The Week in Science and Environment
New device keeps heart pumping outside the body Transplant surgeons are using a pioneering technology that keeps a donor heart pumping outside the body. Dubbed the ‘heart in a box’, the device keeps...
View ArticleNew effort to free troubled Lake Naivasha from water hyacinth
A new effort to remove the water hyacinth from Lake Naivasha might finally save the troubled Rift Valley lake. The water body, a wetland recognised by the Ramsar Convention for its tropical...
View ArticlePomp and colour as drama festival heats up
The Kenya Music Festival for Schools and Colleges which kicked off in Mombasa on Monday continues to impress. More than 100 items will be staged at the annual music extravaganza Kenya Music Foundation,...
View ArticlePapa Wemba for Nairobi festival?
Papa Wemba could be headed to Nairobi for a music festival. Known by many as the king of Congolese rumba, the star is expected to perform this month at a music festival. A source told Word Is, "Papa...
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Former Speaker of the National Assembly Kenneth Marende walking into the Intercontinental Hotel in Nairobi on Tuesday early afternoon. He was joined by Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula and they walked...
View ArticleAnto NeoSoul quits TV show over creative differences
Singer Anto NeoSoul has quit as the host of a teen TV show over "creative" differences. The Chips Funga star told Word Is, "August 23 will be my last day on the show. I'm leaving because I have grown a...
View ArticleBig Brother lovebirds at the coast ready for wedding
Former reality TV stars lovebirds are holidaying in Kenya as they prepare for their grand wedding in December. Big Brother: The Chase housemates Elikem Kumordzie and Pokello Nare are holed up at Sarova...
View ArticleMotocross bikes and Boda bodas challenge
Last Sunday Jamhuri Park in Nairobi played host to the closing event of the East Africa Motocross season. With three East African countries on show, Uganda won the team trophy with 1725 points beating...
View ArticleBe A Nobody... Because Nobody Is Perfect
I have had esteem issues in the past. Hopefully I’ve overcome most of them, some still linger and rear their ugly heads once in a while. Sometimes I’m strong enough to fight them off and other times...
View ArticleHow much sex is normal?
Hi Valentine, My problem is that I am in a situation that I think is abnormal. My problem is that I only take 10 minutes during intercourse then I stop after ejaculation since my penis gets weak. What...
View ArticleKenGen gets new system
NIAVASHA The time used to drill and install power by Kengen is expected to be reduced by more than 70 per cent. This is after the introduction of the new mobile wellhead generators technology. With the...
View ArticleLandowners ask for deeds
MAU The Ogiek community has asked the government to give them new title deeds. “We as the Ogiek community living in Mau forest, want to call upon the government to issue out new generation land title...
View ArticleGive locals jobs, contractors told
SABOTI MP David Wekesa has urged contractors who qualify for tenders to hire locals for the work. Speaking in Kitale yesterday, Wekesa said most residents are not awarded contracts. He said even after...
View ArticleUasin Gishu minority leader tells Duale to stop targeting Kajwang'
UASIN Gishu county assembly minority leader Ramadhan Ali has told the National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale to stop witchhunting the opposition. He said Duale should push for the government to...
View ArticleDemocratic Police Recruitment in Kenya
“So many particulars. So many questions.” – Bertolt Brecht famously ended his poem A Worker Reads History . If there is any doubt and discussion about the police recruitment methods deployed by the...
View ArticleMCA accused of having an affair spurns 'husband'
THE family of a nominated MCA in Uasin Gishu county has disowned the man who on Tuesday said he was married to their daughter. Moses Kemei had stormed the house of a county executive claiming that he...
View ArticleCountry's Tourism In Dire Need Of Rescuing
Kenya has some of the most beautiful and scenic tourist attractions and destinations. Our beaches to our game parks, including the Masai Mara, which forms part of the Ngorongoro-Serengeti ecosystem...
View ArticleAid scheme for needy students
The county government will launch a scheme to assist needy students in institutions of higher learning. Governor Benjamin Cheboi yesterday said the scheme will be partnered with the Ministry of Higher...
View ArticleFarmers oppose KCC privatisation
Farmers in Rift Valley have rejected plans to privatise the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries. The farmers want the dairy companies fully reverted to them. “New KCC belonged to farmers,” said the...
View ArticleHigh pesticide in tomatoes
There is high pesticide residue in tomatoes, experts have warned. Agriculture Department official Teresia Karanja attributed the residue to farmers’ overspraying tomatoes with pesticides. She attended...
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