Here’s a question some of us have…are there consequences to graduating with an engineering degree from a university that isn’t recognized by the Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK)? and if there are, how come unaccredited universities are still able to admit students? EBK has released a list of universities it…
My heart has sunk! I have seen some of my friends post scary, gory photos of a young man at Egerton University, who stabbed his girlfriend before stabbing himself and it has disturbed me the whole day! They are both dead, their dreams, those of their parents and the society…
The Nairobi Innovation Week has a student volunteer program for the continuing students at any Kenyan University. The event starts on 5th March, running through to 9th March 2018 at the University of Nairobi grounds. There are numerous activities from side events on the first 2 days to exhibitions that…
A student at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University has been stabbed to death after a DJ competition at Dala-wa club turned chaotic. The third-year student, Steve Owino Otombo was pronounced dead on arrival at Bondo Sub County hospital. Bondo deputy county commissioner Richard Ojwang said the competition turned chaotic when the…
Migos vault 24-1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated Feb. 10) to become the top musical act in the U.S. for a second total week, thanks to the arrival of their third studio album, Culture II. The trio becomes the first rap duo or group to spend more than…
Former Education CS Fred Matiangí has appointed substantive Vice Chancellors in six public universities. In a letter dated January 26, and seen by the Standard, the now Interior CS appointed the VCs for Rongo University, Machakos University, University of Embu, Kenyatta University, Kirinyaga University and Muranga university respectively. In the…
Cymple Man is seeking unspecified damages, including profits from the alleged infringement. Wiz Khalifa has been accused of copying much of his 2016 song Most of Us from another rapper’s song with the same title from six years earlier. Khalifa’s version “unmistakably copies the essential elements” of the song by…
In an important milestone for the African country, Kenya has finished building its first satellite, which will be launched from the International Space Station (ISS) in a few months. The satellite, which was developed in collaboration with Japan, puts Kenya in a select club of African countries. The satellite was…
On Tuesday last week, election of student leaders at Moi University in Eldoret took place. Unlike the past elections where every vote counted, this time around it was only 34 delegates from the institution that converged at the main campus to elect the new leadership. Thanks to the Universities Act…
Lil Wayne has released Dedication 6: Reloaded, the latest installment in his storied DJ Drama-hosted mixtape series. The project finds Weezy rapping over industry beats with vintage stream-of-consciousness dexterity, including on previously released cuts “Big Bad Wolf,” “Bloody Mary” with Juelz Santana and “Family Feud” with Drake. Wayne said in…