Temperature check at a roadblock for COVID19. By Omboki Monayo | omboki2725@gmail.comAparticipation in the Aids Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) science symposium lands me in central Malawi’s Salima District.The date is November 14, 2020. At the Khombedza Health Centre, Miriam Khatumba arrives for a Covid-19 jab. ...
Urgent action needed to prevent premature deaths from HIV/AIDS
Ms Beatrice Anyiko has been a mentor mother since 2017. She sensitises communities on HIV. By Joyce Chimbi | j.chimbi@gmail.com Wangari Njau remembers well the 1980s and 90s when HIV spelled doom, stigma reigned supreme and those infected with the virus were ostracised from the community, abandoned and left alone to die. Her sister, C ...
Premier African Seed Trade 2023 congress online registration open
Delegates at the 2022 AFSTA Annual Congress at their trading tables. Next year’s online registration is now open. By Aghan Daniel |aghandan09@gmail.com The online registration for the AFSTA Congress 2023, which will be held in the capital city of Senegal, Dakar from 6th to 8th March 2023, is now open. To register, please v ...
JKUAT technology boosts Kenyan maize yield amid drought
Farmers are key during trials as they facilitate technology transfer. By Tebby Otieno | tebbyotieno62@gmail.com Agricultural researchers and scientists at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) couldn’t contain their excitement as they witnessed a bountiful maize harvest. The Kenyan maize variety, DKC90-89, was ...
Construction technology uses renewable energy to give slum dwellers affordable housing
Eng Lazarus Asewe, project manager at Start Somewhere, inspects an ongoing construction at Kibera Slum, Nairobi. By Tebby Otieno|tebbyotieno62@gmail.com Victor Ochieng lives in a single-room block house in Kibera’s Mashimoni estate with his family. He was once homeless so he’s happy to have a roof over his head. "Life is still difficu ...
Kenya Forest Service to raise 15 billion tree seedlings in 10 years
David Njuguna waters indigenous tree seedlings at Karura Forest nursery. By George Juma | jumageorge10@gmail.comThe Kenya Forest Service (KFS) plans to raise 15 billion tree seedlings at a cost of Ksh500 billion ($4 billion) in the next 10 years in a bid to achieve a 30 per cent forest cover by 2032.KFS Deputy Chi ...
Shamba system a critical tool to increase forest cover in Kenya, says forest service
Through PELIS, farmers enter into an agreement with the Kenya Forestry Service to plant trees as they farm towards increasing forest cover. By Joyce Chimbi | j.chimbi@gmail.com When Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua recently said citizens should be allowed to cultivate crops on public forest land in the no ...
Why we need PELIS programme in forest conservation and protection
Mercelyne Khalumba, forest plantation and management officer, during a biodiversity science cafe organised by MESHA and Kenya Forest Service in Nairobi. By Clifford Akumu | akumu.clifford@gmail.comIn September 2022 when President William Ruto was in New York pleading for more support to tackle climate change, hi ...