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 Kabaa's Lucky Graduands: Youth in Machakos County benefit technologically from Kabaa Digital Resource center  Various youth from Machakos county were over the weekend awarded with certificates at a colorful ceremony following their successful completion of digital studies. The students who had enrolled at Kabaa digital resource center, received a further equipment and financial boost from donors to help them facilitate their operations and set up their businesses. Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), a grassroots movement that catalyzes large-scale transformation in urban slums based in Kibera, donated 20 desktop machines to the institution to facilitate learning of future intakes.  Speaking during the event, the institutions founder and patron Ms Angela Mueni Munyasya urged the local youths to enroll at the institution to acquire skills necessary to make them self sufficient giving them a chance to be self employed. "We are gearing towards building a creative economy to en

Reggae icons Wailing Souls set to perform in Kenya. Legendary reggae icons The Wailing Souls are set to perform in Kenya during this Easter weekend. Making the announcement while unveiling the event's partners, Musical Safari's Group C.E.O and reggae promoter George Gichobi better known as Master Gee OG said the concert slated for the 29th of March at the Carnivore's Simba salon will be an unforgettable musical experience.  "The Wailing Souls, bring with them an experience spanning over four decades of conscious music. This is pure talent from a group that has been Grammy nominated multiple times," he said. While promising a top notch event, G added that the group will have performances in three more cities after their opening concert in a concert dubbed the One destiny concert. "Soon after making a safari at the Ol pajata park in Nanyuki, the group ]is scheduled to perform in Kisumu, Naivasha and at the World Rally Championship in Naivasha. There'll be s

 Haiti descended into chaos after Prime Minister Ariel Henry's resignation, with gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, also known as “Barbecue”, gaining the spotlight amidst the violence. Despite refuting claims of beastly behavior, Social media was flooded with videos allegedly showing cannibalism on the streets of Haiti. One particularly viral video purportedly shows a gang member feeding on a human body that had been set ablaze on the streets amid the chaos as other members cheared him on.

By Solomon Embakasi East Memberof Parliament Dr. Babu Owino has lauded well - wishers and volunteers who offered help to victims of the ill fated gas explosion in his Embakasi East constituency. In a personal statement on his social media, the legislator lauded efforts by different stakeholders, well wishers and fellow politicians who gave their donations and pledged their support ranging from food donations to medical teams to cash donations to aid in the resettlement of the victims. Amongst the first respondents to the incident were opposition leader Hon. Raila Odinga who donated 1 million shillings from his personal funds followed by Dr. Babu with the similar amount. In his statement. The former student leader lauded the response from his colleagues that contributed to the cause who included Nairobi's senator Edwin Sifuna, Governors Hon Gladys Wanga, Mombasa's Abdul Swamad, Hon. Antony Oluoch who took the responsibility to collect the funds and Senator Gloria Orwoba who dona

'I'll make I'll make Embakasi east students most literate in the country. We have potential for more doctorates,' Dr Babu Owino . Embakasi East legislator Hon. Dr Babu Owino has vowed to change the security situation in his Embakasi East constituency by making sure the students and youth the most literate in the country. 'Years after serving as a Member of Parliament for my constituents, the level of crime has visibly gone down and the the development record speaks for itself. I welcome even the youth who might feel compromised based on their performance in school to seek redress with my office. I will take them back to school,' he vowed. Dr Babu was a the forefront of home schooling candidates from Embakasi ahead of sitting for their exams through online curriculum classes. "We produced some of the best results nationally and this is attracting the young generation to education thus surpressing the rate of crime in the larger Nairobi County. When multi

Enough is enough. It is time to take action Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has threatened to take stern action against the rising cases of imposters on social media who are using his name to dupe unsuspecting individuals. This comes amidst a growing number of social media pages using his name to solicit funds in the pretence to award beneficiaries only to realize once it is too late that they were tricked into dubious deals. Some of the social media pages shared by the former county boss offered loans and other monetary boosts. 'Sonko soft loans', 'Hon Mike Mbuvi Sonko loans' are some of the pseudo accounts bearing his photos that he reported that demanded that individuals match a certain criteria to qualify for the rewards. "I need to reward 4 people with 150,000 shillings each, a motorcycle" were some of the rewards promised to be distributed attracting hundreds of likes from unsuspecting victims. Sonko however flagged the pages and threatened