The Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) is a Kenya-based and registered association of science journalists and communicators, whose membership includes journalists, editors, scientists and communicators.
It is a not-for-profit membership association that champions the interests of science journalists in Kenya and Africa.
By Christine Ochogo I christawine@gmail.com For the second day in a row, Jerry Oyoo, a western Kenyan farmer from Nyagowa Village, Karachuonyo Constituency has just returned home with a sack of maize from his Kimira wetland farm. “This is a huge waste of time, energy and money,” Mr Oyoo tells me sounding as if he…
By Mike MwanikI I mikemwaniki2016@gmail.com A leading HIV investigator in Kenya has urged journalists to be at the forefront in dispelling the existing myths and misconceptions on vaccine trials among people living in African countries. Prof Omu Anzala described as a “fallacy” allegations by some unscrupulous people — especially on social media — who are…
By Suzgo Chitete I chitetesuzgo@gmail.com After years of research and scientific approvals, the Malawi government in November last year released genetically modified cotton seeds for commercial cultivation. The farmers who planted Bt cotton for the first time in the last growing season took a gamble to depart from tradition. France Thole, a cotton farmer in…
By Lisbeth Kageni I kageni@uonbi.ac.ke University of Nairobi students have developed a mobile phone app through which they can access relevant information to address their challenges. The app dubbed RADA was developed by 12 students with the help of the university’s Centre for HIV Prevention and Research (CHIVPR), UNESCO, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Alliance…
