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John Oywa

Rutocare: Hard questions linger on new health plan

President signed into law four health bills meant to revolutionise Universal Health Coverage. Many Kenyans are yet to fully understand how new laws will affect their health insurance and pockets.

By John Oywa 1 year ago

Rutocare: Hard questions linger on new health plan

Lessons State must learn from the UHC pilot programme

Lessons State must learn from the UHC pilot programme

By John Oywa 1 year ago

Rising attacks on journalists should worry us

Rising attacks on journalists should worry us

By John Oywa 1 year ago

Who has a beef with cattle in southern Nyanza and why?

Who has a beef with cattle in southern Nyanza and why?

By John Oywa 2 years ago

How Sarah Obama’s kindness transformed her Kogelo village

Thanks to former US president Barack Obama’s grandmother, her village got a police station, had a key road tarmacked and...

By John Oywa 3 years ago

How Sarah Obama’s kindness transformed her Kogelo village

Gusiiland basks in glory as Kenya celebrates its heroes and heroines

From Otenyo Nyamantere, a brave worrier, ex-MP George Anyona to Robert Ouko and Hellen Obiri, the region has its fair share of ‘mashujaa

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Gusiiland basks in glory as Kenya celebrates its heroes and heroines

Ouko brother dies with secret

Mbaja always claimed to know who ordered his sibling's murder

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Ouko brother dies with secret

Sh5b irrigation project brings hope to once hardship hamlet

With daily earnings of between Sh300 and Sh450, local youth and women are earning livelihoods from planting and weeding the paddy fields.

By John Oywa and Caleb Kingwara 4 years ago

Sh5b irrigation project brings hope to once hardship hamlet

Kisumu medics defy return-to-work order

Nyong’o ordered the healthcare workers to resume duty failure to which they will be sacked

By Mactilda Mbenywe and John Oywa 4 years ago

Kisumu medics defy return-to-work order

Raila: My deal with Uhuru is on reforms not ‘nusu mkate’

But yesterday, while speaking on Milele FM, Raila dismissed talk of a looming ‘nusu mkate’ government as misguided.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Raila: My deal with Uhuru is on reforms not ‘nusu mkate’

Rush to open institutions is ill-advised, ministry told

Raila said the exams should be postponed until when the ministry was ready with safety measures in schools.

By John Oywa and Augustine Oduor 4 years ago

Rush to open institutions is ill-advised, ministry told

Patrick Amoth: The village boy who rose to represent Africa in top World body

He will be part of a team charged with drawing up budgets, plans and activities of the world health agency.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Patrick Amoth: The village boy who rose to represent Africa in top World body

I have not gagged ODM legislators, says Raila

Former premier denies his handshake with Uhuru has killed the Opposition.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

I have not gagged ODM legislators, says Raila

Food security project ignites hope in Homa Bay farmers

RDN says in partnership with a UK development’s agency-Ukaid, they are helping small scale farmers cope during the Covid-19 pandemic

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Food security project ignites hope in Homa Bay farmers

Family demands autopsy for kin buried at 2am

Deceased’s brother says he did not deserve the heartless treatment

By John Oywa and Olivia Odhiambo 4 years ago

Family demands autopsy for kin buried at 2am

Tears as curtain falls on King of Soukous

Even at 67, Mabele was still planning a grand come back with a new dance style.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Tears as curtain falls on King of Soukous

‘Standard’ schools project lauded

Standard Group wins praise for its Newspaper In Education program

By John Oywa 4 years ago

‘Standard’ schools project lauded

Miller invests in modern lab kit to raise standards

We are not taking any chances with quality of our products, says official.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Miller invests in modern lab kit to raise standards

Prof Ogutu death puzzle deepens as kin differ on cause

Initial autopsy results were unable to establish cause of death, and final results are expected in two weeks.

By John Oywa and Isaiah Gwengi 4 years ago

Prof Ogutu death puzzle deepens as kin differ on cause

Anxiety as China national hospitalised in Kisumu

This is the third person to be quarantined in Kenya over suspicion of coronavirus

By Kepher Otieno and John Oywa 4 years ago

Anxiety as China national hospitalised in Kisumu

Policeman who led Kenyatta ceremonial parade dies at 89

Kenya’s legendary policeman who was among the first to conduct a full ceremonial parade for founding President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in 1963, has died.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Policeman who led Kenyatta ceremonial parade dies at 89

How Moi prepared the way for Kenyan women, youth

As soon as he took office in August 1978, the former president started dismantling laws that discriminated against women and the youth

By John Oywa 4 years ago

How Moi prepared the way for Kenyan women, youth

Police launch investigations as fire razes Kisumu county offices

The fire that started in one of the offices at the Finance department on Sunday, is said to have destroyed important documents containing IFMIS and pa

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Police launch investigations as fire razes Kisumu county offices

MP who offered to be caned for defecting

To escape the wrath of his angry constituents, Ogur had to devise quick survival tactics

By John Oywa 4 years ago

MP who offered to be caned for defecting

Kisumu mourns Daniel Moi - 'Wuod Odongo'

Kisumu woke up to the sad news of the demise of former President Daniel arap Moi, the man they christened ‘'Wuod Odongo" (the son of Odongo).

