek’s personal website. Mental health affects our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. More often than not, adults you meet every day have had mental illnesses in the past. Whether when they broke up with their partners, lacked financial support, got bullied on…
Frying is definitely a common practice, and to be honest there’s an amazing taste that fried food has crunchiness. But what if I told you that frying or burning oil changes its molecular structure making it poisonous, would you still enjoy that crunchy chicken or deep-fried potato wedges? I had…
Instant gratification is the need to satisfy certain wants immediately without thinking of the outcome or consequences to follow after undertaking an action. Instant gratification is rampant and common in our generation and needs attention. Most young people develop this habit while in Campus, here you get to meet a…
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.…
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 little piece of malicious code called the Covid 19 Virus has changed more fundamentally than we would have expected and anticipated but happen it has and it is, therefore, time to reanalyse how we work and interact going forward. One major change, that was predicted to happen by 1999,…
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…
Cynthia Khabetsa Mwavishi, a 2nd year student in the Faculty of Arts, is among the 100 emerging leaders from across Africa who will take part in the Young Political Leadership School Africa (YPLS Africa) programme. The programme will be held in Monrovia, Liberia from October 25-29, 2021. “I am happy…
The United States International University-Africa (USIU-Africa) Council has announced the appointment of former Vice Chancellor Professor Freida Brown to serve as the Interim Vice Chancellor effective August 16, 2021. Speaking when he confirmed the appointment, the University Council Chairman Mr. Kris Ole-Senanu said her appointment is expected to run for…