Nation Media Group has appointed Mutuma Mathiu as the Group Editorial Director effective 1st January, 2019.

In this new role, Mutuma will be responsible for oversight of the Group’s editorial policy including enforcement of ethics, integrity, editorial policy and the Group’s core values; content sharing across markets; joint products for the regional/continental market and talent development and skills transfer.

Rollout of the new curriculum is on course and will begin next month, the government has assured.

Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang disclosed that the government is working with an external evaluator on the programme.

Speaking at the University of Nairobi on Thursday evening during the seventh edition of the Nation Leadership Forum, whose theme was “Repurposing Education for Growth”, he said preparation for the rollout has been ongoing for several years.

Monitor Publications Limited has donated mattresses, mosquito nets and blankets to Kiota Kona home for cancer patients in Kawempe as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility programme during the cancer awareness campaign.

The Nation Media Group has partnered with the Mandera county government in a bid to improve literacy in the County. While distributing text books, Nation Media group CEO Stephen Gitagama said the company would help the county government to improve literacy levels through the Daily Nation education program. The company donated text books to Karomey Primary school and Rhamu Girls Secondary school. Illiteracy levels in Mandera currently stand at about 70%, which is among the highest in the country.

The Uganda Water and Sanitation Network (Uwasnet) has hailed the Nation Media Group for dedicating ample space and airtime to reporting issues related to water and sanitation.