Aggrey Karani

Leicester sign Atalanta defender Okoli Caleb Okoli played for Italy at the European Under-21 Championship in the summer of 2023 Leicester City have completed the signing of Atalanta defender Caleb Okoli on a five-year contract. The 22-year-old centre-back, capped by Italy at under-21 level, made 17 appearances for Atalanta after coming through the club's academy. Okoli spent last season on loan at Frosinone, featuring in 34 of the club's Serie A matches as they were relegated from the top flight. "I think it was the right moment to make a different step forward and a very big one," Okoli told club media. "I'm very happy with the choice I made, so I'm very excited to start in the Premier League. "Leicester is a beautiful club, an important club and the two combined together, so I took this opportunity to come and express myself in the Premier League. The Premier League is the best league in the world." The Foxes have added midfielder ...

Bellamy appointed Wales manager on four-year deal Craig Bellamy played more than 400 top-flight matches during his career Craig Bellamy is the new Wales manager having agreed a four-year deal until 2028. The 44-year-old succeeds former team-mate Robert Page, who was sacked in June. Cardiff-born Bellamy won 78 Wales caps and captained the side between 2007-2010. "It's an incredible honour for me to be given the opportunity to lead my country and it's the proudest moment of my career," said Bellamy. "It was always my ultimate dream to become the Cymru head coach and I am ready for the challenge. "I will give my full commitment to develop this team and I am passionate to bring continued success into Welsh football. I can't wait to get started with our Nations League games in September." Bellamy takes up the role having left Burnley, where he had been acting head coach before Scott Parker's appointment last week. Parker was keen to work ...

By: Aggrey Karan Mental health crisis among teenagers has garnered significant attention, and for good reason. Adolescence have always been a period of intense emotional, physical, and social changes, but the modern landscape of technology, societal pressures, and academic demands has exacerbated these challenges, leading to a concerning rise in mental health issues among teens. One of the primary factors contributing to the mental health crisis among teens is the pervasive influence of social media. While platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok provide avenues for connection and self-expression, they also cultivate unrealistic standards of beauty, success, and popularity.  Teens are constantly bombarded with curated images of seemingly perfect lives, leading to feelings of inadequacy, loneliness, and low self-esteem. The pressure to conform to these unattainable standards can take a severe toll on their mental well-being. Moreover, Cyber bullying has become a pr...

With Kenyans imports mainly being Crude petroleum, Chemicals, Manufacted good, Machinery and transportation equipment with the largest trading partner of Kenya being China at more than 22% of the imports being from China. This has made Kenya a deposit of secondhand products and materials which are of a cheaper quality and a lasting period. Thus Kenya should be independent on the exportation of products from Kenya. In October, Kenyan fish traders counted losses when the row between Kampala and Nairobi over impounded goods persists and restriction. As the Ugandan Fisheries Protection Unit officials confiscated five Kenyan trucks transporting fish to the Democratic Republic of Congo due to the standoff. Migingo Island on Lake Victoria has been a source of dispute between the two East African countries for over a decade. With the recent being the poultry products thus the Kenyan Government should take action and prevent the stand off's which are seen not only from our neighbors Uganda ...

Every year on the 24th of January, the world joins hands to celebrate this international day which was proclaimed by the United Nation General Assembly with the main role of education for a peaceful and development of society. This celebration will enable the renewable resources and reaffirm the role of education as fundamental right and public good. It is celebrated to empower the community and people, preserve the planet, build shared property and foster peace. With the theme of this year being to recover and revitalize education for Covid 19 Generation. This is if their is no indusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succed to Achieve gender equitable and breaking the cycle of poverty that is leaving millions of children and youths. With the education being an elementary school as human right that enshired in the 1948 UN declaration of human and many subsequent and national documents. This is an investment important in a basic ev...

With alcohol being the most commonly abused substance in the world among the teens and young adults, this with the significant increase in destructive behavior apparently taking route in the teens and young adults. With the World Health Organization (WHO) statistics standing at 2.08 million or 8.33% of the 12 to 17 years of the generation is using drugs in only a month, and among the most commonly used being the marijuana that is at 83.88% and the illicit drugs as cigarette and brews standing at 591000 at age of 12 to 17 years, with also having the 8th grade being at 8.7% usage of drug and 21.3% having have tried the illicite drug. 11.89 Million of age 18 to 25 years have used the substance with 11.2% having taken overdose leading to death of the teen of years between 15 to 25 years. With 43% of college students using the illicit drugs thus their are some of the main cause of them getting involved in the illicit drug usage. The lack of affection as the child grows up leads to the chil...

With the United Nation estimating that over 2.4 million Kenyan's are facing starvation on the country today due to drought in a half of the country counties. This has affected both the humans and animals as this condition is mainly in the arid and semi arid areas of the Wajir, Mandera,Kilifi and Garisa just to name a few affected counties. With the statistics saying that the affected people are mainly Children and Women in this areas. With more longer the drought and frequency days and times became, the harder the days of this regions became due the regions experiencing less amount of rainfall that does not support the growth of food,with the women in this households having the responsibility to fetching water for the household, it has been a big task to them as they travel a long distance and hours of longer journies to get this basic commodity called water, due to the unreliable rainfall in this regions, this has also lead to the malnourishing of the children in the region and ev...

With the August 9th general elections increasingly around the coner and approaching very fist, the presidential,Governors,Senetors, MPs and MCA's are using different strategies to prove they are trustworthy and most credible above their opponents, with this thus the Kenyans are always vulnerable to this particular lies and conspiracy, thus they are looking at the political promises that are not worthy. The question the Kenyans should ask the aspirants in all this sits is why give empty promises that have never been fulfilled? The question of viables and the possibility of those projects as the monthly stipend of 6000 to unemployed and vulnerable families are things we as Kenyans we should ask questions to this politicians who give this promises and put them to task how they are going to achive this promise or its just votes they are promising. On the other hand of this empty promises made for years nows of goodies to the "mwananchi" who elected them, promises of improved...

Building and educating a girl child is transforming a community and the whole world at large, with this education girl child can lead to building better future, earn higher, productive lives and even earn higher income. Thus education to the girl strengthens economies and reduce inequality with statistics from UNICEF stating that 129 million girls drop out of school including 32 million from primary school and 97 million from the secondary school and also the higher institutions, this is a worrying trend in the world. Yet only 49% of the world countries have achieved gender parity in schools of primary and 42% in secondary schools. We as a world need gender equitable education systems not only for boys but girls for building the entire world. The more we invest in the girls we also rise our national growth reduce child marriages, stunting child drop, reduces more mortality rate and also child as well as increase in lifetime earnings. The government should ensure that budgets are gender...

By. Aggrey Karani  Shame, stigma and misinformation around periods in our society stop young girls and women from talking about it openly leaving them vulnerable to gender based violence. Forty-two percent of women have experienced period-shaming, with one in five being made to have these feelings because of comments made by a male friends and now their fellow women. The remarks by senator Enoch Wambua are not acceptable not only to the fellow Senator but to the whole girl community who face stigmatization due to periods. It is inappropriate to treat a fellow woman in such a manner. “As a woman and a Senator, I find it very uncomfortable, very inappropriate, for our colleague Senator Gloria to step in and you don’t understand if she’s on the normal woman cycle or it is faking it, and it is so indecent. It disturbs me, as a woman, on what we indicate out there to our younger generation that looks upon us on how we dress, as leaders, in this House. There is a better way to bring this...