Jackson Tito, a 14-year-old boy who went viral after being captured caring for his four siblings, has landed a full scholarship to study at the prestigious Visa Oshwal School in Westlands, Nairobi.

Tito’s admission to the institution was facilitated by Nominated Senator Tabitha Mutinda, one of the well-wishers, moved by his story.

Announcing the admission, Mrs. Mutinda Said Tito joined the boarding section to continue with his education initially disrupted by family chores.

“Today, early in the morning, I ensured Jackson Tito joined Visa Oshwal primary school boarding, as the boy revived his dream of advancing his knowledge through education,” She wrote on her Facebook Page.

“Thank you Visa Oshawl Primary Principal and board of management for admitting Jackson Tito to school. God bless you all,” she added.

Tito has in the past weeks, been the talk of the town after viral social media videos that revealed the extraordinary burden placed on him after his mother allegedly abandoned the family at their humble home in Maili Saba Slum in Nairobi.

In one of the clips, Tito was seen cooking while holding a one-month-old baby. The young boy narrated how he assumed the role of both caregiver and provider.

Tito revealed how his single mother abandons the family every time the youngest child hits 3, leaving him with the responsibility to care for them.

He has been collecting garbage to earn a small income, which he uses to buy food for his siblings. Beyond earning a living, he also manages household duties such as cooking, fetching water, washing clothes, and feeding the baby, tasks that consume most of his day and leave little room for rest or play.

In emotional accounts shared online, Tito expressed his exhaustion and longing for a normal childhood, questioning when he might finally get a chance to rest.

His story quickly circulated across social media platforms, sparking public outrage, sympathy, and a strong call for intervention.

The response was immediate and overwhelming, with well-wishers mobilizing support to improve the family’s living conditions and secure a better future for the children.

Among those who responded is Citizen TV presenter Lulu Hassan, who acquired a 65-inch television for the family.

Other well-wishers also raised over Sh200,000 to support the family. In addition to financial assistance, the family has been relocated to a safer and more stable housing environment.

Tito’s siblings have also been enrolled in school through coordinated efforts by well-wishers and support groups.

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Denmark has suspended the processing of applications from Kenya for internships in its agricultural sector over fake academic papers that are being presented by applicants.

The Danish government has also suspended applications from Kenya’s neighbours Uganda and Tanzania. The suspension affects applications for internships for agricultural jobs including herdsmen and farm managers.

According to the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), the suspension affects applications for residence and work permits in cases where applicants received their education from the three countries.

“This [suspension] applies, in the first instance, to applications for residence and work permits as an intern, as well as for herdsmen and farm manager, where the applicant in their current or previous application has stated that they have an education from Uganda, Tanzania or Kenya,” said the agency.

“Applications for a residence and work permit as an accompanying family member to the affected applicant group are also included. This applies as well to applications where the applicant is already staying in Denmark and wants to change their internship host, or wants to apply as a herdsman after the end of their internship.”

SIRI operates under the Danish government’s Ministry of Immigration and Integration. The agency noted that during the processing of applications from Uganda for residence and work permits for an agricultural internship in February 2026, it was discovered that academic documents from the three countries were suspicious.

“The stricter case processing has uncovered conditions, including patterns in grade information as well as other aspects of the submitted educational documents, that give cause for severe doubt about the authenticity and the contents of the submitted educational documents from applicants with an educational background from Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, where similar patterns have been observed,” the agency stated.

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The processing of applications is however expected to resume from June 2026. It was not immediately clear how current and future applicants shall be impacted by the move.

Anti-narcotics officers in Nairobi have intercepted and seized methamphetamine drugs worth an estimated Sh21.8 million. The consignments of meth were seized at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and in Juja area.

According to a statement by the National Police Service, the first haul of 1,730 grams valued at Sh13.8 million was concealed in items that had been declared as car pistons at the JKIA airport. It had originated from Tanzania and was destined for the Philippines.

In a related operation, a second consignment weighing 1,020 grams and valued at Sh8 million was traced to Juja and intercepted. This consignment was also heading to the Philippines.

This becomes the latest incident of meth being seized at the JKIA. In November last year, anti-narcotics officers seized meth worth an estimated Sh20 million at the airport. The drugs were intercepted at one of the cargo facilities at the airport.

The crystal meth drugs were concealed in African mosaic bags. They were head out to Mahe in Seychelles from Nairobi. According to reports, detectives who found the drugs were acting on ‘intelligence’ that a cargo heading out the country from the airport had drugs in it. Upon measurement, the drugs weighed about 2.5 kilograms and were confirmed through tests to be Meth.

This was as concerns increased over the exploitation of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by drug traffickers. For instance, in an expose that was shared by local television station KTN, a drug trafficker was captured on camera moving drugs through the JKIA unnoticed. According to the expose, the trafficker successfully avoided having his carry-on luggage that contained cocaine screened with help from an  individual who was allegedly working at the airport. The helper was captured on CCTV wearing a yellow reflector vest.

The trafficker then successfully boarded a British Airways flight to London Heathrow. He was arrested upon arrival at Heathrow with the cocaine worth millions of money.

The expose further stated that the individual had previously visited Kenya, raising questions on whether his previous visits were for the purposes of trafficking drugs, and even more alarmingly, from where within the country he was sourcing the drugs from.

Weeks later, a multi-agency team led by the Kenya Navy seized 1,024 kilograms of methamphetamine worth Sh8.2 billion. The drugs were seized off the Kenyan coast, about 630 kilometres east of Mombasa.

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38.7 kilograms of these drugs were later allegedly stolen by rogue KDF officers from the consignment of 1,024 kilograms that were recovered from the vessel. The total consignment was estimated to be worth Sh8.2 billion. This placed the value of the stolen drugs to over Sh330 million.