By Mirimba Angella Students in public universities are wasting precious time once again as lecturers stay away due to a pay hike dispute among other demands. In some universities, students were scheduled to take their last semester exams which were delayed due to a similar strike by their lecturers late last year. The dons announced […]

By KPC Reporter Senator Richard Onyonka has publicly declined an invitation to attend President William Ruto’s function in Kisii tonight. Ruto is expected in the County from whence he will lead Kenyans in bidding bye the year 2024 and ushering in 2025. The President will address the nation from Kisii State Lodge. “I will not […]

By KPC Reporter Those who were in high school in the early years of 2000 upwards may have come across Ben Carson’s best seller, Gifted Hands. In some parts of Kenya and the world, the book was projected as the key to success. So significant was the book that students read it like an examinable […]

By OMBOKI MONAYO Following President William Ruto’s assent to the Excise Duty Act on December 11, 2024, legal tobacco and nicotine products will become more expensive due to higher excise duties. The recent hike in excise duties levied on filtered cigarettes and nicotine substitutes meant for inhalation raises concerns about the potential surge in illicit […]

As Kisii Press Club/ Gusii Scribes Welfare members, we had our Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Nyamira Heights Suites, Nyamira County. Here are some pictures from the event.

By Nyang’au Araka The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved $68 million to address biodiversity loss, groundwater management, climate change, land degradation, and pollution. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was behind the pursuit for the resources. The projects were approved by the GEF Secretariat and Councils for the GEF Trust […]

By KPC Reporter The dream to have aggregation and industrial parks in several counties might take longer to be achieved due to sluggish works. The parks are anchored on the Bottom -Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), an economic recovery strategy of President William Ruto’s administration. The projects are dear to the government due to recognition […]

By Jamie Malanowski In 1882, in a townhouse at 136 East 36th Street in New York City, Edward Hibberd Johnson had an idea that would make him the unsung set decorator of a zillion holiday snapshots. Fronted by a luxurious mustache, this loyal lieutenant to Thomas Edison was the embodiment of his era: part engineer, […]

By KPC Barbara Kimenye (1929-2012), East Africa’s best-selling children’s author of all time, would be 95 years old today. Kimenye’s Moses series that centre on the times of mischievous schoolboys, Moses Kibaya (alias Holy Moses) and Sebastian Mulutu (King Kong), at the fictional Mukiibi’s Educational Institute for the Sons of African Gentlemen are somewhat a […]

By Nyang’au Araka and Science Blog To many people including some trained lawyers, legal documents are notoriously difficult to understand and they don’t know why. To some, listening to lawyers argue cases in court leaves them mesmerized. Now, a new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences recently, suggests that the […]