Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Women Affairs says it is investigating a plan by a lawmaker in central Niger state to marry off some 100 female orphans of unknown ages later this month.
Fostering teenagers has been identified as a key challenge in providing alternative care for children because most of them have developed particular characters.
National Care Reform Strategy proposes placing children in alternative family care. Donors are being encouraged to support children from within their families and communities.
The leaders who attended the burial of philanthropist Bernard Onyango Owen in Karachuonyo said Odinga’s exit to AU will not create any political vacuum in ODM.
While political leaders and analysts concur that Raila is the man for the job, many argue that the decision will make and break the political careers of many.
I used to do menial jobs like washing clothes, selling vegetables, hawking water in the slums, and working on mjengo sites with my child on the back.