On 26th September, 2020, about a week ago, the world celebrated ‘world environmental health day’ whose theme was : Environmental health, a key public health intervention in disease pandemic prevention. A timely theme in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) , environmental health…

I am always keen on reflecting about Occupational health and safety on April 28th in honour of all the workers. It’s not only because it is my current profession, but also the idea that we spend a huge amount of our adult life in workplaces. This year’s theme is …

Kenya Marks World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2023 Exactly a month ago, on 28th April, the world marked world day for safety and health at work. This day has been set aside by the International Labour Organization(ILO) since 2003 to reflect on the milestones made towards promotion…

The World Menstrual Health/Hygiene day was marked on 28th May, a little over a month ago. This year is the first time I have been in spaces where I actively participated in marking this day. …

This article was first published by the author on www.tech-ish.com on 26/09/2023 On 21st and 22nd September, Mozilla Foundation kicked off the inaugural MozFest house :Kenya. This was a regional gathering, the first of its kind, that brought together diverse communities as artists, technology builders, researchers, civil society organizations, policy…

“Fight for your right to memory” — Catherine Amayi Trigger Warning (TW) : The trauma of post-election violence may resurface in the course of this piece, please take caution as you read. Kenyan citizens waited with bated breath for the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to make final declarations…

To mark the International Women’s Day(IWD), 2022, I chose to write this piece like my journal entry. Dear Diary, The day is 31st March, 2022. I feel pretty spent out by this month because too many things happened both in my personal life and in the immediate environment. I had…

This day is celebrated on 11th February As far as my memory goes, I have always celebrated my birthdays since I was a child. My dear mother socialized me into this idea , as a few of those birthdays she hosted some parties, baked a cake and we have some…

The year 2021 was A LOT in many ways. A lot of highs, many lows and everything in between. Ah, it’s quite unbelievable that it’s December, 2021( by the time I upload this post it is January, 2022!!!). How did we get here? My year has been so fast and…