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quarter-life crisis

Posted by george on February 13, 2012 at 7:50 AM Comments comments (0)


I want to leave, go away from my folks and just be

I want to cleave…but where she be?

I want to be smooth…am trying to be without embassy

I want excitement…am literary running away from ecstasy

 

 

I need a car…suddenly my legs get very weary

I need a crib..suddenly my one-roomed house is feeling stuffy lately

I...

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How to start a high school strike in kenya

Posted by george on April 14, 2011 at 7:08 AM Comments comments (1)


The year is 2008 and Kenyan secondary schools were on fire literary…for almost two months even Kenyan politicians rearlly got any airtime in the media…it was believed that the period was the worst in the Kenyan high school strikes history. To some extent it was true since the strikes season cut through geographical and performance levels wi...

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The Nairobi national museum

Posted by george on April 6, 2011 at 3:41 AM Comments comments (1)


History

The whole idea of a museum was conceived at around 1910 by what was then called the East Africa Natural History Society. The whole idea was as a result of the rich historical and cultural heritage  of the country. This group consisted of two cannons and several government officials.

In 1911 they established the Natural History Museum and libr...

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Nairobi's uhuru park

Posted by george on April 5, 2011 at 9:47 AM Comments comments (0)


History

nairobi is uhuru park is easily the most famous park in Kenya since the 60’s…it is located at the town centre a walking distance from the city centre…it encompasses green lawns, artificial lake and an open stadium in a piece of land that is approximately 10acres.

It is accessible through ngong road to the south, uhuru Highway to the east...

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The Nairobi botanical gardens

Posted by george on April 5, 2011 at 7:18 AM Comments comments (0)


History

Nairobi botanical gardens is a garden that was established in 1990 just as a way of making use of the Nairobi museum grounds that extended up to the Nairobi river

Essentially it only incorporated a garden with a variety of plant species found in the country but later incorporated a nature trail and works of art (glass work and sculpture...

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kamukunji hawkers market

Posted by george on March 22, 2011 at 7:02 AM Comments comments (1)

Have you ever wondered where city centre hawkers get their products from since they are really cheap?

Kamukunji hawkers market

Kamukunji hawkers market is a wholesale/ retail market located near kamukunji police station. it began from the need to have a place where importers of household goods would sell to local traders. barely 20 yearsin age the market is composed of mainly high-rise buildings with sta...

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how to get the 2010 k.c.s.e results via sms or online

Posted by george on February 28, 2011 at 6:08 AM Comments comments (2)

To check the results for K.C.S.E class of 2010 online, go to the K.N.E.C website: http://www.knec.ac.ke and enter your Index number.


To check your K.C.S.E  (class of 2010) results by SMS send an SMS with your Index Number to 5052 for Safaricom, Airtel and Orange networks.

 

 

 

 


Facts file on ruai estate (the good, the bad and the ugly)

Posted by george on February 3, 2011 at 8:55 AM Comments comments (8)

History

Started as a company called embakasi ranching company whose main objectivewas to provide members with land for which they would settle in the 1970’s. The land for which ruai now stands was once a sisal plantation and cattle farmstretching from past njiru are to as far as kamulu area. Remains of these pre-colonial settlements can still be seen with a sisal plant in kamnyonge areaand workers quarters around kamnyonge and gatuoro areas

Members were required to ha...

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Why eating kuku Sama/ broiler chicken is not the best thing

Posted by george on February 1, 2011 at 5:47 AM Comments comments (0)

I know that most of you folks are addicted to eating chicken any howly on the streets of nairobi…the street name for this chicken is “kukusama” due to the why in rotates will cooking I the large display cookers put strategically in front of this eateries…but before you jump into this eateries I think it is only right that I inform you of the impending risks associated with this chicken


These chickens get heart attacks

did you know that br...

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Some Facts about Kenya and Kenyans 1

Posted by george on February 1, 2011 at 5:42 AM Comments comments (0)

sukuma-kiwi  is not one word but two meaning a type of Kenyan food that Kenyans feast on the last week of the month before there salaries for the month are paid…it literary stretches ones small budget though to pay day


Every broke Kenyan will most likely live on the east on tom Mboya Street and every well to do will live on the other side…south be folks are just people in transition or just confused folks


yoles actually means kayole and not...

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