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Old Dog learns a new trick

Mzee Kiko | A Septuagenerian view I am seated outside my house on the Ngong' Hills over looking to one side the planes that spread flat eastwards and southwards to Nairobi and beyond, over the Nairobi national park, in which i see from a distance, the ...

Umuhimu wa maji

Looking through my past emails, i found this one. Gikuyus will find it funny. Riu ona nii ndaririkana murata wakwa witaguo Mbogo turi std. 6 tuerituo tuandike insha hindi ya kigeranio kia muico wa term Topic yari, "Umuhimu wa Maji" Mbogo insha yake andikire uu: "Maji ni ...

Write round about town

There is a homeless woman in Woodlands, UK who started a blog chronicling her life. The unnamed woman who prefers to maintain the identity wandering scribe, lives in her car - sleeping on the front seats, with all her possessions in the back - has ...

New Blog in town on serious issues

check out mambo101.wordpress.com, a new serious entrant to the blogosphere... there's a prediction on the US presidential elections of 2008. This promises to be an explosive one. http://mambo101.wordpress.com

Chai Tamu – mapenzi na maisha mazuri

Haya, Imekuwa ni Kawaida sasa kwa Al Kags kuchapisha vitabu pepe, kama "Quarterly Colour Series of Poetry", ambazo in safu za kizungu. Hii leo natoa mwito kwa waandishi wote wa Kiswahili hasa malenga wa Kiswahili. Al Kags ana panga kuchapisha kitabu pepe cha Kiswahili kiitwacho, ...

eti nini?

Mwanadada fulani eti kaniuliza kama najua kuandika kiswahili, kisha akapata mshangao nilipomjibu kihakika. Mwenyewe anaishi Bongo, kwao haswa ni huko Tz lakini makubwa ni kwamba yeye hajui kuandika kiswahili vile. Haidhuru. Jambo la muhimu ni kwamba amejiunga na sarakasi ya wanablogu - hata usiku wa manane ...

Discovering a proud son of Mumbi on a mission

One of my aunts one of whose major distinctions in life was to start my Gikuyu education at a very late age in life is visiting me from Malindi.  I took it upon myself to walk her through the virtual world of the net and ...

New Look

She told me that she hated the old look. I knew i didn't like any of the themes  that were  available on wordpress - could the admin add more? - and so after much discussion and customisation, here it is now, the result of consensus. ...

7 year old hero – and i’m related to her!!

7 year old saves mom 05:24 PM Mountain Standard Time on Monday, October 9, 2006 By Claudia Rivero / 3TV reporter With her mom and friend by her side, seven-year-old Makena Washington may not know why she was the center of attention ...

Are Chics fed on Chicken feed?

I was yesterday informed by two girls who go toboarding school that the reason girls in secondary boarding schools get fat is that chicken feed is put in their food. Also, they say that parafin is put in the food as well, to stop them ...