Christmas, the circumcision season….part II
I have obsessed about the Christmas/circumcision season 2014 - finding all the little stories from across the country. Thousands of girls have undergone the 'cut' this year - we h
Christmas….it’s the season……..the circumcision season
'Irῖgũ’ is a very derogative term that refers to uncircumcised girls among the Kikuyu. So when my friend and her sisters were being referred to as ‘irῖgũ cia Njambi –
POWER CORRUPTS with some help from testosterone
We have seen them morph – socially conscious people that get to a position of leadership and then swim in corruption as though their life depended on it. Scientists are intereste
On vaccines and fertility
Does someone somewhere lace vaccines sent to Africa with contraceptives or are we just a paranoid lot?
Congrats to KEMRI-Kilifi
Friday 24th October, Uhuru Kenyatta graced the 25th anniversary celebrations of KEMRI research program in Kilifi. The 'not so normal' people were well charmed.
Cut Pat some slack
Pat says Kenyan towels have AIDS, cut him some slack, it was not that bad.
Ubongo campaign at Pwani University
Every year Ubongo campaign passes on their enthusiasm on 'brain' science to high school students in Kenya. Pwani University had the pleasure of hosting the campaign this year.
Ebola survivors giving back
Ebola survivors have begun to play a key role in halting Ebola in a very practical, way. A show of personal, sincere gratitude for survival that is feeding the battle to bring Ebo
Rabies – the neglected killer
Rabies is killing 2,000 Kenyans every year, yet its a highly preventable disease. If every Kenyan vaccinated their dog each year for 3 years, we would eliminate rabies from Kenya.
Caning in schools – I got mail
I got some mail from the 'caning in schools' article that appeared as DN2 cover story in last week's daily. Interesting stuff.