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Word of the Day:There is no progress without change

Word of the Day:There is no progress without change

 Both society and nature dictates that in order to be able to cope with life, we must learn the art of being adaptable to change. This means that we must learn how to change with time, place and situations. The world itself is characterized by evolution. What it looked like yesterday is not how it [...]

Funny:Kenyan woman in UK awating results of English test to prevent deportation

Funny:Kenyan woman in UK awating results of English test to prevent deportation

A KENYAN woman is awaiting the results of an English language test which could determine whether she can stay in York with her English husband. Marysella Earnshaw, 47, of Haxby, said she took the test at a York college last weekend in the hope it will prevent her being deported back to Kenya. The Press reported [...]

OPINION | EDITORIAL

Word of the Day:Listen but be your own judge.

Word of the Day:Listen but be your own judge.

How easily are you swayed by other people’s opinion? When you listen to other people talk about you, how much of their words do you take in to define who you are? Are you where you are because someone said something about you and you took it to become part of you? Did you even [...]

Ruto’s luxury jet hire to cost Sh100m

Ruto’s luxury jet hire to cost Sh100m

Deputy President William Ruto’s office has hired a luxury jet for his travels across the continent in a deal which will cost taxpayers up to $300,000 (Sh25.14 million) every three months. Documents seen by the Sunday Nation show that the invoice for the first instalment of the “quarterly payment” for the Bombardier 850 Challenger plane was lodged [...]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Madaraka Day Celebration in Baltimore Maryland

Madaraka Day Celebration in Baltimore Maryland

You are invited to Madaraka Day Celebration in Baltimore Maryland on June 8th 2013.

Kenyan women passes away in California

Kenyan women passes away in California

Following the sad demise of one of our long time San Francisco Bay area (Pittsburg, CA) resident Beth Njeri (Kabethi) who went to be with the Lord on Sunday Morning the 12th of May 2013 at Contra Costa Regional Center- Martinez after a strong fight with cancer, There will be a viewing on: Sunday May 19 2013 TIME [...]

Kenya News

Attempt to steal Mutula’s  half a million casket thwarted

Attempt to steal Mutula’s half a million casket thwarted

Makueni, Kenya: Police in Mbooni have been deployed to the rural home of the departed Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo following an attempt by suspected thugs to break into his grave. Mbooni East OCPD James Baraza confirmed they had received information that some people had planned to steal the casket containing the remains of the late Mutula. The incident reportedly happened [...]

Video:MPs salaries-Uhuru refuses to play ball

Video:MPs salaries-Uhuru refuses to play ball

Members of Parliament are getting isolated each passing day over their relentless demands for higher pay. President Uhuru Kenyatta has once again asked the MPs to quit the fight for more money and instead focus on developing their constituencies. Speaking in Nyeri, where he is on a three day tour, Uhuru told the MPs that [...]

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State insists Ruto’s plane to West, Central Africa was hired for Sh18.5m

State insists Ruto’s plane to West, Central Africa was hired for Sh18.5m

Nairobi, Kenya: Deputy President William Ruto has rejected reports that the plane he hired for his trip to West and Central African countries cost taxpayers a whopping Sh100 million insisting that it cost Sh18.5 million. In a response made through the Permanent Secretary for Information Bitange Ndemo, the DP said that the reports contained in a  local newspaper [...]

Nyanza second in bhang smoking after Western says Nacada

Nyanza second in bhang smoking after Western says Nacada

THE National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse has raised an alarm over increasing rate of bhang abuse in Nyanza. Nacada Nyanza regional manager Esther Okenye said the region is second in bhang smoking in Kenya. Okenye was speaking during Kisumu county choir competition on alcohol and drug abuse held at Social hall [...]

Videos

Video:The Most Interesting Young Maasai Man in the World

Video:The Most Interesting Young Maasai Man in the World

Just for laughter:  Kermut Stephen Muntet is a talented actor/comedian. He was born and raised in Maasai Mara, kenya. He came to America on a scholarship to study “Rocket Science”.  

Video:Raila Odinga Denies Looking For A State Job

Video:Raila Odinga Denies Looking For A State Job

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga says he has not been offered any post by the Jubilee Administration and has not asked for any job as his hands are full with other commitments. Responding to media queries after he attended a Sunday service at the Lutheran Church in Nairobi, Odinga said he would he channel his [...]

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Video:The Most Interesting Young Maasai Man in the World

Video:The Most Interesting Young Maasai Man in the World

| May 19, 2013 | Comments

Just for laughter:  Kermut Stephen Muntet is a talented actor/comedian. He was born and raised in Maasai Mara, kenya. He came to America on a scholarship to study “Rocket Science”.  

