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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

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 [...]

Kenyan who admits killing 400 people living in UK

Kenyan who admits killing 400 people living in UK

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 [...]

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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 [...]

Kenyan passes away in Newark, Delaware.

Kenyan passes away in Newark, Delaware.

In Celebration of the Life of: JOSEPH NDABARU KAMAU December, 12th, 1963 – May, 10th, 2013.   We regret to announce the sudden death of Joseph Ndabaru Kamau. Joseph, 49 years old, was a Nurse at Pike Creek Rehabilitation Center, Cadia.  He quietly rested in his sleep on May 10th, 2013 at his house in [...]

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 [...]

Other News/Pictures

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 [...]

Upcoming Kenyan Artist Confesses He Is HIV Positive! Read The Shocking Story

Upcoming Kenyan Artist Confesses He Is HIV Positive! Read The Shocking Story

Of late, the focus on H.I.V has switched from the youth to married individuals who routinely stray from their marital beds and do not use condoms with either their lovers or their spouses. Just ask Jimmy Gathu. He can tell you all about that. then there was the controversy surrounding what I considered an innocuous [...]

Videos

Bulls-Eye: Pig’s day out

Bulls-Eye: Pig’s day out

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 [...]

Video:Nick Vujicic interview-Big challenge for all complainers

Video:Nick Vujicic interview-Big challenge for all complainers

A surprising but inspiring interview with Nick Vujicic. Though without legs or hands,if given a second chance,he will not ask for anything more than what he has.Talk about contentment and a big lesson for all of us to learn.

Recent News

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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Raila Odinga Still Waiting For Uhuru Job Offer

Raila Odinga Still Waiting For Uhuru Job Offer

| May 17, 2013 | Comments

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has not announced his next move because President Uhuru Kenyatta has kept him waiting over a State job. Officials close to the presidency told Saturday Nation the promise made by Mr Odinga two weeks ago was hinged on an appointment he had secured with President Kenyatta, which had not materialised. “There was [...]

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Burnt and disfigured,Kenyan woman tells of life after poll violence

Burnt and disfigured,Kenyan woman tells of life after poll violence

| May 17, 2013 | Comments

In 2007, Joyce Chepkemboi Cheruiyot was a happy mother of two, anxiously planning and looking forward to the birth of her third born child, together with her husband Wesley Cheruiyot. The then 28-year-old small scale farmer was running a small grocery shop in the village with the help of her husband which was enough to [...]

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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

| May 17, 2013 | Comments

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 [...]

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Upcoming Kenyan Artist Confesses He Is HIV Positive! Read The Shocking Story

Upcoming Kenyan Artist Confesses He Is HIV Positive! Read The Shocking Story

| May 17, 2013 | Comments

Of late, the focus on H.I.V has switched from the youth to married individuals who routinely stray from their marital beds and do not use condoms with either their lovers or their spouses. Just ask Jimmy Gathu. He can tell you all about that. then there was the controversy surrounding what I considered an innocuous [...]

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CORD subdued by ‘tyranny of numbers’ as Jubilee takes control of key House committees

CORD subdued by ‘tyranny of numbers’ as Jubilee takes control of key House committees

| May 17, 2013 | Comments

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 17 – The Jubilee coalition flexed its numerical strength in the National Assembly and took control of the Budget and CDF committees in what the Leader of the Majority Coalition in the National Assembly Aden Duale said was a sign of things to come when the MPs will elect leaders in the [...]

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