Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Its burden is greater felt in sub Saharan Africa, with 15% of all disability adjusted life years (DALYs) lost to the disease. Malaria affects ...

Impact of disasters on vulnerable populations remain a concern world over which has created the need to reduce vulnerabilities to disasters a key focus at different global fora on disaster reduction. While Hyogo Framework ...

The current study set out to investigate the determinants of readability of financial statements of Kenyan listed firms. A deductive approach was employed and data collected from a sample of 59 companies listed in the NSE ...

Women are a powerful development force making important contributions to the economy as entrepreneurs, workers and to the welfare of their families throughout Africa and in Kenya. However, inequalities in property ownership, ...

The cost of accessing healthcare in Kenya is way beyond what many can afford, even with the government including universal health coverage (UCH) in the government’s ‘Big Four Agenda’. Even with insurance, many families ...

A recent review of Kenya’s energy sector revealed that hydropower accounts for about 52.1 per cent of total production followed by thermal (fossil fuel, 32.5 per cent), geothermal (13.3 per cent) and biogas, wind and solar.

Kenya’s annual demand for housing is 200,000 and 300,000 units in urban and rural areas respectively. The country will need 2.9 million units in a decade, or 290,000 per year, which far exceeds current supply.

What you need to know: The groups facilitated economic participation, marshalling collective labour force for farming activities. They freely organised themselves in terms of when, where and how they worked. ...

There is an old drawing I used to see on the noticeboard of our local cooperative. It depicted two cows tethered to either end of a short rope with each pulling, to no avail, in the opposite direction in a bid to reach a ...

The average age of the agricultural cooperative member, now 61, has gradually increased over the years. Coupled with rising rural-to-urban migration, the resultant imbalance is a harbinger of food scarcity in the not-so-distant ...