Mathare is one of the largest informal settlement areas in Nairobi. Previous estimates indicated that this is home to nearly half a million people. But according to the 2009 National Population and Housing census, the numbers seem to be minimal than the estimates. The report indicates that Mathare has 5 Sub- locations whose population totals …
What started as an activity that involved young people to help women plant sweet potato vines, has led to tremendous development changes in their community. From ensuring that estates of children orphaned due to HIV/AIDS are not grabbed by greedy relatives, to using the best farming techniques in the rocky soils of maragoli land in Western …
The moringa tree is the current day mwarobaini – a type of a medicinal tree-. When growing up, all I could hear was the marvellous things that the mwarobaini tree had done for many people. Despite growing up in the urban city of Nairobi, the mwarobaini’s ‘powers’ was common knowledge to me. The experts would …
Picture this; a group of women working in a white man’s coffee plantation, each end of the day they get paid Shillings 5 for every debe – jerrican – of coffee that they manage to pick. A decade later what started as a Friday afternoon fellowship, they claim ownership of business enterprises, own small pieces …
“Farming gives me more joy than I had ever experienced while working at the Mumias sugar company. When I was discontinued from work, it was a painful period in my life. Although I was employed on a temporary basis on a small salary, at that time, it was a big thing to be employed and …
Western province is the home of chicken and chicken-loving people. The mention of the word chicken and everyone knows or rather thinks of the luhya people. The Luhya’s are famed for their love for the birds so much that they would do anything to get a piece of it. The trouble with this notion is …
Shirleen Kavugwi* (not her real name), is a girl whose heart is full of melancholy. A girl whose mother passed on over a decade ago due to HIV related complications but no one told her. She later on learnt that her father was also infected but not a word was said to her. This is …
A rabbit’s gestation period is a month- 30 days- and it can give birth up to four times a year depending on how the farmer takes care of them. Rabbits are always ready for fertilization. One rabbit can give birth to between 5 to 10 young ones. Some experts say that they could give birth …
Kirinyaga is a three hours drive from Nairobi. We make our way through the greenery that greets us to a small village in this Central part of Kenya to a village called Kiamumu where we find the Kiamumu organic farmers group. Here, farmers are wary of the chemical components that make up the fertilizers and …
Following the sudden demise of the 3rd President of the Republic of Ghana, John Atta Mills, the OAIC family joins the world in condoling with Ghana. We would like to pass our sincerest condolences to his family and the people of Ghana, for their loss. His death is a big blow not only to Ghana, …
