REALITIES OF LIFE

Cord leader Raila Odinga had a chat with Gatundu South MP, Moses Kuria during their 'peace' lunch at Ranalo restaurant in Nairobi last week on 21st of June 2016. It's barely a week after enjoying ugali, fish and osuga with Raila and the Pangani six that Moses Kuria accuses him of not honouring the agreements they reached. Following the detention of MPs and senators alleged of hate speech at the Pangani police station, MPs Moses Kuria( Gatundu South), Ferdinand Waititu( Kabete),Junet Mohame( Suna East), Timothy Bosire( Kitutu Masaba) and Kimani Ngunjiri ( Bahati) promised to join the peace treaty.However, Kabete's and Kitutu Masaba's members of parliamentbdid'nt turn up for the lunch. Moses Kuria was to take that opportunity to thank the Cord leader Raila for forgiving him for alluding to a plot for his assassination. Kuria said that during the meeting, they agreed to launch peace caravans across the country and that political matters would not feature at the...

                                                Former cabinet secretary Kambi  kazungu         The president of Kenya , president Uhuru Kenyatta has nominated the former cabinet secretary for labour , Kambi Kazungu to be the chairperson of the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NGCDF). The former cabinet secretary who will assume the new role upon approval by the National Assembly was forced to step down from his office based on the allegations on graft. He would later left out of the government by the president during the reshafling of the cabinet secretaries by the president. His role was therefore taken by Phyllis Kandie the then cabinet secretary of East African Affairs. Kambi's suspension in November was informed by the move by the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) who forwarded his name to the DPP...

UGANDA PLANS TO WITHDRAW ITS TROOP FROM SOMALIA BY DECEMBER NEXT YEAR Uganda has reached a decision of withdrawing it's troop from Somalia by December 2017. This is following frustration from Somalia's army as well as the international partners as reported to the BBC by Ugandan chief of defence forces General Katumba Wamala. Wamala said that it has reached a time for Somalia to take over the role of maintaining it's security but this has not been the case despite the training of its soldiers and army officers by Turkey, UK and US. Ugandan government said  that it's Uganda among other troop contributing nations like Kenya, Burundi and Ethiopia that contributes the largest percentage of troops to the Africa Union force fighting Islamic militant Al-shabaab but still Somalia is not co-ordinating its activities and this is causing problems. Some have even gone ahead and questioned the effectiveness of AU mission in Somalia because it has struggled to secure areas outsi...

I was born on 13th June 1997 as the last born in a family of eight siblings in Kisumu county.In 2001, my parents enrolled me in Malezi Academy for my pre-primary education.In 2003,I was transferred to Keyo Nyadundo Primary Day School where I attended my primary education.I began playing netball from standard four to six.I used to be a hardworking and highly disciplined pupil and my report form is full of such recommendations.I accomplished my primary education in 2010. In 2011,I was enrolled in Ahero Girls secondary school.Come 2012, I was transferred to Nyakach Girls High School where I was elected as the class representative in form twol,assistant headgirl in form three and finally the headgirl in form four because of the leadership skills I possessed due to my hardworking quality and my ability to address clearly and concisely my fellow students.Being in boarding school with added advantage of being a leader made me to develop a sense of responsibility as I had lots of duties to ...

In 1996, 13th day of September, I was given birth to as I was told by my mum. This was in Migori county Awendo District. It was very early in the morning when I was born leading to me being given the name Omondi meaning very early as a tribal name for those born early hours. Started my life in school when was 4 years at Susana Millinium Academy in 2000 as a pre-primary school. In class six I was elected class prefect because I was considered the most discipline student in that school. As a prefect, I learnt that leadership is good when treating people equally . Did my KCPE 2010 and qualified to join one of the national schools in Kenya, Kanga High, I joined soccer club when in form one after being the best player during inter class competition and left because I was small and afraid of injuries. In soccer team, team work is the best and helps achieve desirable goals as also in life, team work is the best method to delete poverty. In 2014, finished Secondary school with alot of cert...

