The Ranking Of Schools And Students Goes On Covertly
The underlying logic of Kenyan schools is that of the ‘competitive academic curriculum’, in which students compete with each other as individuals and their success or failure is attributed to their...
View ArticleRemembering Nigerian professor of pidgin poetry
My meeting with the now departed Nigerian literary scholar Prof Kayode Animasaun was dramatic. I remember the events leading to our meeting as though they happened last night… The pinging sound in my...
View ArticleUhuru Regime Secures Itself From Its Citizens
Kenyans are a peculiar lot. Even though we love to condemn and demonise the ruling class, we are forever reluctant to accept that any of the individuals making up that class may themselves be...
View ArticleNo Good Deed
Film Review: No Good Deed Starring: Idris Elba, Taraji P Henson Genre: Crime Duration: 84 minutes Director: Sam Miller In this film, Idris Elba takes the character of an escaped prisoner called Colin,...
View ArticleImpounding graffiti PSVs is petty policing
THE seizure by Traffic police in Mombasa of two matatus emblazoned with the President’s image is an incredibly petty action (see story on Page 3). Being featured in technicolour on PSVs is a sign of...
View ArticleFive minutes – I could win an Oscar for my ability to procrastinate
I’m good at..........writing, knitting, making jewelry; basically anything that involves the use of hands. ?I’m very bad at........doing what I’m supposed to do when I’m supposed to do it. I could win...
View ArticleLimits To Free Speech If We're to Be United
About two months ago, a prominent African American columnist wrote that since the Obamas moved into the White House, he has more or less stopped reading the online comments he gets from his newspaper...
View ArticleKisumu tells government to heed teachers' demands
PARENTS in Kisumu county have urged the government to heed to teachers' pay hike demands to end the national strike. They said the strike has paralysed learning in public schools. The parents said the...
View ArticleLearning on as Kakamega teachers ignore strike
STUDENTS in some public secondary schools in Kakamega county have reported schools despite the three-day-old national teachers’ strike. A spot check by the Star yesterday revealed that only a few...
View ArticleTNA, ODM to involve youth
TNA and ODM parties have said they will involve the youth in political decisions. TNA chairman John Sakaja and his ODM counterpart John Mbadi said the parties will change their approach to politics by...
View ArticleTwo blazes ruin school
HOMA BAY Property worth millions of shillings has been burnt at Nyalkinyi Mixed Secondary School. Two mysterious fires engulfed the school over the last three days. Property burnt on Sunday include the...
View Article40 vehicles to boost services
KISUMU The government on Tuesday unveiled 40 vehicles bought to improve services. The vehicles were presented before religious leaders and the public during a prayer session. Governor Jack Ranguma said...
View ArticleRanguma asks doctors to observe medical ethics
DOCTORS in Kisumu county have been warned against negligence. Speaking yesterday during the Kisumu county Prayer Day yesterday, Governor Jack Ranguma said doctors should professionally discharge their...
View ArticleDairy training for 100 farmers
HOMA BAY The government plans to introduce new dairy farming techniques to boost production. The Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council has trained more than 100 farmers in embryo...
View Article10,000 mourners to attend Fidel's burial
ABOUT 10, 000 mourners are expected to grace the burial of Cord leader Raila Odinga's son Fidel. Siaya Deputy Governor Ouma Onyango who is the burial committee chairman said preparations for the...
View ArticleOdinga family and friends question police arms leak
RELATIVES and close friends of Cord leader Raila Odinga’s family have criticised the police for exposing licensed cache of firearms and ammunition at Fidel’s Karen home in Nairobi. They said police...
View ArticleThree criticise choice of Boinett as Inspector General
LEADERS from Kakamega county yesterday criticised the appointment of Joseph Boinett as the Inspector General of Police. “This is not a heritable position for the Kalenjin community,” Butere engineer...
View ArticleI am not fighting speaker, says Kisii assembly clerk
KISII assembly clerk James Nyaoga yesterday denied a report in Tuesday Star's corridors column that he is fighting speaker Kerosi Ondieki. “We have been consulting on how best we can deliver services...
View ArticleRally behind Mudavadi, Washiali tells the Luhya
MUMIAS East MP Benjamin Washiali has asked the Luhya community to rally behind Amani coalition leader Musalia Mudavadi ahead of the 2017 general election. Addressing journalists at Shianda market on...
View ArticleShitanda to sue Kakamega over Sh200m sugar levy
FORMER Housing minister Soita Shitanda plans to sue the Kakamega government over collection and usage of cess levy from two sugar millers. Shitanda wants the county government compelled to account for...
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