“Mothers should exclusively breastfeed their children for the first six months, but they also need to continue for a period of up to two years even after weaning,” said Secretary of the Interfaith Network, Sheikh Mohammed Oyolo.
Oyolo urged close family members and male spouses to support lactating mothers so that they can have a conducive environment with their newborns.
He pointed out that Islamic women have free space to breastfeed their babies as opposed to their Christian counterparts since places of worship for males and females are separate.
“Islamic law also allows lactating mothers to abstain from fasting during Ramadhan because they need to eat well so that their babies can have enough milk,” he said.
Transparency International Kenya (TI-Kenya) has launched an Integrity Walkathon scheduled for September 28, to combat corruption and promote integrity in public affairs management.
Programs Manager Abrahams Misoi announced the walk, highlighting the country’s concern for integrity, transparency, accountability, and honesty.
TI-Kenya is also implementing ongoing programs such as community empowerment on corruption, public finance management, and government expenditure.
Programs Coordinator Elizabeth Duya emphasised the importance of raising awareness about corruption and its adverse effects on citizens and stakeholders.She urged stakeholders to mobilise and walk together with TI-Kenya to help curb corruption and achieve a corruption-free society. Duya called on stakeholders to be open and transparent, involve citizens, and make process documents available for easy access. The aim is to create a country where people are held accountable for their actions and work together to create a corruption-free society.
Public service transport in parts of Ndhiwa Sub-County was disrupted after public service transport operators held a demonstration to protest over the poor condition of roads in the area. The angry demonstrators paralyzed transport for several hours, accusing both the government and Ndhiwa Sugar Company for the deteriorating condition roads. The protesters expressed frustrations that despite being taxed by the county government, the roads in the area were poorly maintained. They complained that the roads have become impassable due to heavy downpours and threatened to boycott remitting taxes to the government unless they act fast to improve the roads.
Additionally, the protesters accused Ndhiwa Sugar Company for allowing over loaded tractors with poor lighting on the roads, which has led to accidents and damage to roads. They also pointed out that Ndhiwa Sugar Company’s tractors often breakdown on the roads and are mostly poorly parked without proper warning road signs, creating further hazards. In response to the concerns of the protesters, the company’s management promised to address their concerns to ensure smooth operations and better cooperation with the locals.
Busia County Nutrition Coordinator Scholastic Navade said that 80 per cent of mothers who deliver their babies at the health facilities breastfeed them within the first one hour as recommended by the WHO.
“But we realise that most of these mothers are not able to continue with exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and instead introduce the babies to other food substances as early as three months,” she said. Navade added that there was a need to work closely with the community leaders, the media, and religious leaders to sensitise the community about their role in supporting lactating mothers to embrace exclusive breastfeeding.
In an intelligence-driven operation, Anti Narcotic Unit (ANU) detectives, based at NACADA, have arrested two suspects, Rufftone Kinuthia Ngeruro and Joseph Kangethe Kamau, and recovered 360 rolls of cannabis sativa at their hideout located behind Kangundo Road market.
The suspects and exhibits are in safe custody as efforts to deal with the sale, distribution and consumption of illicit drugs continue to gain traction.
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