Guy, Remember the Fifth of November

Digital Essay Nairobi, Kenya “Remember, remember the fifth of November, the gunpowder treason and plot, I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason be forgot. but what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and i know that in 1605 he intended to blow up the houses of Parliament, but who …

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kiswahili cha tukuzwa kweli?

Nimekua nikiwaza kwamba hii lugha yetu pengine imedidimia kiasi kwamba hakuna atakae ijibu blogi hii. Aghalabu ni kwamba kiswahili sanifu hakizungumzwi tena humu nchini na hata nadra zaidi huko ulaya. Nivipi hivi sisi wana-nyayo tumekipuuza kiswahili kama ambae hatukukisoma? Katika kazi yangu nimeona biashara kadhaa ambazo nina maono kwamba ni biashara za kesho. Kunazo zile …

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Amenipa juju! Do you know Auntie Dote?

Amenipa Juju! Ah, who would have thought that I would have to face these issues, today? After all these years of being decidedly single and unwilling to mingle that way. All these years of being the the third leg, who would have thought that the predominant thought in my my mind would so often be …

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7 Principles of an Eagle

Author Dr. Myles Monroe  Eagles fly alone at a high altitude and not with sparrows or mix with other smaller birds. Birds of a feather flock together. No other bird goes to the height of the eagle. Eagles fly with eagles. Never in a flock.  Even when Moses (Old Testament Bible) went to commune with …

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Get moving on ICT, Kenya

By Al Kags The World Economic Forum in conjunction with the INSEAD institute every year compiles a ranking of countries that measures “the degree of preparedness of a nation of community to participate in and benefit from ICT developments.” This year’s ranking was published in The African Report, a thoroughly insightful quarterly magazine. Tanzania was …

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