Can Gengetone maintain its notoriety for a couple more years? No doubt, the most consumed genre of music in Kenya over the past year is Gengetone. The genre, populated by youths from Nairobi and its surrounding towns, has been in the scene for not so long, as a result, the…
It is unfortunate that the very university students who crave for getting education and finishing school in time, without a hitch, if possible, are conspicuously missing out in various university campuses across the country. The lecturers of public universities issued a strike notice that is expiring on 20th this month.…
Fear is the colossus that devours even devote bravery, a soul that is clouded with fear can only inspire cowardice. At least this is the ghost that now haunts majority of students who have been known for their daily updates on vulgarisms on social media such as mtaro wa toothpick…
Among Kenyan youths, the slogan ‘Degree Haisaidii’ (A degree is useless) is common especially to university graduates who are seeking employment. Recently, a local media station featured a story of a 32-year-old Master’s degree holder who operates a motorcycle (Boda Boda) to earn a living. This is just but one of the many cases…
I whined this way to a friend of mine immediately I completed campus. She gave me a schedule to follow that has never failed me and I will share it with you here. 1. Job seeking is your new full-time job. Work at it from 8 am to 5 pm,…
Sometime back yesteryear, I paid a courtesy call to the Thirdway Alliance party leader, Dr Ekuru Aukot, at the party’s Headquarters in Lavington, Nairobi. During that momentous occasion in that “miniature Rome”, I was told to dress up like the other Romans and so did I without any sense of…
Imposing limitations on operations of betting firms without addressing issues driving betting addiction won’t’ achieve much. The recent government directive to restrict the activities of betting firms is a mere tip of the gigantic betting iceberg that has invaded all classes of people in our society. Last year alone betting…
Many full moons ago, parents used to be comforted when their sons and daughters joined a university. The surest path to success was to pass KCSE with flying colours and join a higher institution of learning. There were few graduates and most of them were employed in high places, earning…
“I define liberty as the state of being free in society from oppressive restrictions designed by authority on universal opportunities, own way of life, independence, behaviour, or political views”. Today I did sit in the company of my PUSA – Gender Secretary Moraa Bundi Moraa, some Students leaders and Members Of…
Owiti Owayo, commonly known as Daktari makes a political stride towards the national limelight. Months later after his failed UNSA bullet, the veteran comrade shifted his eagle eye to Rarieda parliamentary seat. Then moved to Lang’ata; reasons are best known to him and his close associates. Before the cock crows,…