My name is Andrew Fingili.I was born in 1996 in transnzoia county at Kiminini constituency,Nyasi village.Later I started my primary Education from 2001 to 2010 where I sat for my K.C.P.E examinations. Immediately the results were out I joined St.Josephs Boys National school-Kitale from 2011 to 2014.I sat for my K.C.S.E examinations where I managed to score mean grade of A-.While waiting to join university I worked as a volunteer teacher at Mufutu Secondary School from April 2015 to August  of the same year On 9th of September 2015,I joined Moi University as a student in the School of Human Resource Development taking a degree in bachelor of science communication and journalism.Am currently on 1st semester of my second year. I aspire to become the best journalist like mohammed Ali after my course.I also desires to take masters in communication specifically Kiswahili language.

                      Many call me different names ranging from Gerty,Liz,Nono,while others call me ever smiling .Official I am known by the name Cherono Gertrude. That jovial lady who never miss a smile on her face.I love smiling because maybe that could be the only smile that that person gets that day.Born in the year 1995 as a last born in a family of 6. I am currently persuing a degree in communication and journalism at Moi university main campus as a second year.I studied in Moi girls vokoli where I completed my secondary school from.I also studied at AIC Ruman ,St.Peter s Kapsabet and Mosop kimong' where I did my KCPE. I have special interest in writing ,learning new things. I love writing about issues affecting the society especially emerging issues.My main aim in writing is always to educate and also help people to be open minded.I have done this in my blog gertrudecherono.blogspot.com .I also have special interest in dis...

  A Toronto arborist says he is “furious” at the city’s “negligence and laziness” in inspecting trees the day after a man was killed when a falling branch struck him in Trinity Bellwoods Park. Andrew Baughn, an ISA certified arborist and founder of Eco Tree Co., said the city needs to do more work to avoid more tragedies. “If I walked you through Trinity Bellwoods, five to six trees would need immediate attention . . . and this is a park that holds thousands of people,” he said. Baughn, who lives across the park with his family and walks through it every morning with his children, has documented several trees that are unhealthy, including one that almost fell on him and his 2-year old son last June. “A big chunk of wood from a silver maple tree, almost 250 pounds, fell last year while I was at the park with my son,” he said. “If it had hit us, or anyone else, we would’ve been dead.” Matthew Cutler, spokesman for Parks, Forestry and Re...

CORD Machakos rally Scheduled on Sunday 19th June has been postponed to 26th June on Sunday at the same venue. The move was taken to give the legislators who were detained to rest. Area governor Alfred Mutua had given permit for the meeting even though earlier Saturday 18th June issuing CORD coalition warnings against bringing violence into the Masaku.   On Friday 17th, Mutua asked the organizer of the rally to ensure peace during the event. '' We have 500 functioning CCTV cameras as well as a rapid response unit to protect the property  and lives of our people. We will not allow any hooliganism of any kind,'' Said Mutua as quoted in the star. Though it being a prayer rally, politics was expected to be the centre stage. The opposition planned to hold a public meeting and a vigil at the Freedom Corner if the legislators were not released.

   A 29 year old man was found dead under unclear circumstances in Ahero town.The report given by the Kisumu county police commander Paul Kigame said that the body was found lying on the floor with no visible physical injuries by a hotel attendant.   A bar attendant whose identity is undisclosed said that the man by the name David Onyango was drinking in the bar on Friday night with a local commercial sex worker,who up to now,her whereabouts is not located before his demise. The police said the woman in question with whom the late David was having a moment with is the person of interest who can unravel the cause leading to the man's death.He added that the body of the late David will be taken for postmortem. "We have taken the drinks ,fingerprints and the man's personal possession to the Criminal Investigative Department(CID) to enable us to know what caused the death of David."He was quoted. He also appealed to members of of the public who have any relevant info...

                                        Nyabalah Felix photo outfit. NYABALAH FELIX  is a peace loving Kenyan citizen driven by passion and determination with an eye on scaling the highest heights in life. I am a law abiding citizen who tries beyond all barriers to make peace with all individuals I come across unless and I'm very extreme ends when my emotions and constitutional rights are seriously violated when I resolve only to give the rule of law to take its course. I am driven by determination and hardwork with a desire to achieve the best in life basing my scope of look for change based staminas including advice from my fellow human beings which I take very positive as my consideration has been that each individual humanity is capable to impact change in any person's life. Truths and nothing but the truth and fair dealings which is clouded with critical evaluation ...

