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Is social media a major hindrance to covid-19 vaccination?

At the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, social media emerged as a tool for socializing during the lockdowns. Many people who were working from home or were disco...

How Social Media Fueled Misinformation During The Covid-19 Pandemic

Social media has become a very crucial tool for communication in recent days with almost everyone now depending on it fully largely interaction and as a source ...

governance promotion in the digital age

By Sylvester Addo Today, we live in a world where everything is moving online and becoming digital because of the fourth industrial revolution. We shop and s...

How to spark a conversation that will effect change

By Brian Muchiri As a budding writer/content creator, I seek to entertain my readers and take their minds off the stress that they may be going through in th...

Role of social media in promoting governance in the counties

By Kennedy Odweyo Social Media provides a virtual platform, through mobile and web-based technologies, where different special interest groups; whether geogr...

Why the Kenya government cannot legally regulate social media

The proposal by Dennis Itumbi, the State House Director for Digital and Diaspora Media that government is considering regulating social media cannot be realized...

KDF soldiers shoot 2 in Mandera creating rift with locals

On December 21, headlines of reputable publications worldwide brought to the fore an unusual view of a rare act in the fight against terrorism in Kenya. The ...

Freedom of expression invaluable in development

Article 33 of the Constitution of Kenya states that every person has the right to freedom of expression, which includes freedom to seek, receive or impart infor...

Kenyans displeased with ‘tourist’ President Kenyatta, want austerity measures enforced

This December, the Presidency has been taken to ask to explain how it is spending billions of shillings despite promising austerity measures to cut ‘fluffy’ gov...

Will stance on corruption cost President Kenyatta his second term?

On Monday, Kenyans waited anxiously as President Uhuru Kenyatta was to address the nation on the state of corruption in the country. Coming just days after t...

BAKE to hold training on blogging and social media use ahead of Mombasa Jukumu Letu launch

Are you a budding blogger in Mombasa? Are you looking to learn about blogging? Thursday 30th July, the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) will hold a t...

BAKE to hold training on ‘Law and Internet’ in Nakuru

The training to be held on Friday July 25 is free and open to all (Photo: BAKE). The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) will hold a training on the law and ...

Nakuru journalist interrogated for social media post

Elijah Kinyanjui a Nakuru journalist who was quizzed by detectives last week for allegedly posting a defamatory post on social media (Photo/Kinyanjui, facebook...

Media to blame for Makueni wrangling, says Speaker

Makueni Speaker Stephen NgeluPhoto :Facebook Makueni speaker Stephen Ngelu has accused the media of fueling the wrangling between Governor Kivutha Kibwana a...

Citizen journalists play a complimentary role to traditional journalism

Social media has changed media landscapes in Kenya and the entire world Kenya on May 3, 2015 joined the rest of the world to mark the World Press Freedom da...