As the country gears up to the promulgation of the new Constitution on August 27, the women of Kenya under the umbrella of G-10 are already worried that their hopes might be shattered if the spirit of the Constitution is not captured from the onset in the Constitutional Oversight Implementation Committee.

During a planning meeting to set up their priority areas within the implementation process, the women said they do recognise and affirm the importance of the implementation process and that is why they are calling upon the political leadership to honour the letter and spirit of the new Constitution by ensuring that women's issues are taken seriously and are not glossed over.

Scientists are following with keen interest an HIV positive pregnant woman who has managed to control the amount of the virus in her body at undetectable levels for the past nine years without being on drugs.

Now four months pregnant, doctors want to see if she can deliver an HIV negative baby without using ARVs or caesarean section, the key interventions used to significantly cut-down the chances of the mother transmitting the virus to her unborn baby.

A locally developed contraceptive could be in the market soon if trials on its effect on the human sperm are successful.

The Aga Khan University is currently in consultations with Institute of Primate Research (IPR), a quasi government institution, on how the study is to be conducted at the University.

Kenyans are likely from next month to start burying their dead in coffins made from corrugated cardboards or cartons following a local company decision to invest in this venture.

The first samples of such coffins, the Eco Jeneza, have already been made and are on display in some major coffin outlets in the city.

In an attempt to help farmers in Kenya and sub Saharan Africa improve their productivity, a group of scientists known as geospatial experts have develop an internet based information hub that will avail instant information to farmers on relevant seeds and potential markets for their produce.

Dubbed a “commons” approach, the service is aimed at offering appropriate farming techniques and markets to farmers as a motivation to improve their productivity.