With the arrival of vaccines in the country, Kenya is set to begin its COVID-19 vaccination roll-out. Catherine Kyobutungi, Executive Director of the African Population and Health Research Center, provides some insights into the country’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy and the inclusion of private companies in vaccination programmes. What’s the rollout plan? The…
King Kaka is tackling more social issues with his art. After dropping Wajinga Nyinyi, King Kaka has released a new track and this time he is taking on 8-4-4. In the song, he argues that the education system is the main reason for high youth unemployment. With impressive dialogue between…
“Failure is a bruise. Not a tattoo!” by John Sinclair A friend of mine is a perfectionist. Better at money management than I am (no surprise there. Even doctors smoke and drink more than their patients :)) She has a budget and sticks to it – everything in its place…
Universities have a long history of operating in environments that are unstable, disruptive and unpredictable. They’ve endured political upheavals, financial crises and disruptive trends such as digital transformation and globalisation. They’ve had to respond to demands for greater access, life-long learning and multiple competing demands from students, society, the state,…
Last week I went shopping for exactly one item. I held a hundred shillings in my hand because I was certain of the price. I walked into the estate supermarket. NB: This is a chain that, on more than one occasion, has listed a different price on the shelf from…
We are living in the age of the internet, where rappers can record, mix, and produce their music using their phones. This has led to an increase in the number of emerging rappers and in turn an increase in songs in the streaming platforms. But… Have you heard three or…
Last week was another dope week in the hip-hop world! A lot of good projects dropped. Here is your weekly dose of hip-hop news. Griselda is continuing with their ferocious run this year. Earlier this year, Westside Gunn dropped a great body of work (Pray for Paris), Conway The Machine…
For many decades, academicians have debated on whether or not self-confidence, among other factors, propels people to success at work and in life. The debates have boiled down to resembling the unresolved chicken-or-egg discussion on which came before the other. Despite differing information on what causes and affects one’s self-confidence,…
It seems things are starting to soften up in the music world – artists are starting to drop music, not bothering about the pandemic. Among the main reasons artists were hesitant to release music was because they couldn’t tour to promote their new materials. Artists earn the majority of their…
Do you have questions of what happened to some state owned entities such as Uchumi, Mumias, National Oil, KQ, Kenya Meat Commission, KCC among others? These entities were set up using taxpayers’ money to support Kenyans by providing a competing alternative at better rates. These are the questions the new…
