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How Graft Undermines Provision of Books in Kenya's Free Education Programme
Every Child Has a Right to Free Education, which also means free text books. After guiding and vetting publishers, evaluated books are selected for free distribution to schools, but a big proportion of money meant for books is misappropriated along the way.
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The Kikuyu-Kamba Split Occurred at the Beginning of Queen Hatshepsut’s Reign in 1473 BC
The Kikuyu and Kamba communities share linguistic and cultural similarities despite living as separate groups today. This article compares some of their clan histories with events in ancient Egypt in a bid to get clues about when exactly the split between them first occurred.
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Strength Training Exercises For Seniors
Light hand weights, resistance bands and yoga are three easy low-impact home exercises for seniors. Weights improve upper body strength while bands offer full body exercise through gestures. Yoga stretches and strengthens muscles with poses to boost balance and flexibility.
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Bullying in Schools: Strategies for Teachers and Administrators to Prevent the Vice
bullying negatively impacts both bullies and victims socially, psychologically and academically. It effects may even manifest in adulthood. But through collaborative efforts between teachers and parents, it can be contained. Repeat offenders should face strong disciplinary action such as expulsion.
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Exercises for Seniors’ Strength, Balance and Wellness
Aging is inevitable. However, balanced nutrition and well-planned exercises can delay age related symptoms. Target muscle that include the core, thighs, hips, and back. These are crucial for preventing falls in seniors. Daily, gentle routines can make a big difference in the health of the elderly.
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Nature's Nutritious Sugar-Free Beverages for Seniors
Knock out sugar from all your drinks by taking advantage of a wide range of nature’s flavors - From dried and fresh fruits to aromatic herbs, roasted roots, bark extracts and mushrooms. Now seniors can explore alternatives to tea and coffee to satisfy cravings, nourish health and energize sugar free
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Health Benefits of Nuts and Some Seeds for Seniors
Nuts and seeds offer great health benefits when eaten in moderation as part of a well-balanced diet. These nutrient-dense foods support heart and brain health while potentially lowering the risk of Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer. They provide healthy fats, protein, fiber, vitamins and much more.
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Nutrition Essentials for Healthy Aging
Nutrition plays an important role in a senior's health and longevity. Research-backed guidelines regarding protein intake, nutrient-dense snacks, healthy fats and limiting processed foods can help optimize nutrition for seniors. Staying properly hydrated is also vital to promote healthy aging.
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Mysteries, Causes and Possible Cures of Greying Hair
Graying is normal in the aging process. Embrace it as a milestone in your life cycle as you focus more on your health. Avoid societal pressures that value youth at the expense of old age. Grey hair simply reflects the wisdom and experiences you've gained through the years you've lived.
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The Apocalyptic Cult of Shakahola
Cult leaders convince their members not to go to hospital and Instead rely on prayer healing. This rejection of modern science, disposal of one's earthly property leading to suicides and murder is most baffling.
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Public Transport in the City of Nairobi
Public transport in Nairobi consists primarily of privetly owned buses, Matatus (vans and minibuses), and motorcycles popularly called Bodaboda. Nairobi has over 10 different online hailing taxis such as Uber and Bolt. There is a commuter rail operating in some parts of the city at fixed hours.
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Significance of Cultural Festivals: Celebrating Traditions and Heritage
Cultural Festivals are usually held annually or biannually and are important for the celebration of culture and heritage. Some of the elements of a cultural festival are the customs, myths, and oral traditions, cuisine, costumes, and music of the communities that participate.
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How Kenya Got Its Name
Trader Kivui is reported to have given the name of the mountain as “Kinyaa.” Krapf transcribed name in the Roman alphabet as Kegnia later varying to Kenia. The British settled on Kenya and the name lived to see an independent country, Kenya.
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Pastoralism in Kenya – Changes Needed for a Sustainable Economic Activity
Pastoralism supports over 9million of Kenya’s population of 50 million and contributes 28% of all meat that is consumed. The animals are used as currency to purchase goods and services, as bride price other cultural obligations. However, it needs to adapt to remain relevant and sustainable.