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Kisumu mourns Daniel Moi - 'Wuod Odongo'

Ochola Ogur: The MP who offered himself to be caned for dabbling in KANU

Cornered, Ogur pulled a good one from his bag of tricks; He came out of the car, like a subdued prey, his hands in the air.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Ochola Ogur: The MP who offered himself to be caned for dabbling in KANU

British teachers head to Homa Bay county

Eighteen teachers from the East London schools set to work in the rural institutions for close to two weeks

By John Oywa 4 years ago

British teachers head to Homa Bay county

Former Nyatike MP Ochola Ogur is dead

Ogur who also served as an assistant minister in the Kanu administration passed on Wednesday at Nairobi Hospital aged 82.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Former Nyatike MP Ochola Ogur is dead

Leaders put region ‘under lock and key’ as 2022 battle looms

The Luo, Abagusii and Kuria have never voted in the same line since the return of multi-party politics in 1992.

By John Oywa and Stanley Ongwae 4 years ago

Leaders put region ‘under lock and key’ as 2022 battle looms

Gunshots, chaos as Police clash with Migori female circumcisers

Scores of people injured and property destroyed as officers break up a female circumcision ceremony.

By Caleb Kingwara and John Oywa 4 years ago

Gunshots, chaos as Police clash with Migori female circumcisers

Thousands displaced as floods hit Nyando

As families counted their losses, more danger loomed as a furious river Nyando showed signs of bursting its banks after heavy downpours upstream.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Thousands displaced as floods hit Nyando

Crisis hits hospitals as Nyanza blood banks dry up

Patients buying blood from private facilities after a major donor cut funding

By Eric Abuga and John Oywa 4 years ago

Crisis hits hospitals as Nyanza blood banks dry up

Flooding scare in Nyanza

Heavy rains pounding Kisumu and the neighbouring Nandi Highlands have caused flood fear with some families already moving to higher grounds.

By John Oywa 4 years ago

Flooding scare in Nyanza

How tables turned against soldier after the failed 1982 coup

Moses Amonde Oyugi ferried Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s body from Moi Air Base in Eastleigh to State House, Nairobi

By John Oywa 4 years ago

How tables turned against soldier after the failed 1982 coup

I quietly ferried Kenyatta’s body to State House

Former soldier ferried the founding father’s body in an ambulance from Eastleigh Air Base to State House

By John Oywa 4 years ago

I quietly ferried Kenyatta’s body to State House

Scores injured as Kisumu touts fight over bus terminus

Police used tear gas as touts engaged each other with crude weapons over control of the park

By John Oywa 5 years ago

Scores injured as Kisumu touts fight over bus terminus

Anxiety over Kisumu port opening delay

The Government has since the start of the project thrown a heavy security cordon around the port

By John Oywa 5 years ago

Anxiety over Kisumu port opening delay

MP Ouda: Why I am focusing on education and security matters

As the patron of Kisumu Central NG-CDF, MP Fred Ouda is focusing on education, security and infrastructure.

By John Oywa 5 years ago

MP Ouda: Why I am focusing on education and security matters

Schools benefit from key revision papers

Students received the newspapers, which contained revision examination papers, days before KCPE and KCSE kicked off

By John Oywa 5 years ago

Schools benefit from key revision papers

Ouda: I’m pragmatic, I tell it as it is

In the 2017 polls, he went into the arena as an underdog, but quickly became the darling of the voters and won with a landslide.

By John Oywa 5 years ago

Ouda: I’m pragmatic, I tell it as it is

Facing the cross: Churches in fresh storm over gifts, visits

Questions abound as to whether the church has abdicated its role, and whether it is still playing its role as a watch dog for the voiceless.

By John Oywa and Beldeen Waliaula 5 years ago

Facing the cross: Churches in fresh storm over gifts, visits

Shame of Kisumu hospitals shut over worker's strike

Nyong’o blames the strike on delay by the County Assembly to approve the Sh11.8 billion budget and the revenue stand off

By John Oywa 5 years ago

Shame of Kisumu hospitals shut over worker's strike

Patients’ agony as hospitals close for 3 weeks over strike

Nyong’o blames the strike on delay by the County Assembly to approve the Sh11.8 billion budget and the revenue stand off

By John Oywa 5 years ago

Patients’ agony as hospitals close for 3 weeks over strike

Raila the proverbial cat with nine lives

Is ODM leader Raila Odinga the proverbial cat with nine lives?

By John Oywa 5 years ago

Raila the proverbial cat with nine lives

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