Undervalued Brides

On saturday we celebrated the International Women's Day, and truly this day reminds us of the women in our lives...and it gave us a chance to remember in a special way these unsung heroes who have braved a lot to raise a whole six Billion+ of the world's population...

And in Africa we all know women haven't just braved the hazards ofjust raising the children, but worse still
the hostel treatment by men (leaders, their husbands and evetually their sons). They have been customarily trated as commodities and their rights have been seriously infringed.

I was very enthusiastic, of course I texted some of the ladies (they prefer being called that..I dont know why!) in my life and they were appreciative of the far that we have come from the medieval culture of mutilation, wife inheritance and aterialization

Fifteen years ago it would have been a terrible joke to imagine that Africa would have a woman President! . . . not even that, . . . a legislator

I would not have written this..were it not for a distant Aunt of mine, a woman of  great wisdom and a mother of eight who lost her life in the hands of a mob on the same day... She was the kind of woman who you would relate with at your age and be comfortable... even at her age, 70, she still braved the scorching Rift Valley sun and plant and harvest her crops.

Monopoly Bus Service to Rationalize Public Transport

Yesterday's strike by matatu operators is a reminder of the constant menace that is our public transport system, a headache that no one seems to find a remedy for over the last two decades.

Taxis blocking City Hall way during Wednesday's Strike

All town dwellers will agree with that its only a few days that they have reached home and never complained about the bad traffic, hiked fairsor unreturnd change to the smelly touts and the greasy sits that one is subjected to with no other option, or even the rude careless language the operators have perfected.

This got me thinking about the good old KBS service which had been commisioned to provide transport in the 90s by the government at an affordable price and offer reliability. Matatus were hardly allowed into townn and there was security of a stable fare system.

Campus students for instance would have cards which they could subscribe monthly and actually get to traverse the city without having to pay for different destinations! That sounds heavenly..right?

Nowadays you can hardly

Rogue YOU!!!

Is it not annoying when you an unqualified individual working in an office he clearly doesnt deserve and he flaunts his authority on you?



Or take the example of that watchman in an Elgeyo-Marakwet county who was comfortably working as a nurse and proceeded to offer his 'services' to the county boss!

I could also give examples of numerous guys I know in the displined forces whose dreams are in finance, education, economics, communications and even medicine. With this I think to work in the army one should have a passion, a great sense of patriotism and the physical wellness to top it up.

NO Professor

Mixed felings have been ellicited by the release of the KCSE 2013 results by Prof. Kaimenyi yesterday. Of course this is expected because there's not a time when humans are going to fully agree on one thing or have the same sentiments about an issue (That is why we have the law!)

Now, the good professor has been in the news for a myriad reasons since he assumed the Helm of the powerful Education ministry. Notable times are his handling of the teachers strike and his vehement support for the laptop project which his Government is keen to fulfill.


His always stern face and and his severe tone which he uses most of the time cannot over-emphasize his resolve to do his job. I  remember when I was in Meru School when he was called as the Board chairman to handle grievances by students he left the then principal  Kariuki D.G.on his own in the hall after students became rowdy... He is a busy man and arguably no-nonsense!



So when he says that the age of children joining primary school should be six and that those below ages of 14 and 18 will not be allowed to do the national exams 9KCPE and KCSE respectively) he is serious.

Monopoly Looms as Essar Exits

The exit of mobile Service provider Yu Mobile from the market is a blow to many Kenyans who were used to the unbelievable tariffs offered by the Essar owned company.

A significant 3 million subcribers will be forced to adjust their connection budgets from the ridiculously free call rates to Airtel's rates although they will retain there phone numbers.

A Yu advert showing the incredible offers of free calls that had revolutionized the lives of poor Kenyans.

The ailing service provider has been making losses to the tune of 3 Billion annually and since 2009 had accumulated up to 25 Billion in losses.

This leaves an almost perfect oligopolistic market with the leader Safaricom enjoying quite huge powers. the future of Orange is now in question judging from the fact that it had even less market share compared to YU Mobile which enjoyed 8.8 percent.