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How to Create More Jobs in Developing Countries
In many developing countries, the youth comprise of more than 60 percent of the of the entire population. Creating jobs continuously will not only alleviate the social problems that come with unemployment, but will also help the countries to develop faster. This article has several suggestions.
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Modern-Day Slavery in the Arab States
The Kafala system was created to supply cheap labor to meet the demands of the fast growing economies of the oil-rich Middle East. The system gives the employer power to detain the worker until the end of the contract period, leading to abuse and denial of basic human rights.
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Desert Locust Plagues - From Pharaonic Times to the 21st Century
The desert locust causes destruction of enormous proportions to farmland and pasture. Chemical control methods can cause damage to the environment. However, there are biological control methods that can be adopted early to minimize this damage. Besides, locusts can be included in the human diet.
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Daniel Arap Moi - 2nd President of Kenya
President Moi led Kenya into ruin for a lengthy 24 years from 1978 to 2002. In one quarter he is praised as a father figure who did everything to preserve peace at home and in the region. In another quarter he is a tyrant that trampled on people's rights as he ruined a previously robust economy.
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A Visit to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
The coastal city of Dar-es-Salaam is the largest in the Republic of Tanzania. It was the capital at independence but this honor has since gone to Dodoma. As a port, it is a fast growing city with attractive beaches, first class hotels and therefore a major tourist attraction.
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Kikuyu Wisdom in Proverbs
Proverbs express a people's wisdom mostly through their way of life and experience. These proverbs are a small fraction of the one thousand proverbs that were compiled by G. Barra. They show how timeless human wisdom is and how it cuts across cultures.
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The Donkey Meetings of Ole Tepesi
During the wet season, donkeys in the Ole Tepesi area have a meeting every day on the main road in the thousands.
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The Landlord and the Tenant - a short story
A landlord is the owner of a rented house, apartment or even land. The best landlord is the one you never get to see. The second best is the one you see once a year. That way, your problems are postponed for 12 months. Most tenants have understandably a love hate relationship with their landlords.
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Message From Jomo Kenyatta, Prime Minister at Kenya's Independence in 1963
The year 2023 marked 60 years after Kenya’s independence. This article commemorates that milestone by highlighting the thoughts of the founding father of the nation on that day.
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A Kikuyu Ancestor's Wrath
The ancestor who speaks in this poem was last appeased before the coming of Europeans and western culture in Kikuyu land.
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Investment Opportunities in Kenya
The Kenyan economy is bulging with numerous new opportunities for investors. Many existing sectors merely require improved efficiency and better public relations to compete with other global giants.
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Rabbits: Keeping Them Healthy on Pellets and Other Foods
Rabbit keeping is fast catching on. This form of animal husbandry is termed “emerging livestock,” in the same class as quails and guinea fowl. Here's how Keep them healthy on foods other than pellets.
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How to Get Free Bio-Gas From Your Livestock
The science of making and using biogas from cowdung has been in the public domain for a while. The design and its variations are so simple that anybody can adopt them without spending a fortune. Here I present to you a practical use of the technology, even if you have only one cow.
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Joseph Zuzarte Murumbi - a Prolific Art Collector of Maasai and Indian-Goan Cultural Heritage
Joseph Murumbi, Kenya's second Vice President after independence was a freedom fighter and a prolific collector whose legacy is the Murumbi Collection of African art and rare books.
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Principles of Art and Design
Art, just like music and dance is a form of communication. Art is guided by certain principles, which when applied consciously, will enhance the quality of the art project.
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The Luo People of Kenya: Legend of Nyar Mgondho
This legend informs us that we should not forget where we came from when we make it in life. Most important is the fact that we never make it without other people's help. We should recognise the input of others and never ever ridicule them.
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Milk: Ten Languages From Africa, Asia and Europe Show Uncanny Confluence
Milk is a life giving liquid produced by all female mammals after giving birth to young ones. It is therefore primarily intended to be the first item on the menu of any baby, calf, puppy or whatever else the young is called. The very first issue of milk, called colostrum gives the baby immunity...
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Basics in the Language of Art and Design
Art is a universal language. It is understoond by all in every corner of the world. If you understand the basic vocabularly more deeply than just the natural occurence, you will enjoy art even more. For artists, these basic vocabulary puts you more squarely in the driving seat of your artistic...
