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Commercial sex workers drawn from Busia County have urged the government to decriminalize their operations and allow them work freely without harassment. Speaking Saturday when they marked the International Sex Worker Rights Day, the call girls said their work is just like any others jobs and…

The state through the Attorney General's office has opposed attempts to legalize homosexuality in Kenya. The AG wants High Court to strike out a case where a petitioner is seeking to decriminalise a section of the Penal Code that declares it illegal to have consensual same sex. Through lawyer…

Members of Parliament on Wednesday decried the sorry state of facilities and services at Parliament buildings. During a debate to approve names of members of the committee on services and facilities, the MPs lamented lack of tissue papers and in Parliament washrooms and badly cooked food at the…

Gilgil Member of Parliament Martha Wangari has separated with her husband of five years over his 'cheating and abusive' character. Speaking to the Standard, the Jubilee MP said she opted to risk being ridiculed and judged by the public rather than ending up dead. She said her now ex-husband, Peter…

Samantha", a sex doll developed with artificial intelligence by Barcelona-based engineer Sergi Santos, has topped the list of items Kenyans searched most on Google in the month of January. The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) 2018 intake came in as a second…

A Non-governmental organisation dubbed Maasai Intellectual Property Initiative (MIPI) has hired lawyers to push for protection of the cultural heritage of about 2 million Maasais living in Kenya and Tanzania. Isaac Ole Tialolo, founder of MIPI, said that its aim is to push for recognition of the…

Judges have disqualified twelve camels from a Saudi Arabia "camel beauty contest" after it was established that Botox was administered to them to improve their features. The competition is usually held at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival in Rimah, Saudi Arabia and camels are rated not only based…

A 75-year-old Kenyan granny has filed for a divorce to end her 55-year marriage. Marcella Mukami Kinyugo, a retired teacher, wants to break up with her life-long husband over mistreatment by her co-wife. In a divorce suit lodged at Kangema court, Mukami, who hails from Kiria-ini Town in Mathioya,…

A Kenyan medical practitioner has moved to court seeking to have female circumcision legalized. In a case lodged at the Machakos High Court, Dr Tatu Kamau wants Kenyan women be allowed to undergo female circumcision, commonly referred to as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). In a case filed before…

Kenya is among six countries across the world whose men have been selected to be part of a research process that seeks to test the effectiveness of a hormonal birth control gel. Huffpost says the clinical trial aims at establishing whether the contraceptive gel could block production of sperms. The…