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Marion Kithi

Imarika Sacco eyes digital tools in its expansion strategy

Imarika Sacco has announced plans to rebrand to respond to emerging customer needs.

By Marion Kithi 1 month ago

Imarika Sacco eyes digital tools in its expansion strategy

After Shakahola forest massacre, residents face economic hardship

After Shakahola forest massacre, residents face economic hardship

By Marion Kithi 2 months ago

State commits to streamline current labour migration

State commits to streamline current labour migration

By Marion Kithi 2 months ago

Governor, firm sign Sh20b cocoa farming deal

Governor, firm sign Sh20b cocoa farming deal

By Marion Kithi 3 months ago

US NGO partners with Baringo County to manage malnutrition

About 22,000 children in the county suffer from acute malnutrition and Helen Keller International is working with the county to support integrated medical outreach.

By Marion Kithi 3 months ago

US NGO partners with Baringo County to manage malnutrition

How Kilifi's binti-to-binti group is tackling tragedy of stillbirths

Binti-to-binti support group is a maternity, open-day learning group designed to ensure that rural mothers seek Antenatal services during their first trimester.

By Marion Kithi 3 months ago

How Kilifi's binti-to-binti group is tackling tragedy of stillbirths

Shakahola churches struggling as distrustful faithful keep off

One year after the GNI activities were halted, clerics in and around Shakahola shared how Makenzi's activities have affected their lives and their flocks.

By Marion Kithi 3 months ago

Shakahola churches struggling as distrustful faithful keep off

Kilifi county to install biogas in secondary schools

Mung'aro's administration plans to power all the institutions with friendly and renewable energy from organic matter such as food scraps and animal waste.

By Marion Kithi 3 months ago

Kilifi county to install biogas in secondary schools

Archaic beliefs fuelling killing, abandonment of intersex children

Intersex babies are often seen as a sign of looming danger and poverty in the homestead.

By Marion Kithi 3 months ago

Archaic beliefs fuelling killing, abandonment of intersex children

DPP appeals court ruling to reduce Makenzi's murder charges from 191 to 12

Makenzi and 29 others are charged with the alleged murder of 191 people, mostly children, inside the Shakahola forest in Malindi, Kilifi county.

By Marion Kithi and Joackim Bwana 4 months ago

DPP appeals court ruling to reduce Makenzi's murder charges from 191 to 12

Families oppose mass burial for Shakahola kin

Government Pathologist says unidentified bodies to be interred in mass graves.

By Marion Kithi 4 months ago

Families oppose mass burial for Shakahola kin

Endless grief of waiting for victims of Shakahola Massacre

Degraded bodies in bags with handwritten cards identify each victim of the cult as families say it has been endless grief waiting for the state to release their bodies for a decent burial.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

Endless grief of waiting for victims of Shakahola Massacre

Baricho Wellfield water project ready

The Baricho wellfield water project will serve over 400,000 people, said Water Cabinet Secretary Zachariah Njeru, who added that the project was to improve the residents' quality of life.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

Baricho Wellfield water project ready

Shakahola death toll rises to 450 as two more bodies exhumed

Skeletal remains were discovered in graves at Kwa Mugambi, located South of pastor Paul Makenzi's homestead in Shakahola forest, Kilifi county.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

Shakahola death toll rises to 450 as two more bodies exhumed

69,000 Kenyans living in modern slavery

Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May said modern slavery was on the rise due to rising geo-political and economic volatility, conflict, and climate change.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

69,000 Kenyans living in modern slavery

Shakahola bodies heaped in a container as death toll hits 446

Bodies retrieved from the shallow graves in the first four phases of the exercise going on inside the forest in Kilifi's Malindi area have been piled in one container mortuary.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

Shakahola bodies heaped in a container as death toll hits 446

Shakahola death toll hits 443 as seven more bodies exhumed

Seven more bodies were exhumed Tuesday at the Kwa Mugambi area, located south of controversial pastor Paul Makenzi's homestead in Shakahola Forest, Kilifi county.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

Shakahola death toll hits 443 as seven more bodies exhumed

Shakahola death toll rises to 436 after seven more bodies retrieved

Detectives and forensic experts from the DCI Homicide Unit have recovered seven bodies as the fifth phase of Shakahola exhumation kicked off Monday. This has pushed the death toll to 436.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

Shakahola death toll rises to 436 after seven more bodies retrieved

Miraa, muguka battle moves to Parliament as MP proposes ban

Deputy Majority Leader Owen Baya wants miraa deleted from the list of scheduled crops.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

Miraa, muguka battle moves to Parliament as MP proposes ban

Alarm over rising mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kilifi

Cases have been attributed to the failure of pregnant and breastfeeding women to embrace antiretroviral treatment.

By Marion Kithi 5 months ago

Alarm over rising mother-to-child HIV transmission in Kilifi

Two dead, scores injured as tropical storm Ialy hits Coast

Two people died and at least five others were injured after Tropical Storm Ialy tore through villages destroying schools, homes and businesses.

By Marion Kithi 6 months ago

Two dead, scores injured as tropical storm Ialy hits Coast

Mung'aro launches phase three of county Mashinani programme

Mung'aro said that the programme promotes dialogue with the people.

By Marion Kithi 6 months ago

Mung'aro launches phase three of county Mashinani programme

Court orders DPP to reduce Makenzi's murder charges

The High Court in Malindi has ordered the Director of Public Prosecution to reduce murder charges against preacher Paul Makenzi and his co-accused from 191 to 12.

