BUDGET
Key graft fighting institutions hard-hit by huge budget cuts
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission experienced the biggest spending reduction
By JOSHUA MUTISYA
Health
How children are being exposed to cigarette adverts
Cigarettes are being promoted and sold near schools by an industry that needs to draw in young people to sustain profits
Drug abuse
Alarm raised as more Kenyans get hooked on prescription medicines
Some pharmacists are unwilling to provide their sale records to the authorities for scrutiny
Drug abuse
Nurse who was addicted to painkillers warns it can happen to anyone
Addiction to Pethidine, an opioid, cost him a degree in medicine and landed him in rehab
Drug abuse
Codeine addict: ‘This drug made me drop out of college’
Youth was disowned by his family due to drug addiction
CANCER
Married women who engage in unsafe sex are less likely to test for cervical cancer
Most women know screening for the cancer is useful but few follow through
HEALTH
Doctors not held to account for causing preventable deaths
Study links one or more health worker-related factors to most of maternal deaths in hospitals.
HEALTH
Baffling case of misdiagnosis that led to mother’s tragic death
Even after two visits to the hospital with excruciating headache doctors told her that all she needed was a good sleep.
HEALTH
Doctors blame faulty machines for most treatment and surgical mistakes
Uncalibrated equipment has been linked to wrong diagnosis, leading to the administration of wrong medication.
COMPANIES
Two in three NSE-listed companies report tough times
By DOROTHY OTIENO
15 firms recorded losses, 25 reported falling earnings while 26 did not declare dividends sending away investors empty-handed
