Nation Reports

Senior Reporter Leila Mohammed, Daily Nation's Mary Wambui and Dominic Wabala present a military conversation unravelling the bits and pieces of the Kenyan military under the new government and the question of transition.

Nation Reporter Sylvia Muia speaks to three survivors from the 2019 DusitD2 attack with a personal recollection of being related to one of them. A sign that the trauma from that day still holds a painful memory in their life.

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO) encourages vertical farming in the urban slums to help the urban poor access adequate fresh and safe food. With the growing population and inevitable need to be food secure amid rising inflations and economic downturn, an agricultural innovation such as vertical farming becomes a powerhouse. Presently, 55 per cent of the world's po...

Cases of women assaulting their husbands have been on the rise in Meru County, with residents appealing to the police to protect men from such aggression.

Last March, Association of Women in Agriculture Kenya (AWAK) trained Ms Muthoni on vertical farming. She learnt how to use sacks, jerricans, PVC liners, and pipes to grow vegetables in merely tiny spaces in urban residential areas namely open areas on the frontside or backside of their houses, on the verandahs, and even on window sills. Upon completion, she was supplied with a 90-kilogramme sack o...

Details have emerged of how Kenyans working in Saudi Arabia live in penury after being hooked onto alcohol while others are killed by their colleagues in love triangle disputes. Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko volunteered to help bring back the bodies of Jackline Muthoni, 40, who hails from Meru, Lucy Mwanyae Kea, 24, and Mercy Mbula, 27, both from Kilifi County.

Tax Invoice Management system is now in use to administer VAT.  Kevin Maina had a sit down with KRA's TIMS operations manager to unravel more.

How much do you know about Alzheimer's disease, what causes it, and what its symptoms are? Did you know, for example, that depression, personality changes and mood swings are part of its bouquet of symptoms? Karimi Njagi, an actress, learned all these and more when her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2018. She shares her story, plus what she learned about how to assist people with Alzheim...

How much do you know about Alzheimer's disease, what causes it, and what its symptoms are? Did you know, for example, that depression, personality changes and mood swings are part of its bouquet of symptoms? Karimi Njagi, an actress, learned all these and more when her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2018. She shares her story, plus what she learned about how to assist people with Alzheim...

For many young girls in Kenya, properly managing a menstrual cycle with adequate sanitary products is a luxury. Research suggests that two out of three girls are unable to access menstrual products regularly. To fill this gap, over the years, various organizations have joined hands to provide and distribute menstrual products among most vulnerable girls. But even so, still lack of proper sanitary...

Since childhood Elijah Kimeu from Tala, Machakos County, has been living with stammering, a condition which for years has dealt a blow to his self-confidence. But despite this, this trained journalist who dreams of becoming a news anchor and a TV host, is adamant and not letting this challenge kill his aspiration.

President Uhuru Kenyatta awarded her a certificate of recognition as a 'Shujaa' of Lamu County during the Mashujaa Day celebrations held in Mombasa. Her venture into activism has seen her defy the odds. She says, women's responsibilities under Islam are limited to indoor-cooking and taking care of their families

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Women have the potential to be running mates for presidential aspirants. Article 27(8) of the Constitution on two-thirds gender principle gives women a legal backing to demand for inclusion in the Executive. But the question of whether they have economic and social capital compounded with cultural orders box women into a meshed corner. Is their a party or Presidential aspirant gender conscious eno...

Esther is an endo-warrior. It took years before she got the correct diagnosis of endometriosis. People around her dismissed her pain as normal, yet, every menstrual cycle was a nightmare. Our expert, Dr Charles Muteshi explains that no period pain is normal and girls of the reproductive age should seek medical attention. Esther shared her story with us for the Nation Health podcast…

In Makhwabue village of Kakamega County, Mr Shivonje is rejected by his own kin and friends. They believe he was the stowaway who fell off a Kenya Airways plane as it approached Heathrow Airport in London in June 2019. They claim the real Shivonje died in the incident and that his spirit is the one roaming the village. They say his presence is ominous and would bring misfortunes to the community....

For almost six years PL(this is an acronym of his name) has been herding cattle here at Suguro village, in Narok South sub-county, Narok County. This he started at the age of 12 years old immediately after dropping out of school. This episode is about pastoralist boys and access to education. It brings to light the overlooked barriers making it difficult for the boys to enroll and finish school. I...

Emmanuel Gift Masinde; is a 27 year old Strathmore University actuarial science drop out who has perfected the art of conning unsuspecting women in the name of love. In this episode Health Reporter Leon Lidigu unravels the life of this unconventional con artist who has used Twitter to swindle 7 unsuspecting women up to sh. 3.5million

60 per cent of the Turkanas are pastoralists. But women do not own livestock. Even in the brink of starvation, they cannot sell a single goat for money to buy food. In this episode, Moraa Obiria (Gender Reporter) wanders for hours with Lolio Ekal, she is a Turkana woman and I have always wondered how life in Turkana must be like with all the talk of climate change. This is her story.

On this episode Health desk reporter Hellen Shikanda meets Oscar Ikinya a survivor of the 1998 US EMBASSY bomb last and a man who suffers from Trimethylaminuria commonly known as the Fish Odour syndrome.