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Easily Soften Plasticine: Tips for Your Next Art Project
Many sculptors choose to work with plasticine for their models. It is easy to model with tools and bare hands. Plasticine can be used over and over for years.
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Learn Luo Language: Basic Vocabulary and Conversation Skills in Kenya
The Luo of Kenya and Tanzania are a Nilotic-speaking people whose main occupations are fishing, farming, and animal husbandry. In this article, you will learn the basics of their language.
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How to mark hundreds of exam papers quickly and efficiently
Marking 40 scripts with essay type questions may take you three hours at the very least. Marking more than 100 scripts could be draining both mentally and physically. This is aggravated by the fact that the teacher still has to prepare for classes and actually teach besides marking continuous...
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The Ankh - Symbol of Life and Good Health in Ancient Egypt Has Survived in Modern Languages
Impossible as it may first sound, the Ankh in the name Tutankhamen has survived in languages spoken today. One of these languages is English. The other languages are in Africa. Maybe by probing further, we may find more languages with vestiges of the ‘Ankh.’
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As Dead as a Dodo - Symbol of Extinction
We say ‘as dead as a Dodo because we hunted the Dodo to extinction three centuries ago. If we are not careful, there will a long list of extinct animals in less than 20 years to come - no elephants, lions or rhinos except replicas in museums. Imagine that!
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Kikuyu Language: the Lord's prayer and other christian terms
The Kikuyu people are predominantly Christian. This makes the Lord's Prayer very important in the lives of every member. Most have committed it to memory. It is translated here using the commonest version.
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A Bird Watching Safari in Kenya - the African Purple Gallinule and the Saddle Billed Stork
There are a total of 1133 bird species recorded in Kenya. Out of this number, 7 are endemic to Kenya and 6 have been introduced from outside. Only one species is known to have become extinct. In this hub, we shall look at the African Purple Gallinule -Porphyrio alba madagascariensis, and...
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Rock Art: A Pictorial Record of Human History
To the ancients, Rock Art was a medium like modern Newspapers and Television. Evidence in rock art indicates that at one time the Sahara was habitable and home to fishermen, hunters and herdsmen in separate epochs. With that medium, ancient men and women recorded for posterity the important...
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How to Make Kaimati: Recipe for Great Snacks for Your Tea or Coffee
Kaimati are made by the people of Eastern Africa to take with their tea or coffee. You do not need any special skills to make them. This hub will take you step by step on how to make these tasty snacks. Besides, you can improvise once you understand the simple technique.
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Early Human Migration From East Africa and Constant Intermingling Over the Centuries: Linguistic Evidence
Is it possible that some words in European, Bantu and Nilotic languages have an ancient history that is thousands of years old. This hub will show you how that is possible, with a few examples.
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Use green Leaves as an Alternative to Toilet Paper
Before colonisation by the British, the Kikuyu used a certain plant with feathery leaves and a great scent the way we use toilet paper today. They called it maigoya. Its scientific name is Plectrunthus barbatus.
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How to Make Excellent Colour Pictures With Free Paint Software Program
Paint is a simple application that comes free with your Windows. With a little practice you can create images to rival those done with expensive software, and most people will not notice the difference.
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Bonding Between Teachers for Better Performance
Every morning at tea time, teachers have a chance to meet and inquire on each other’s health. A feeling of belonging to a family is fostered and it is not unusual to refer to each other as brothers and sisters. If a teacher misses for one day, it is noticed immediately.
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How Much Money Do You Need to Live on After Retirement?
How much money you will need when you retire will be determined by the lifestyle your will want to maintain. How much money do you use per week currently? In future you will need more when you take inflation into account. You can plan to change your lifestyle to account for inflation and a reduced...
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Francis Hall: Born in India, Built a Fort at Mbiri, Now Murang'a Town in Kenya
Francis Hall was born in India in 1860. Around this time, traders, missionaries and slave trade abolitionists were beginning to pay attention to East Africa. About 20 years earlier, Ludwig Krapf had made contacts with the Kamba and ventured in the interior as far as present day Kitui.
