Kenzo ventures into the aircon business
Recently, celebrities have been in the news for trying their hands in new careers. First was Jaguar's Taxi and garage business then radio presenter Kalekye Mumo and Wahu who both have hair salons in...
View ArticleActors Monologue first edition starts on a high note
The first edition of the Actors Monologue challenge took place on Tuesday night at Club Silk. The competition saw 16 actors present both self-composed monologues and films and stage plays by other...
View ArticleFormer TPF contestant working with Chizi
Steve Nyabwa , the Tusker project fame contestant who stole the hearts of viewers with his benga performances on the show, has hit the studio with Chizi . Steve told Word Is, “Chizi and I are working...
View ArticleSpotted
Spotted: Kur Garang , senior advisor at the Embassy of South Sudan being driven into his office along 5th Ngong Avenue on Wednesday morning.Read more about SpottedComments
View ArticleBoniface Mwangi receives prestigious Prince Claus award
Boniface Mwangi is man of many hats. He is a photojournalist, visual artist and activist. After leaving formal employment in 2008, he gained worldwide acclaim by bagging the CNN African Journalist of...
View ArticleUp-close and candid with Mika Singh
Mika Singh, popularly known as the ‘Badmash’ (bad man) of Bollywood recently visited Nairobi and gave a spectacular concert. Brought in by Ranee Productions, the concert was a huge success with Mika...
View ArticlePresidential campaigns: Style or substance?
“The Vice-President putative was now ready to face fate. Yet the Presidential script read otherwise. Finally the Cadillac entered the White House grounds by the South Gate, then rested by the...
View ArticleNew anthology examines contemporary themes
Title: Ties That Bind and Other Stories Publisher: EAEP Year of publication: 2012 Pages: 234 Price: Sh520 Reviewer: KARANGA KARIUKI The vanity with which local funerals are conducted can be vexing. To...
View ArticleA painting from the 2013 Mask Art Prize
Benson Kinyanjui, 19, lives in Sipili village in Laikipia West. He paints colourful Village Market scenes because he is proud of vibrancy and colourfulness. “I love painting with all my mind. My dream...
View ArticleArt contest for Kenya's young creative minds
When we take art out of the academic curriculum in public schools, we cut the lifeline to our economic development. It’s a bold statement, but Alla Tkachuk, founding director of the Mobile Art School...
View ArticleNumber of chang'aa, hard drug users going up
Drug abuse is taking a new shape in Kenya with people going for low cost substances. Though there is a decline of people aged between 15 to 65 years who used drugs in the last five years from 48.3 per...
View ArticleIsrael's Life In A Bubble Laid Bare By Elections
Forty-five years into Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, and four years after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government became the undertaker of the two-state solution, an...
View ArticleWomen Got A Raw Deal In Party Primaries
The number of women who made it to the party lists for normal competitive seats in the forthcoming elections remains diminutive raising a red-flag amongst many Kenyans. Women aspirants were technically...
View ArticleHas Africa Outgrown Dependence On Aid?
Africa’s emergence is the new consensus. For the second time in a just few months, a major international journal has run a cover illustrating newfound optimism about the continent. After The...
View ArticleWhy We Should Not Dismiss 'Foreigners'
Almost a decade ago, I got into a public dispute with the Swedish Ambassador to Kenya of the time. I had never met this man. But I knew him by his frequent contributions to the opinion columns of the...
View ArticleState Should Stop Ignoring Poachers
THE Star has just finished running an extensive series on elephant poaching in Samburu and Laikipia. It is very easy to blame the Chinese who buying virtually all the stolen ivory from Kenya. They are...
View ArticlePolice probe fire outbreaks at Bondo university
POLICE are investigating the fire outbreaks at Maranda High School and Bondo University College on Monday. Bondo police chief Paul Kiarie said nobody had been arrested over the incidents but said...
View ArticleWe’ll transform Nyanza-Jubilee
The Jubilee Alliance will change lives of Nyanza residents once it assumes government, the Nyanza region coordinator, Omondi Odinga, has said. He said the party will implement projects to ensure...
View ArticleAiling pupil excels in Kisii KCPE results
A 13-year-old boy who spent a larger part of his time in hospital surprised family and friends with impressive result in the 2012 KCPE examination. Tom Bwomeka of Precious Hope School in Kisii County...
View ArticleOburu rival releases NAP Siaya line-up
FORMER Finance assistant minister Oburu Oginga’s erstwhile rival for the Siaya gubernatorial seat has released a line-up for various elective posts in the county. William Oduol defected to the National...
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