Concern as expectant women turn to traditional birth attendants

Concern as expectant women turn to traditional birth attendants

Expectant women during a pregnancy fair at a hospital in Migori town, on March 22, 2025. [Anne Atieno, Standard] Health experts in Migori County have raised concerns over rising cases of expectant women turning to traditional birth attendants instead of going to hospital for treatment. The experts said most expectant mothers were not willing to…

Concern as women turn to traditional birth attendants, avoid going to hospital

Concern as women turn to traditional birth attendants, avoid going to hospital

Expectant mothers during a pregnancy fair at a hospital in Migori town, Migori County on March 22, 2025. [Anne Atieno, Standard] Health experts in Migori County have raised concerns over expectant women turning to traditional birth attendants instead of going to hospitals for treatment. The experts highlighted that most expectant mothers were not willing to…

Tale of Kisii squatters who live near 500 acres of idle land

Tale of Kisii squatters who live near 500 acres of idle land

Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu chaired the Senate Committee on Lands, Environment and Natural Resources during a fact finding mission in Mwabundusi village, Kisii. [File, Standard] Families that have lived as squatters in their ancestral land in Kisii Town for six decades heaved sighs of relief after the Senate Committee for Lands visited the area to…

Kebs wants consumers to take lead in war against fake goods

Kebs wants consumers to take lead in war against fake goods

The Kenya Bureau of Standards Testing Services Manager Tom Oduor addresses journalists in Homa Bay town on infiltration of substandard goods in markets, in Homa Bay, on April 29, 2025.  [James Omoro, Standard] The Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) wants consumers to be vigilant to curb the infiltration of counterfeit goods in markets. Kebs Lake…

Kibuye market closed temporarily over cholera fears

Kibuye market closed temporarily over cholera fears

Kisumu City Manager Abala Wanga and his deputy Charles Omollo declaring closure of Kibuye market due to public health concerns. [Michael Mute, Standard] Governor Anyang Nyong’o’s administration has ordered the immediate closure of the bustling Kibuye Market over cholera outbreak fears. This follows an assessment by the Department of Public Health, which raised alarm over multiple health hazards threatening traders and…

Raila defends Orengo and Nyong’o, says ODM is not in coalition with Ruto

Raila defends Orengo and Nyong’o, says ODM is not in coalition with Ruto

Rt. Hon Raila Odinga at the Funeral of Preskila Oreny Koyo, wife to the late Ker Joash Koyo Opien in Homa Bay County on 25 April 2025. [File Courtesy, Standard] ODM leader Raila Odinga has moved to quell the wrangles among his foot soldiers over the co-operation between his party and President William Ruto’s UDA…

Man who hung on helicopter in Migori slapped with 18 months in prison

Man who hung on helicopter in Migori slapped with 18 months in prison

  Stephen Odhiambo Obise now famously known as Migori ‘James Bond’, while at Uriri police station in Migori County. Migori man who hung on a helicopter last week has been slapped with 18 months’ imprisonment. Stephen Odhiambo Obise now famously known as Migori ‘James Bond’, had been placed on probation for hanging on a chopper…