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Should youths care about access to Information?

The Kenya Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) has in the past alluded that quacks are behind the stealing of drugs in public hospitals which they later sell to their private chemists. I sought to find out whether such allegations of Medicine disappearing are true. 

Economic challenges during the covid19 pandemic pose a serious threat to women’s work and business activities and expose them to an increased risk of exploitation and abuse. Girls and young women facing severe economic shocks are more likely to take on high-risk work for their economic survival.  Listen to this podcast and hear what a group of young women in Kibra is doing to remedy the imbalance.

Tafiti zinasema kuwa wanawake ndio watumiaji wakubwa wa mitandao ya kijamii kuliko wanaume. Lakini baadhi ya wanawake hao wamesali kushambuliwa kwenye mitandao. 

A section of CSOs in Nairobi county is holding decision-makers accountable by analyzing the health budget with an intention to produce evidence briefs and scorecards. They do so by tracking health allocations and utilization.

What we want all governments around the world to do is to ensure they are setting ambitious targets to cut their carbon emissions so that we can keep the 1.5-degree goal within reach~United Nations Climate Change Conference president Alok Sharma

That almost one in five Kenyan teenage girls is a mother represents not only a huge cost to the health sector but also a betrayal of potential on a shocking scale. But look, A group of teenage mothers in Kibra slums is approaching life differently.

Are you a Kenyan journalist struggling to get story ideas and further data to build your story? This is your podcast!

In a community where men are the custodians of culture, it is seemingly hard to break certain barriers without involving them. A section of the men from the Maasai community is at the forefront to ensure Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a thing of the past