2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
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Opinion

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OPINION: Why I read and you should, too

Reading is gradually going out of fashion. This is nothing new, it has been happening since the invention of the radio. Before that, for thousands of years, writing and reading was not public pastimes.  We can...

How parents can raise empowered, thriving children

Beyond every iota of doubt, child upbringing is one of the toughest experiences parents face. As in the words of Maria Shriver, a journalist, “Having kids- the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human...

There’s potential if Sironga Industrial Park is built

The proposed setting up of Sironga Industrial Park in Nyamira is a blessing in time for the economy of the county and its neighbours. Even so, it can only be a success if the planners...

Why the cane may not help students

I know that those who think they know that the cane is not (necessarily) the solution to indiscipline in schools are very likely to annoy those who do. My view on corporal punishment may therefore...

Why the words you listen to matter

By Norah Maria A word can either build or destroy, encourage or discourage. Mark Twain once said, "I can live for two months on a good compliment." There are three categories of people you need to listen...

Employ holistic approach to curb unrest, arson in schools

On this matter of safety of students in schools, aside from building structures and enforcing standards, and ensuring discipline, there is more to the story, at least from my point of view. Students are human...

OPINION: Approach environmental care ethically

The world in general is making efforts to care and conserve the environment. In Kenya and Africa in general, individuals, organizations, environmental activists, environmental agencies and governments are having discussions on different methods and policies...

Young people can make environmental conservation attainable

Climate change is here, and its impact intensifies overtime. That literally means that children and young people of today and the next generations will face the most horrific and devastating anger of the mistreated and...

We all have unforgettable moments

By Mahadhi Alfan Kale Our life is a mixture of good and bad experiences. Indeed, there must be something in everyone's life that is unforgettable. It can be either a good or a bad one. These experiences never...

OPINION: Kenya’s Constitution 2010, a Model of Participatory Political Process

Once seen as exceptional events, use of referenda phenomena in processes of constitutional creation and alteration has snowballed into a global hellhole in recent decades. Indeed, they have egressed into fixed features of modern constitutional...