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Akhenaten’s Grandmother, Queen Mutemwiya and the Kikuyu Word "Mũtumia"
Akhenaten was the Pharaoh credited with starting Monotheism in 18th Dynasty Egypt. Here, we shall be more concerned with his grandmother called Mutemwiya (spelled as Mutemwaya by some writers).
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Publishing in Kenya
Publishers and authors all over the world have a lukewarm relationship, yet one cannot do without the other. I have since learned that two years is only two days in the publishing world.
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Traditional Uses of Cattle in Africa
The cow has always been very important to Africans. Here are some of the ways it is used in Africa.
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A Good Teacher: Seven Qualities
A good teacher prepares Work Plans at the beginning of the term or semester... prepares Lesson Plans for each month (week, or day)...arrives on time...has a sense of humour...understands the individual limitations of the students...works as a team player with fellow teachers...
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Stonehenge: a linguistic link with Kikuyu and the Thim Lich Ohinga stone structures in Kenya
The technology to transport and arrange the stones of the Stonehenge monument was from Africa, in Ancient Egypt.
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Practice Running a Marathon Like a Kenyan
Running is invigorating and a great way to keep fit. You don’t need to be a member of a club to run. Running a Marathon is also prestigious for finishers, not just winners. So if you run a half marathon, plan to finish and add that feather to your hat.
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How to Clean a Fresh Water Aquarium Efficiently
More than half of those with an aquarium hate the cleaning process. That is why after much enthusiasm at the beginning, it is usual to see an aquarium that has turned green. This need not be the case. You can learn to clean an aquarium quickly efficiently and enjoy the process.
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How to Make a Glass Fish Tank: Diy Basics
Here’s how to make your own fish tank. Start with a manageable size until you have sufficient experience to maintain a large one. Making a small or large tank isn’t that much different though. The information here is for a 15” X 9” X 9” inches
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Restoration of the Damaged Portrait of Robert Thorne Coryndon
Robert T. Coryndon was a colonial governor of Uganda and Kenya. On February 10, 1925, Coryndon passed away in Nairobi. In 1929, the Kenyan colonial government allocated land in Nairobi for a museum in his memory. It was officially opened on September 22, 1930, as The Coryndon Museum. It was renamed...
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DIY Egg Incubator for Chicken Brooder - Easy to Make and Manage
You can easily hatch your own Chicken eggs if you have the patience to wait for twenty-one days.
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Championing the Environment: A Study of Hatshepsut and Wangari Maathai
Wangare Maathai recognized the value of trees. She founded the Green belt movement and through her examples, she has caused millions of trees to be planted all over the world. Read on to see what she shares with Hatshepsut of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. The world is greener because of her.
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The Akamba (Kamba) people of Kenya
The Akamba language has some of the most archaic word roots in the Bantu family. Its strong relationship with Kikuyu is not in doubt since the two languages are intelligible.
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Popular Kalenjin Names for Boys and Girls With Meanings
This article explains how the Kalenjin people name their children and the meanings of the names.
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Kisii and Meru people of Kenya and Mentuhotep II of Ancient Egypt
The Kisii, also called Gusii are a highland Bantu agriculturalist community like the Kikuyu. The proto Kisii entered western Kenya from Uganda to the foothills of Mount Elgon.
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Falsification of African History - Diop and Others Speak out on Ancient Egypt
Many black scholars have documented this falsification since the 1800’s. Cheikh Anta Diop is a modern scholar of comparative studies between Egypt and black Africans. John Henrik Clarke, in a review of one of Cheikh Anta Diop’s book online states that, “In the chapter called, ‘Birth of the Negro...
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The Kikuyu and Luo Languages of Kenya: Some Similarities Between Them
The Kikuyu are classified as Bantu, while the Luo are Nilotes. There are major differences between them, but this post will dwell on the similarities. Surprisingly, they are quite a number, which makes one wonder if perhaps there might be a better classification of languages than the one in existenc
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Learn Kikuyu Language Online: Essential Vocabulary and Conversation Practice
Here, you will get a brief background of the Kikuyu people before progressing to the language, its structure, and vocabulary. There are simple dialogues to aid you in conversation practice.