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Are Kenya’s literary feminists too militant?
Three generations of women. Grandmother, mother and daughter. Margaret A Ogola’s The River and The Source is one of the best novels in Kenya to study and present the social and cultural occurrences in a society undergoing a slow but gradual change.
By Peter Oduor 11 years ago
Are Kenya’s literary feminists too militant?
Kenyan writers’ mediocrity puts off readers
Last week, Tony Mochama attacked Kenyan readers, and not only called them ignorant and arrogant but implied that they are the reason (Kenyan) writers are mediocre, for lack of a better.
By Peter Oduor 11 years ago
Kenyan writers’ mediocrity puts off readers
Whether or not to enrol your child in a faith-based school
Since independence, Kenya has witnessed a steady rise in private and faith-based learning institutions set up to complement the public ones.
By Peter Oduor 11 years ago
Whether or not to enrol your child in a faith-based school
High school students readily access weed cookies, drugs
At a recent meeting of heads of secondary schools in Kajiado, the principals and deputies pored through different issues affecting their students and among the top concerns was a lethal thorn in their midst; drug use among the students.
By Peter Oduor 11 years ago
High school students readily access weed cookies, drugs
Nairobi's polluted air doles out constant flu
Everybody talks about pollution of water in Nairobi all the time. Nobody, at any time, talks about pollution of the air around Nairobi.
By Peter Oduor 11 years ago
Nairobi's polluted air doles out constant flu
Ranking of students blocks their attitude towards learning
Most Standard Eight pupils and Form Four students sit exams at the beginning of every year in what has come to be known as ‘indexing’ or ‘entry examinations’.
By PETER ODUOR 11 years ago
Ranking of students blocks their attitude towards learning
Irony of one people, one nation but contrasting train services
One group of passengers call it Train station while another call it Railway station; no mistake here, they are referring to one place.
By By Peter Oduor 11 years ago
Irony of one people, one nation but contrasting train services
Easter more commercialised and secularised than spiritual
Grand Easter Sale. Up to 30 per cent off. Strictly cash only. Those are the words that scream at pedestrians along Kimathi Street in Nairobi from an electronics shop.
By Peter Oduor 11 years ago
Easter more commercialised and secularised than spiritual
South Sudan bride weds after intense Sh12m dowry bids
Entertainment
By Tania Omusale
44 mins ago
Diaspora PS launches German programme at Meru varsity
Education
By Phares Mutembei
50 mins ago
DCI impounds luxury car linked to Sh37 million gold scam
National
By Emmanuel Kipchumba
1 hr ago
Sex in marriage: Why age old treasure is slowly dying away
Relationships
By Kenyatta Otieno
1 hr ago
TSC Commissioner Oyucho eyes Seme parliamentary seat
Politics
By Harold Otieno Odhiambo
1 hr ago