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Sisters at Heart

On Saturday the 24th of February, 2008, I went to a meeting of women in Kibera, ...

Why the infidelity?

I set out, not long ago, after a series of failed relationships caused by incessant ...

Be nice to articulate fundamentalists

Yes, you should be nice to religious fundamentalists who defend their beliefs reasonably. ...

Literature, Blood and Doves

As the media went into a frenzy celebrating the ‘5th Anniversary of the Iraq ...

Not willing to give up on tribe

I am not yet willing to give up on the concept of tribe.

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Faith and Family

Her Voice

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Blossoming Cactus
I remember being a little girl and wondering why my father did not want to hold my hand. That is the first time I faced the identity issue.
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Male Circumcision: The Priceless Cut?
Several years ago, I conducted an ethnographic study on people's knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards medical research using a trial on male circu
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The Case for a Formal Education
A blogger who is no stranger to controversy once blogged about how useless a college education is and how someone can get ahead in this world without
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Society

Changing Kisumu: the Asian exodus
As we descended into Kisumu last month, I tried to imagine what it was like during the post-election violence.
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Foreign Imprints on Afrikan Souls
It is not once that foreign names possessed by Afrikans have been condemned by those who see the importance of culture in maintaining and protecting a
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Sport and Leisure

Monday Puzzle IV
This week, we have a double puzzle.
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Monday Puzzle 3
You have 10 sets of coins, each of which has 10 coins.
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Newspapers will be bypassed by digital media
As internet connections become readily available, blogs and news websites will replace print media as the primary conveyors of news. traditional newsp
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Voluntourism is Exploitation
Two weeks ago, I was one of a group of about 16 meeting in Kibera to review the success of a few development projects and look for a variety of ways t
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Failing management in Kenyan schools
The recent spate of violent strikes in public secondary schools brings into sharp focus the role of Ministry of Education in the management of Kenya's
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Of school violence; and On bullies
I have been following, sporadically, the events unfolding in Kenyan secondary schools. I have been following with more interest the various theorie
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Caning reintroduced
In a confirmation of our national culture of violence, much lamented on these pages, the Cabinet has (not surprisingly) chosen to reintroduce the
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Big Tobacco and Africa
Duncan Bannatyne, famous in the UK for his dour attitude and sarcasm as one of the Dragons in the UK television show Dragon's Den recently put o
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