Gilgil Hills on K.C.P.E. Scandal

The private schools association is now offering to regulate its members as the ministry of education embarks on investigating malpractices perpetrated by the private schools. This comes just two days after KTN exposed tricks private schools use to rank among top performers nationally. This year's giant that was later relegated to position two nationally, sought to clarify its position against claims by parents that the school had segregated weak students from top performers and registered the two lots in different centers to enhance its mean score. I interviewed school director Isaack Kamunya and compiled this story. video

K.C.P.E. Private Schools Scandal

Are you transferring your child to a school that ranked top ten in previous years' national examination results? Well, a KTN investigation has revealed the devious tricks private schools use to dupe academically weak candidates and their parents to protect their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education rankings. Well known private primary schools have been caught in a KCPE registration scandal that education minister professor Sam Ongeri now says will lead to immediate closure of such schools when investigations are completed. video

MUFFLED KILLER PART 1

There are Kenyan men who make a living selling their bodies to other men. Over 60% of their clients are married. They contribute to a fifth of new HIV infections annually. Here's the first part of Muffled Killer. video

DRUG RESISTANT TB: Kenyans at risk

Commuters in different parts of Kenya may be exposed to Tuberculosis infections - including drug resistant strains - due to a failure to isolate highly infectious patients. The recent diagnosis of an Extensively Drug Resistant TB case adding to over 400 known cases of Multidrug Resistant ones brings the poor state of health infrastructure into focus. I interviewed a former TB patient Eddie Chichi for this story. video

HIV FUNDING: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MICHEL SIDIBE

United Nations Under-Secretary General who is also the Executive Director of the joint un programme on HIV/AIDS Michel Sibide says it is time Africa came up with domestic avenues for raising funds for HIV programmes. In an exclusive interview, Sidibe asserted that the war against HIV has to take the joint effort of developed and developing countries that largely bear the burden of aids. video

CRIMINALISING HIV TRANSMISSION?

"A former sex worker from Kitchener, Ontario been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing bodily harm and sexual assault.Lara Dick, who tested positive in 2006, ..."
"A 33 year-old man from small town Villa Grove, Illinois has pleaded guilty under Illinois' "criminal transmission of HIV" law for having unprotected sex with a woman without disclosing his HIV status. This ..."
"A 37 year-old man from Sterling, Illinois has been charged under the state's "criminal transmission of HIV" laws, even though "the actual transmission of HIV is not a required element of this crime." It is ..."

From Ontario, Canada to Illinois, USA... people are facing serious law suits for 'transmitting HIV.' In Kenya no one has yet sued another for HIV infection. But are the excerpts shown above a sign of things to come? Otiende Amolo is a Nairobi-based lawyer who played a big role in hte drafting of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Act (2006) says it would be extremely difficult to prove a case of HIV infection. In a related video, he argues that Science and consent issues would stand in the way of proving 'beyond reasonable doubt' that a suspect deliberately infected a person with the virus. One it may be difficult to prove a suspect was aware of his/her HIV status at the time of consummation. Secondly, the window period (the duration during which available tests cannot detect presence of the HIV) can take a while, meaning a test taken a month ago may not be a true representation of one's current HIV status. Amolo says a case of criminal HIV infection has to be deemed outrageous.