In the 30 years that Josephine Muthoni has lived in Nairobi's Mukuru slum, she has never had a steady supply of clean water.

Kennedy Odede, the Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) founder, has been crowned a Kaya elder after rising from Kibera to touch the lives of 4.1 million Kenyans.

Residents can trade discarded plastic for "green points", or credits, they can redeem for services such as drinking water, toilets, showers, laundry and even meals.

Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered.

A slum-based healthcare rightsorganisation wants the new HIV prevention drug to be first rolled out in poorneighbourhoods to bear much of the epidemic’s brunt.The lobby also wants healthcare workers ...

SHOFCO Founder Dr. Kennedy Odede crowned Kaya Elder by Mijikenda elders in Kwale, urging unity and culture-driven grassroots development.

Perhaps no age group better illustrates Kenya's great health divide than women in their 40s. The report shows that women aged ...