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The Judge ordered that the case be mentioned on May 24, for further direction. According to court documents, the class eight pupil alleged that a witchdoctor requested him to hand over his cousin Brawden Mutwiri to him. Mutwiri was four years old by then. He further alleged that he watched as the witchdoctor killed Mutwiri and threw him into a river. Subscribe to Our Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest developments and special offers! Gichugu Muchangi the advoc...

Covid-19 has impacted all facets of socio-economic, political, cultural and spiritual life in the country.

THE STANDARD EDUCATION Diana Bosibori, a Form Four candidate at Enkinda Secondary School in Nyamira County, reads a geography textbook as she prepares lunch at their Nyaramba home on May 18, last year. [File, Standard] It is one year since President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered the closure of learning institutions to curb the spread of Covid-19. On March 15, last year, while issuing the directive on closure of schools, the president announced that two more persons had tested positive for coronavirus....

Heroin [Photo: Shutterstock] Drug addiction is slavery. It is only the addicted individual who can get himself or herself out of it. Drug and alcohol addiction reduced Margaret Wanjiru to a petty thief and dragged her into sex work. As she journeys through recovery, she recounts how her children suffered because of her actions. She tells her story… I am a mother of three; I have lived in sex-work and have been actively using drugs since I was a young girl. My children knew their mother was a...

THE STANDARD ODM leader Raila Odinga receives a branded T-shirt from Aaron Munene at Ufungamano Social Hall in Nairobi yesterday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] ODM leader Raila Odinga yesterday gave the strongest hint yet that he will be on the ballot in the 2022 General Election by promising to increase funding to the counties if voters pick him as Head of State. Speaking at Ufungamano Hall in Nairobi where he met youth from Meru, Embu and Tharaka Nithi counties, he said devolution was one of th...

THE STANDARD RIFT VALLEY A KCPE candidate left paralysed after allegedly being caned in school on February 2, 2021, on a wheelchair at Iten County Referral Hospital in Elgeyo Marakwet. The pupil has been using a wheelchair for the last 11 days. [Stephen Rutto, Standard] A Class Eight girl at Kibargoyet Primary School in Elgeyo Marakwet County has been left paralysed from the waist down to the feet and is now using a wheelchair after she was allegedly hit by a piece of wood by teachers. The KCP...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION RELATED VIDEOS Share this story Learning gaps as pupils approach key examinations The analysis further shows about 65 per cent of the candidates were not able to work out word problems on operations on whole numbers MOST READ

New KNEC Exam Model Raises Concern 19 January 2021 - 7:16 am Education CS George Magoha speaks to a student at Langas Primary School in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County on Friday, November 6, 2020 Twitter Headteachers from across the country have raised concerns over the administration of the national assessment examinations for primary school pupils that started on Monday, January 18, 2021. The school heads decried logistical troubles in the preparation for the exams, with several institutions fail...

THE STANDARD EDUCATION A teacher at a Standard Eight classroom at Kisii primary school. [Sammy Omingo,Standard] After a 10-month Covid-19 imposed holiday, an estimated eight million primary school learners will this morning start a national assessment. The week-long assessment is being administered by the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec), but unlike other conventional examinations, there will be no ranking of learners according to the grades they score. A circular released by Acting K...

Aunties: The good, bad and the ugly Some are just plain nasty [Photo: Shutterstock] God, who knows everything, long knew He couldn’t be everywhere. So, he created aunties - those sweet, but sometimes sour extensions of your mother. You’re their nephew or niece, whether they are from your father’s or mother’s side of the family, and hence you’re bound together by love, blood and lots of laughter. But aunties come in different shapes, sizes and mood swings. Though most are temperate, th...