By Amy Moyi In a major leap towards improving menstrual health and hygiene, Kenyan entrepreneurs Grace Amogola and Dr. Mary Odhiambo are introducing an innovative product designed to make periods more manageable, comfortable, and discreet for women and girls. The new product, “Period Pants, Free Time”, combines the practicality of underwear with the absorbency and…
By Amy Moyi Women in Nairobi county who cannot afford the hefty sum of 1500 Kenya shillings for mammograms and pelvic ultrasounds are being forced to miss out on the life-saving routine check-ups. These critical routine check ups that are used in the early detection of breast, ovarian and cervical cancers, have become inaccessible to…
By Amy Moyi A woman from Kiserian town in Kajiado West sub-county has alleged facing threats and intimidation from her relatives after she rescued her sister and children from domestic violence. According to Felistar Nduku, she decided to intervene and rescue her sister after learning that her sister had been enduring verbal and physical abuse…
By Amy Moyi The Rotary Club of Ongata Rongai East has donated laboratory equipment at Gataka Health Centre in Nkaimurunya ward as part of the club corporate social responsibility(CSR) initiative. The level three facility has received a microscope, centrifuge, diagnostic sets, consumables and furniture equipment. According to the project champion Rotarian Dismus Wakla, the laboratory…
By Amy Moyi In Mathare, an informal settlement area of Ngong town, there is an increase in the number of neglected elderly persons. Most of these elderly persons live alone and have little to no contact with their families. This neglect by their family members including their children who have migrated to urban areas has…
Eye witnesses have narrated to Elveza Media how the horrific accident that left two injured happened yesterday afternoon in Ngong town. “I was just minding my own business when I heard a loud car engine revving sound followed by an even louder impact sound. I turned back and realized a red personal car had lost…
A 46 yr old man has this morning hanged himself in Matasia. The deceased body was found hanging from a rope around his neck in the bathroom, by his widow after she came home from her night shift job at a local petrol station. The father of two according to his widow could have been…
Last year a young passed away in Gichagi, Ngong which is nowadays known as Uplands. He left behind his only family member, his brother. They were both orphans and not financially well off. Several women mobilized other women from the community who all decided, to assist with the wake and funeral expenses. The young man was…
The recently opened Matasia Health Care Facility will be more secure due to the ongoing construction of the security fence. The facility which is benefiting many people especially mothers who previously used to attend clinics in Ngong Town. It is a project of Kajiado County Government.
Rotary clubs of Nairobi, Nyeri, Machakos, Karatina and Thika today held a fun day for children with mental and physical disability at the Jamuhuri show grounds Nairobi. Sylvia Moraa Mochabo representing the rotary club of Muthaiga and one of the co-coordinators of the event, requested community members to take it upon themselves to do whatever…
