What we learnt in the writers’ workshop
When Lucas Wafula, a seasoned writer and editor, published on his Facebook account that he would be facilitating a writers' workshop at the Village Market, I became interested.
I saw it as an excellent opportunity...
Help for people with hearing impairment arrives
“An estimated 2 million Kenyans are living with some degree of hearing loss,” the Ministry of Health (MoH) head of clinical services, Mr. Manasseh Bocha, has said.
“World Health Organization (WHO) statistics indicate that one...
BOOK REVIEW: When the Skeleton Escaped
AUTHOR: Lawrence Mwongela
CONTACTS: mutisyalaurans@gmail.com, +254 706 311 140
PRICE: Ksh. 650
GENRE: Poetry
REVIEWER: Benvictor Makau
This anthology is mainly centered on how life proves multifaceted from its inauguration all the way to its end. It merrily journeys...
RHAY conference to highlight youthful ideas on ending HIV/AIDS menace
A new initiative by adolescents and young people on ways to reduce the spread of HIV and manage positive living has been operational in the country over the last six months.
Dubbed “Reducing HIV in...
Kenya to bear another painful sting of climate change in 2022
The sharp edges of climate change have continued to bruise my country Kenya.
Every part of the East African country is now feeling the pains of the switching climatic conditions.
It is happening, oblivious of the...
What next after KCSE?
When Form Fours are through with the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), they feel free like molecules they met in Chemistry.
They let a sigh of relief and say: "Good riddance!" In the whole...
HEALTH: Why trans fats on your plate are a threat
You probably enjoy that meal embellished with a generous touch of cooking oil that promises a treat for the taste buds.
The oil sparkles in the soup or glitters in the various treats featured on...
POETRY: Lone: An Anthology of Metered Verses
Author: Anthony Onugba
Genre: Poetry
Country: Nigeria
Reviewer: Benvictor Makau
The sixty-poem Anthology by Anthony Onugba is one of the most stimulating compilations of thoughts in our age.
For an unclouded meaning, he catalogues it into three scintillating episodes:...
BOOK REVIEW: The Art of School Management
Author: Ogutu Maurice
Reviewer: Victor Ochieng'
Francis Bacon sagely said, “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read...
Why women’s political representation matters
Data on politics and governance has continued to paint the image of women being underrepresented at all levels of decision-making around the globe.
Women’s political representation has been dismissed for centuries, even as the debate...
