A programme to curb the spread of Aids among the youth in schools has been launched in Kenya. It involves establishing clubs in primary and secondary schools to create awareness and sensitise the youth about HIV/Aids. The programme is supported by the Child Welfare Society of Kenya and Save the Children, Canada.

William Gates, the father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, announced a $2-million grant for HIV prevention in Kenya from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. This transpired in his visit to Kenya, together with former President of US Jimmy Carter.

Attorney-General Amos Wako has accepted a media industry plan to set up a self regulatory council. The industry will be allowed to run the independent council for up to a year after which its performance will be reviewed and a decision made on whether to make it statutory.

The Kenyan Community Abroad (KCA) condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the murder of innocent Kenyans in the recent Kariobangi rampage! That a mob of 300 hooligans could occasion such carnage in a country of “law and order” is a crime of the highest degree.

Moi has "anointed" Cabinet ministers Musalia Mudavadi, Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga as among the men that he will hand over the nation to when he leaves office in the next several months.

At a time when technology is making life easier for mankind, it is ironical that a key tool of the trade for journalists – the camera – is being banned from Kenya's courts. This follows a tradition set by Parliament, where photojournalists are also barred.

A local human rights organisation has warned of severe long-term humanitarian and socioeconomic problems in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa if municipal authorities continue to implement a local cabinet minister's order to demolish kiosks and shanty towns, which so far has left tens of thousands of people homeless and without any livelihood.

Kenyan children, child activists and organisations serving children are pinning their hopes on the implementation of the new Children’s Act to improve the lot of the nation's youth, according to humanitarian sources.

Police Commissioner Philemon Abong'o has advised officers to adhere to the professional ethics as a weapon to fight corruption in the force. Abong'o, while addressing senior police officers when he officially opened a seminar dubbed "Police Ethics and Corruption", observed that sticking to the set ethics is the only way forward in the fight against corruption.

FBI experts are in the country to train local police on how to fight corruption. The four-day course is being attended by inspectors and chief inspectors from the CID [Criminal Investigation Department], anti-corruption police unit, General Service Unit and traffic department.

The editor of the British Council and DFID sponsored Worldwoman web paper has unveiled plans for a women's news and radio service.

The Ogiek indigenous community has expressed frustration after a case which they want to stop the President Daniel arap Moi government from degazetting parts of their east Mau forest and allocating them to outsiders was once again rescheduled to April 23. The case which has been dragging at the Kenyan courts since March last year could not go ahead since the government has yet to file a replying affidavit.

Kenyan Public Health Minister, Prof Sam Ongeri, has said that according to the national health statistics related to reproductive health, 10 women die every day from pregnancy-related complications, and that the infant mortality rate has risen to 74 per every 1,000 live births.. Ongeri noted that his ministry is addressing reproductive health seriously to improve these worrying statistics.

Less than one per cent of school-going age children with hearing disabilities are currently enrolled in learning institutions, the Kenya Society for Deaf Children (KSDC) statistics show. KSDC says that out of an estimated 230,000 listed cases of deaf and partially deaf children, only 3,500 are attending integrated special primary and secondary schools and technical institutes.

The youth were yesterday challenged to help enforce the Children's Act. The Kenya Girl Guides Association patron, Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch, asked the youth to contribute to the operation of the new law. However, she clarified that the law required the effort of children, parents and the government.

The Anglican Church of Kenya yesterday ordained the first woman archdeacon in 150 years. The Rev Jane Karimi Njiru, 43, was ordained archdeacon in a colourful ceremony at St Andrew's Church presided over by Bishop Moses Njue of Embu Diocese.

The news media were yesterday challenged to establish a self-regulatory institution. Such an institution would offer protection against criticism and accusations from government and other sources, the visiting director of the International Press Institute, Prof Johann Fritz, said.

The ongoing police campaign against foreigners illegally present in Kenya continues, with 46 arrests effected in the capital, Nairobi, over the weekend, a spokesman for the police, Peter Kimanthi, told IRIN on Monday.