A murder case has been reported in koyolo location, Rangwe constituency, Homa-Bay County of a love gone sour. The culprit named Onyancha named severally stubbed his girlfriend on her chest which has caused her to bleed to death. The two lovers had a heightened argument which turned sour when the man in question couldn’t control his temper but resolved to take a knife and stubbed the girlfriend several times in the chest causing her death before she could reach the homa-bay district hospital. Talking to us on phone the village area chief said such cases have since been in the increase especially in this location, he noted that such crimes has been due to lack of understanding among most lovers in this location. The chief promised this he wouldn’t allow to be the order of the day in this location adding that the perpetrator has now been arrested and is in the police custody waiting to be arraigned in court tomorrow. Most times we have ended up in relationships with an expectation that i...

The eight Jubilee and Cord mps accused of hate speech have been charged with incitements to violence. The legislators were arraigned in court on Friday morning where each was charged. The legislators could be slapped with additional and more concret charges when they appear in court,according to the National Cohesion and intergrating commission has said. NCIC chairman Francis Ole Kaparo has said the body would also "vehemently" oppose bail for the mps,who have since Tuesday been in custody ,with a magistrate and judge refusing to grant them bail. The High Court on Thursday upheld the lower court's decision to detail them. The court said it had reached the verdict after considering public as opposed to individuals interests. The judge said that the detention of lawmakers was aimed at helping the diector of public prosecution to protect the public and so the mps and senators needed "to pay the small price". The court said it was necessary to detain the le...

                              Life becomes tough when you meet new friends. Sometimes it makes difference in life as you adopt and try to move on with your new friends, learning new tactics of life. Friends in most cases may help you when in need, advice you when to, and also help you in decision making. Even though there are different types of friends, when selecting a friend one needs to be as wise as possible for a saying goes, tell me your friend I tell you who you are, alas! Moving to town was the worst part of my life as I used to do things in an 'analogue' way as 'they' can say it. I was raised in a village for more than 10 years and I had almost no knowledge on how to survive in  a town. There was no option but to move with my family to the City,Nairobi. It was not my first time to be in Nairobi but to live as our second ...

Four suspected thugs were gunned down while another one escaped, after a police accosted them at a house they had robbed in Kabati Market, Muranga on Friday night June 17, 2016. The armed robbers are said to have waylaid Mr Amos Murigi, former Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary on his way home  at around 10pm , and forced their way into his house.                                The five robbers robbed them of sh27000, cell phone and valuable things before joining in dinner as the frightened family watched them. They roughed the family of Mr Amos and himself. ''The gang, armed with pistols and machetes, tied up the family members and put the items they stole from the house in a bag. They even ate Ugali and fruits and some were even charging their mobile phones after stealing,'' Kandara OCPD Gregory Mutiso said. The thugs are said to have rushed outside the house brandishing weapons whe...

The World we live in is at times quite unfair.Most people keep on complaining of this unfairness of the World.The system is unfair,life unfair and also the beings are unfair.How does this unfairness comes about?Right away from the time of your birth in that public or private hospital,it's the doctors and nurses who attended to you to ensure your well being.In our day to day lives,we tend to use cell phones,electricity,laptops and cars,all of which we never invented. Generally,people do not have access to equal opportunities as those from richer house holds are given priorities over those coming from poor families.Even when we trace back to 30 years ago,the trend was equivalent. People lived in a mornachial society where those from the highest social class ruled over the others.Therefore, those who were coming from lower class within the society would become slaves throughout their life time.Hence,it's a clear evidence that the unfairness of the World has been in place since ...