By Marion Kithi 6 months ago

Court orders DPP to reduce Makenzi's murder charges

Shakahola: Kin of victims reluctant to collect bodies, seek therapy to reach closure

The social workers and therapists from the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS), the Directorate of Homicide, and Kilifi County hope to convince the families to pick the bodies of their kin for burial.

By Marion Kithi 6 months ago

Shakahola: Kin of victims reluctant to collect bodies, seek therapy to reach closure

Hotels submerged as River Sabaki burst its banks

Floods have submerged some hotels in Malindi after River Sabaki burst its banks due to heavy downpours upstream.

By Marion Kithi 6 months ago

Hotels submerged as River Sabaki burst its banks

17 cases of diarrhoea reported in Kilifi IDP camp

The people affected by diarrhoea presented with stomach pains, vomiting and high fever raisings fears of outbreak of waterborne diseases.

By Marion Kithi 6 months ago

17 cases of diarrhoea reported in Kilifi IDP camp

Hidaya: Coast beach life still paralysed

Nyali sub-county police commander Daniel Masaba said it was dangerous to venture into deep sea fishing following the strong waves.

By Marion Kithi and Patrick Beja 6 months ago

Hidaya: Coast beach life still paralysed

State distributes hybrid coconut tree seedlings to farmers

Agriculture Secretary Mithika Linturi said the move was a response to the reduced coconut tree population.

By Marion Kithi 7 months ago

State distributes hybrid coconut tree seedlings to farmers

Nurses save lives of pregnant women as doctors strike bites

Patricia Ndoro has been seeing at least 40 pregnant mothers every day since doctors downed tools a month ago.

By Marion Kithi 7 months ago

Nurses save lives of pregnant women as doctors strike bites

Untold story of journalists, activists struggling with Shakahola trauma

Journalists who covered the Shakahola massacre suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

By Marion Kithi 7 months ago

Untold story of journalists, activists struggling with Shakahola trauma

First four victims of Shakahola tragedy buried in one grave

Fate followed four relatives whose bodies were retrieved in embrace from a shallow mass grave inside the Shakahola forest when they were buried together yesterday in a single grave.

By Marion Kithi 7 months ago

First four victims of Shakahola tragedy buried in one grave

Family closes painful chapter after Shakahola victim is buried

So far, the bodies of 34 people have been identified through DNA testing. Only nine bodies have been released to their families.

By Marion Kithi 7 months ago

Family closes painful chapter after Shakahola victim is buried

Help us bury loved ones at home, kin of Shakahola victims plead

Majority say they have no money to transport bodied of their loved ones to their birthplace.

By Marion Kithi 7 months ago

Help us bury loved ones at home, kin of Shakahola victims plead

KNCHR faults state over Shakahola massacre probe

The government has been criticized for the slow and opaque manner it has been investigating the Shakahola massacre tragedy.

By Joackim Bwana and Marion Kithi 7 months ago

KNCHR faults state over Shakahola massacre probe

Why State will not foot funeral expenses of Shakahola massacre victims

So far, the Government Chemist has identified 30 bodies through DNA, and four more bodies were physically identified by the deceased's relatives.

By Marion Kithi 8 months ago

Why State will not foot funeral expenses of Shakahola massacre victims

State set to release bodies of Shakahola victims next week

Examiners were able to link 30 remains of the Shakahola victims, a process that relies on leading-edge DNA sequencing techniques to test tissues and skeletons recovered in shallow graves.

By Marion Kithi 8 months ago

State set to release bodies of Shakahola victims next week

Makenzi protests 191 charges, says they are oppressive

There was drama after Makenzie started to yell at the prison officers calling them devils who had violated his right to interact with other accused persons.

By Marion Kithi and Nehemiah Okwembah 8 months ago

Makenzi protests 191 charges, says they are oppressive

Mombasa's industrial decline: The fall of Changamwe Oil Refinery

Businesses that blossomed in Changamwe area, powered by the now obsolete oil refinery, are no more.

By Benard Sanga and Marion Kithi 8 months ago

Mombasa's industrial decline: The fall of Changamwe Oil Refinery

Fresh efforts to revive cashew nuts

After the collapse of the State-owned Kenya Cashew Nut Limited factory in Kilifi, the industry continues to face major problems

By Marion Kithi 8 months ago

Fresh efforts to revive cashew nuts

German man arrested for alleged child trafficking, abuse

Detectives at the Coast arrested a German suspected to be a member of a child trafficking and pornography syndicate.

By Marion Kithi 8 months ago

German man arrested for alleged child trafficking, abuse

Residents split over plan to set up Sh500b nuclear power plant

The Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is expected to generate 1,000 megawatts by 2034 to cater for Kenya's soaring energy needs and spur industrial development.

By Marion Kithi 9 months ago

Residents split over plan to set up Sh500b nuclear power plant

Kilifi residents split over nuclear power plant

The Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is expected to generate 1,000 megawatts by 2034 to cater for Kenya's soaring energy needs and spur industrial development.

By Marion Kithi 9 months ago

Kilifi residents split over nuclear power plant

Floods wreak havoc in coastal region, destroy roads and bridges

Heavy rains have caused floods and damage in several parts of coastal region, affecting roads, bridges, farms and homes.

By David Njaaga and Marion Kithi 11 months ago

Floods wreak havoc in coastal region, destroy roads and bridges

Coast schools post good marks in the last exam

Traditional academic giants at the Coast Khadija Primary, Makobeni Primary and Bandacho Primary rose from a year of slumber to post good marks in this year's KCPE exams.

By Joackim Bwana and Marion Kithi 11 months ago

Coast schools post good marks in the last exam

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