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Madaraka Day Celebration in Baltimore Maryland

Madaraka Day Celebration in Baltimore Maryland

| May 19, 2013 | Comments

You are invited to Madaraka Day Celebration in Baltimore Maryland on June 8th 2013.

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Video:Raila Odinga Denies Looking For A State Job

Video:Raila Odinga Denies Looking For A State Job

| May 19, 2013 | Comments

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga says he has not been offered any post by the Jubilee Administration and has not asked for any job as his hands are full with other commitments. Responding to media queries after he attended a Sunday service at the Lutheran Church in Nairobi, Odinga said he would he channel his [...]

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Word of the Day:Listen but be your own judge.

Word of the Day:Listen but be your own judge.

| May 19, 2013 | Comments

How easily are you swayed by other people’s opinion? When you listen to other people talk about you, how much of their words do you take in to define who you are? Are you where you are because someone said something about you and you took it to become part of you? Did you even [...]

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State insists Ruto’s plane to West, Central Africa was hired for Sh18.5m

State insists Ruto’s plane to West, Central Africa was hired for Sh18.5m

| May 19, 2013 | Comments

Nairobi, Kenya: Deputy President William Ruto has rejected reports that the plane he hired for his trip to West and Central African countries cost taxpayers a whopping Sh100 million insisting that it cost Sh18.5 million. In a response made through the Permanent Secretary for Information Bitange Ndemo, the DP said that the reports contained in a  local newspaper [...]

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Attempt to steal Mutula’s  half a million casket thwarted

Attempt to steal Mutula’s half a million casket thwarted

| May 19, 2013 | Comments

Makueni, Kenya: Police in Mbooni have been deployed to the rural home of the departed Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo following an attempt by suspected thugs to break into his grave. Mbooni East OCPD James Baraza confirmed they had received information that some people had planned to steal the casket containing the remains of the late Mutula. The incident reportedly happened [...]

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Video:MPs salaries-Uhuru refuses to play ball

Video:MPs salaries-Uhuru refuses to play ball

| May 18, 2013 | Comments

Members of Parliament are getting isolated each passing day over their relentless demands for higher pay. President Uhuru Kenyatta has once again asked the MPs to quit the fight for more money and instead focus on developing their constituencies. Speaking in Nyeri, where he is on a three day tour, Uhuru told the MPs that [...]

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Ruto’s luxury jet hire to cost Sh100m

Ruto’s luxury jet hire to cost Sh100m

| May 18, 2013 | Comments

Deputy President William Ruto’s office has hired a luxury jet for his travels across the continent in a deal which will cost taxpayers up to $300,000 (Sh25.14 million) every three months. Documents seen by the Sunday Nation show that the invoice for the first instalment of the “quarterly payment” for the Bombardier 850 Challenger plane was lodged [...]

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Word of the Day:There is no progress without change

Word of the Day:There is no progress without change

| May 18, 2013 | Comments

 Both society and nature dictates that in order to be able to cope with life, we must learn the art of being adaptable to change. This means that we must learn how to change with time, place and situations. The world itself is characterized by evolution. What it looked like yesterday is not how it [...]

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Kenyan who admits killing 400 people living in UK

Kenyan who admits killing 400 people living in UK

| May 18, 2013 | Comments

A murderer who admits killing up to 400 people – many in bloody machete attacks – is living in the UK after being granted asylum. John Thuo has been living in a taxpayer funded home since sneaking in illegally from Africa in 2003, and his neighbours are totally oblivious to his grisly past. For seven [...]

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Nyanza second in bhang smoking after Western says Nacada

Nyanza second in bhang smoking after Western says Nacada

| May 18, 2013 | Comments

THE National Authority for Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse has raised an alarm over increasing rate of bhang abuse in Nyanza. Nacada Nyanza regional manager Esther Okenye said the region is second in bhang smoking in Kenya. Okenye was speaking during Kisumu county choir competition on alcohol and drug abuse held at Social hall [...]

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Bulls-Eye: Pig’s day out

Bulls-Eye: Pig’s day out

| May 18, 2013 | Comments

It was the movie ‘Pig in the City’ starring the real pigs only that this time they represented humans. They were scenes straight from a text book as the battle to curtail MPs greed went a notch higher. It was a week when the assumption was that relaxation would be hard to come by for [...]

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Video:MP chickens out of quitting Parliament over salary increase

Video:MP chickens out of quitting Parliament over salary increase

| May 18, 2013 | Comments

Interview: Why Jude Njomo will quit if MPs’ salaries are not reviewed upwards.Kiambu town Member Of Parliament Jude Njomo has thrown a spanner in the works on the MPs’ salary debate threatening to resign from the national assembly if the Salaries and Remuneration Commission does not review his salary upwards. He spoke to NTV’s Larry [...]

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