Children who spend a lot of time on digital devices, especially mobile phones, face higher risks of developing cognitive disorders later in life.
This warning from medical experts might exert more pressure on the often shaky relationship between parenting and technology.
Even more worrying is that coronavirus pandemic has provided children with spates of involuntary holidays in which most spent consuming hundreds of combined hours on mobile phones, tablets, television and laptops.
This is even trickier considering most parents, teachers and children now increasingly have to rely on mediated learning through digital classrooms increasing prolonged exposure to screen time.
Dr Michael Mbiriri, a child psychotherapist, now warn that the end result might be “premature thinning of the cortex, the outer layer of the brain, leading to low IQ scores.”
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Acting Communications Authority of Kenya Director General Mercy Wanjau
The Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) will wait longer to fill the position of Director-General after the court nullified the recruitment process to replace Francis Wangusi, former head of the regulator.
This follows a decision by the Employment and Labour Court that found the recruitment process was unprocedural and illegal.
“It is clear that the advertisement for the position of the Director-General by the respondent (CA) failed to meet the minimum statutory requirements in terms of both the qualifications of the position and the process of advertisement,” explained Justice Maureen Onyango while giving the orders.
Judge halts search for new CA boss
Thursday April 15 2021
By JOSEPH WANGUI
Summary
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will have to start afresh recruitment of a new director-general to replace Francis Wangusi after the Employment and Labour Relations Court quashed the advertisement for the vacancy.
This means Mercy Wanjau will continue to hold the position in an acting capacity.
Justice Maureen Onyango found that the advertisement for the vacancy did not meet the minimum statutory requirements in terms of the qualifications for the position and the process of advertising.
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) will have to start afresh recruitment of a new director-general to replace Francis Wangusi after the Employment and Labour Relations Court quashed the advertisement for the vacancy.
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SCI & TECH
NAIROBI, KENYA: The number of Kenyans sending short messages through their mobile phones is on the decline, a new survey by the Communications Authority of Kenya shows.
The second-quarter survey shows a decline of 16.5 per cent in the total local SMS sent from mobile networks to 14.2 billion messages from 17.0 billion recorded in the preceding quarter.
CA links the drop to a reduction in SMS bundle usage with many customers preferring to take advantage of the available voice and data offers instead.
During the second quarter of the Financial Year 2020/21, the number of short messages sent per subscription per month dropped to 77.0 from 94.6 posted in the first quarter.
Today, any Kenyan entrepreneur with an Internet connection can promote their business, engage with customers, transact digitally, and leverage connected technologies to improve their operations or find new streams of revenue. Connectivity has also lowered the barriers to entry when it comes to international markets, allowing African businesses to access new markets for even greater returns. Being connected has clearly become one of the key enablers of Kenyan entrepreneurship in today’s digital age, but what role does fibre have to play?
The Communications Authority of Kenya’s sector report shows that nationwide fixed broadband subscriptions increased by 4.1% between the second and third quarters of 2020. While mobile broadband subscriptions remain the primary means of Internet access for most Kenyans, fibre still acts as the backbone of Kenya’s mobile networks. Direct fibre installations provide faster and more reliable bandwidth than mobile connections, which is especiall