Climate change identified as key factor in mental illness – Kenya News Agency

The World Health Organisation report of 2024 ranked Kenya fourth in Africa for cases of individuals affected by mental health disorders, estimated at 1.9 million people. According to the Kenya Mental Health Policy of 2015-2030, depression was found to be the most frequently diagnosed mental illness and mental disorder among Kenyans. A task force on mental health by the…

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Why Sifuna’s position as ODM Secretary General is at stake

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna’s position as the ODM Party Secretary General is in jeopardy with a vicious political contest between those in support of the broad-based government and those against it taking shape. Political leaders allied to ODM Party Leader Oburu Odinga are pushing to have Sifuna kicked…

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Afande’s wife who was killed by her partner in Laikipia narrates the events before the tragedy: “She was called to help”

The family of Police Constable Abel Kivoto Kimanzi continues to mourn and seek answers after he was allegedly killed by a fellow officer during an altercation. Constable Victor Chesang Mengich was arrested and is in custody while authorities investigate the stabbing incident that left Kivoto’s body at the Pope Benedict XVI Catholic Church Hospital Kivoto’s…

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