In the Hands of the Healers: Kenya’s herbal medicine stories
In Nairobi’s estates and in quiet rural villages, men and women are seeking herbal cures as a conscious decision, a return to trusted traditions they see as safer, kinder, and…
Where Rivers Speak and Remedies Live: A journey through Kwale’s healing traditions
In Kwale’s sacred rivers and hidden Kaya groves, healing flows through rituals where faith, plants, and ancient beliefs converge. Here, herbalists, elders, and spirits keep alive traditions that blur the…
Doctors blamed cigarettes, truth was in her cooking fire
By the time an X-ray revealed the truth, Peninnah Tarus’ lungs had been blackened by years of inhaling cooking smoke, and asthma had taken hold. She sold livestock to foot…
Boda Boda Accidents: ‘I just saw my legs on my chest, trapped in a ditch’
Bernard's family sold cows, took loans, and held a fundraiser to pay Ksh500,000 in bills. Bedridden for months, his brother sacrificed leave, and his wife left for work abroad.
No Smoke, All Fire: How smokeless tobacco is stealing lives of rural youth
For Japheth Korir, smokeless tobacco has been more dangerous than cigarettes: chronic nausea kills his appetite and without adequate food, the tobacco tears through the stomach and intestinal lining, creating…
The Village Prescription: How pots and patience outshine nutrition clinics
The strongest cure for hunger isn’t found in a syringe or a pill—it’s simmering in a village pot, ladled by a mother’s hands, and passed from one home to the…
Dr Danger: When hospitals become crime scenes
Besides Albert Chesang’s naked cold body without legs or hands was a pile of his tattered clothes, national ID card, hospital name tag and a Ksh200 note. Who had killed…
Stitching Hope: Hand-knitted comfort for breast cancer survivors
After losing her breast to cancer, Dionisia Mugo faced the steep cost of silicone prostheses—Ksh22,000 each, plus a special bra. Then she found a softer, simpler solution: knitted alternatives. Today,…
