Over the past decade, social cash transfers have become a vital lifeline for the country’s most vulnerable people. As the government promises to increase the number of people benefitting from social protection, elderly people in Kuria West are already feeling the impact of the cash transfers. One of the beneficiaries is 77-year-old Shadrack Muroa Gibichai.

If you do something that comes from the heart, you’ll not feel like you are working. I involve my children in my work. That way, they learn what I do and we spend quality time together. Veye Tatah ...

As the world marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance against FGM tomorrow, this goal seems a long way off for girls in Kuria. Last December saw a spike in FGM cases in the region, with as many as 500 to 800 girls being cut every day - See more at: http://the-star.co.ke/news/fgm-alive-and-well-kuria#sthash.0adDF3qP.dpuf

There is too much negative coverage of migrants, either as criminals or people who only depend on the social system.... read more.

The early morning sun penetrates the thick canopy of trees lightly, revealing long pathways and shaded alcoves of the old cemetery. At the front entrance, an old woman walks with a stoop to the dispenser and buys a candle before proceeding to an elaborately marked grave. A young fitness enthusiast jogs through the trees, earphones plugged into her ears turning her completely oblivious to the buzzing and chirping sounds of insects and birds.

 It is just over three months since the tightly contested elections that saw Uhuru Kenyatta declared the fourth President of the Republic of Kenya. As the dust settles down on a stormy and tumultuous polling period, three women, representing the proverbial Wanjiku living in the Diaspora, weigh in on their feelings, hopes and fears, living with an outcome of a future that they did not actively take part in making.

Not many people would freely admit to have been nicknamed after a pig when they were growing up. But then, Veye Tatah (41) is not like many people. She is a straight talking, confident and successful entrepreneur who has established two business enterprises and a not-for-profit organisation from the ground up. And the pig in question is no ordinary pig, it is Snowball.

Learning by Ear asked listeners to submit stories about a personal event or a situation that has affected their lives. The first prize goes to Bouloufèi Bèwèzima and his group from Togo for their entry.