Thousands of learners fail to report back as Kenyan schools open

Thousands of learners in Kenya failed to report back to school on Monday as directed by the government, raising fears of mass dropouts across the country.
The flooding has caused parents to spend more in terms of transportation
Students in Western Kenya use boats to school as a result of floods
Some Kenyan students in Kisumu county, close to the overflowing Lake Victoria, are forced to take a boat to school, only to find waterlogged classrooms and no teachers on site. Public schools have reopened in Kenya following a closure ordered by the government in March 2020 to curb the spread of Covid-19.
 There are less than 100 Mountain Bongo antelope left in the wild across the world, FILE | NMG
Kenya opens sanctuary for endangered antelope
With less than 100 of the critically endangered Mountain Bongo antelope left in the wild across the world, Kenya recently launched a campaign to save the rare African antelope.
A medical health worker fills a syringe with the Covid-19 vaccine at Clalit Health Services center
Kenya to provide Coronavirus vaccine jab free of charge
Kenyans will receive the Covid-19 vaccine free of charge when it becomes available, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has said.
Rescuers retrieve a car from the ocean after it plunged into the Makupa Causeway
Kenya: Woman dies after car plunges into Indian Ocean in Mombasa
A woman whose car plunged into the Indian Ocean at Makupa Causeway in Mombasa, Kenya has died.
Charges for transactions that had been reduced in March, will go back to the original rates
Kenyans to tighten belts further as mobile money charges return
The Central Bank of Kenya is reinstating charges on mobile money transactions, after they were put on hold to cushion Kenyans from the economic ravages of Covid-19.
Kenya and Somalia are at odds over maritime borders, with Indian Ocean oil and gas reserves at stake
Somalia cuts diplomatic ties with Kenya citing interference
Somalia has severed diplomatic ties with Kenya, accusing it of violating Somali sovereignty and territorial integrity.