Kenyan singer Iyanii has launched a national tour targeting high school students to address rising unrest and promote mental well-being, following the tragic Utumishi Girls' Academy dormitory fire.

• The tour aims to foster open dialogue and provide safe spaces for students to voice their grievances.
• Iyanii, the hitmaker behind "Kotosa," will engage students directly in face-to-face discussions.
• The initiative comes in the wake of a devastating fire at Utumishi Girls' Academy in Gilgil, Nakuru County, which claimed at least 16 lives.

Renowned youth minister Pastor T Mwangi has shared a deeply personal account of his childhood, detailing early and traumatic exposure to adult content and hard drugs during his primary school years.

• The incident with explicit material occurred in Class Four when he was unintentionally exposed to an adult film.
• He witnessed the smuggling of drugs, including weed and heroin, into the school dormitories as early as Class Seven.
• Pastor T Mwangi, founder of Life Transformation Centre (LTC), attributes these experiences to his current passion for youth mentorship and rehabilitation.
• The encounters profoundly impacted him spiritually and psychologically, described as a "door that was actually opened at a very young age."

Human rights defender Boniface Mwangi has sharply criticized Kenya's perceived disconnect between its Christian identity and rampant societal issues like corruption and domestic violence, advocating for personal spirituality over religious performance.

• Boniface Mwangi, an activist, expressed concern about the hypocrisy of Kenyans who claim to be Christian yet engage in unethical behavior.
• He highlighted issues such as widespread corruption, lawlessness (even in traffic adherence), and a high prevalence of gender-based violence.
• Mwangi differentiated between organized religion, which he sees as an external performance, and personal spirituality, defined as an internal sense of right and wrong.