Malaria: Africa urged to source funds locally
African governments should begin looking inwards to raise funds needed to fight malaria, a disease that still kills an African child every 45 seconds Dr Nathan Mulure, Novartis Pharma, Nairobi told participants at the first African Science Journalist Conference going on in Nakuru, Kenya. According to Dr Mulure, donor funding has become unreliable adding that [...]
KWS denies ‘sitting’ on Wildlife Bill
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) Wednesday denied allegations fronted by wildlife activists that it is sitting on the Wildlife Bill. Speaking at the ongoing first Africa Science Journalists conference currently going on in Nakuru, Kenya, Paul Mbugua, Assistant director in charge of conservation education said KWS may have played a role in its development but does not [...]
Heathen Songs of the natives
These songs of ours always get us into trouble. When we want peace we sing. When we want to be heard we sing. Sound permeates our lives and like Fela Kuti said; music is a weapon. Pipe smoking elders in Zimbabwe who spend lazy afternoons playing Mbira say a grunt in a chant spells trouble. [...]
Child maltreatment and abuse ripe in East Asia and Pacific
In East Asia and the Pacific, the number of children who face maltreatment is shockingly high. Roughly 10% to 30% of the 580 million children –one quarter of the world’s children — in the East Asia and Pacific regions are victims of forced sex and other physical abuse according to a report by UNICEF. The [...]
Egerton University to set up Ksh400m first agro-based Science Park in Kenya
The Egerton University’s plans to establish the first agro-based Science Park in Kenya has received a boost with the setting aside of extra Ksh3 million and 24 hectares on which the administrative centre will be based. Started September 2011 with seed money worth Ksh4 million from the university, the flagship science park has so far [...]
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