It's high time we need to come to our senses as Kenyans and appreciate a number of achievements that have been brought into place since 2013 when the Jubilee government was given power over the state moreso through the digital migration. However, as we all know that everything that has strength must have its weaknesses as well,so should we expect the same from jubilee. Some of the weaknesses that the jubilee government have depicted amidst its numerous strengths are increased insecurity countrywide for instance cases of militia attacks.It's during the reign of jubilee government that militia terror attacks like alshabaab have been very rampant killing many Kenyans e.g the Westgate menace, Garissa University College attack, the Mombasa church attack among others and still there are several places that have been targeted by the militia group.Also a number of Kenyans,the likes of George Muchai,Jacob Juma,George Saitoti among others have been assassinated.Why just so during this...

prayer is perhaps one of the most ancient and mysterious of human experiences. It’s also one of the most personal. Even before the word prayer appeared in spiritual practices, the oldest records of the Christian and Gnostic traditions used words such as communion to describe our ability to speak with the unseen forces of the universe. Prayer is unique to everyone who experiences it. Some estimate that there are as many different ways to pray as there are people who do the praying!   Today, modern prayer researchers have identified four broad categories that are believed to encompass all the many ways that we pray. In no particular order, they are: (1) colloquial, or informal, prayers; (2) petitionary prayers; (3) ritualistic prayers; and (4) meditative prayers. When we pray, the researchers suggest that we use one of these four modes—or a combination. Colloquial prayers are informal prayers offered in everyday language. An example is: “Dear God, if just this one ...

The remains of the wrecked body of the matatu after the accident, police has yet arrested the driver allegedly responsible A Langas Matatu Sacco bus today has ran into a private Toyota vehicle claiming lives of five members of the same family, the bus which was heading towards Langas from Eldoret town accidentally ran into a Toyota vehicle which was headed to Eldoretalong the Kisumu- Eldoret road early at five in the morning thereby claiming the lives of all those in the Toyota vehicle plus an extra pedestrian along the way. Road accidents has in the recent past been aligned to the carelessness in the part of the drivers, Some of the drivers have been found in cases of alcoholic abuse before they can embark in their driving exercise claiming this would keep them active all through the exercise. This is actually in contrary to the actual line of duty that should be followed during the driving course, which in reality demands concentration on both the part of the driver and the ...

1. As you lie alone in your darkened, temperature-controlled bedroom, comfortably ensconced between satin sheets that are cool and slippery, but not too cool and slippery, see if you can count up how many men you've ever seriously dated in your entire life. 2. If the number is less than ten, move on to philosophical musings about how your finer points have always gone unappreciated. 3. If the number is greater than ten, reflect upon how your standards were always too low. 4. Once you have selected your most meaningful relationships, see if you can rank each of these past significant others on a five-point scale in terms of how much pain they caused you. For this purpose, "five" will signify, "So toxic that I still long to rip his head off." "One" will mean, "So dull and soulless and directionless that no one would miss him if he dropped dead." Wonder if sheer obnoxiousness, plus the fatal flaw of falling out of love with you...

  Measles vaccine is always given as individual vaccine nowadays and is often given in combination with mumps and rubella. The measles vaccine in Kenya   that began on 16 th May , 2016 marked an end on 24 th May .The campaign faced so many challenges with rebellion from the catholic priests being the major one .This was due to the mixed perceptions that different people had. It’s not the first vaccination to face rebellion because polio vaccine also faced the same. It is said that those who got the vaccine surpassed 95% during the five day campaign that was carried out. This was confirmed by the minister of public health Hon. Beth Mugo.They did the innovative strategies to reach the hard to reach areas .Also the adoption of the convincing power, which is not something very easy to do, is what seemed best used so as to make those who did not accept the vaccination to accept it.  Nothing can be done perfectly is what is always said .There are so many questio...

Walking into my office in the early hours of Monday 5th January 2015 was this young man. Dark, tall, strongly built and handsome. But one quick look at him, I noticed he was very troubled. He looked very shaken and nervous. I smiled politely, offering him a chair. ‘’good morning sir’’ I greeted, wondering what was troubling such a strong dude this early in the day. ‘’I guess you are Coolval?. The guy I always read his stories online?’’ he asked, forcing out a smile. I nodded, smiling back. ‘’yes sir, but you can call me valentine’’ I replied quickly. He breathed deeply and shrugged. ‘’well I’m here to tell you a story. I’m here to pour out my heart so that you can write it down and share it out to the world . I want people to read my story and probably learn from it. This is a story of love, hopes and betrayal. This is a story that most unmarried guys out there, especially in Nigeria can relate to. It’s a story of my relationship wit...