This indeed a story of hard work and resilience from a young lady.Here is a story about her and what led to her success. Stephanie Angela Wanjiku Kimani is an ambitious entrepreneur and at just 23 she has had multiple achievements under her belt including owning her own thriving business. Stephan
Read MoreAfter a summer in Kenya, Melissa Berry return to school forever changed because she taught in an orphanage, she could no longer ignore the staggering statistics of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. “To me, those numbers had bright faces, wide smiles and little red sweaters,” Melissa recal
Read MoreEvery idea has an expiry date, so believes Milton Njanja, who helps people secure jobs and companies to recruit.At 50, he has engaged in various businesses, from IT-related to construction – which explains why he believes in not quitting before making progress.Some of his ventures went bust, w
Read MoreMy good friend and colleague got a good job while we were still in school; writing editorials for the star among other duties that are expected of one in a media house. After a few months into her well paying dream job,she felt the urge to quit and indeed she did. She felt that her true calling was
Read MoreIn Kenya the educational calender is divided into three terms or trimester.Kenyan students begin their school year in January and is broken up into three trimesters upto November. Students are not mandated to attend school nor is education free as it is in the United States buit the government
Read MoreSeveral professionals and academics were appointed as heads of state corporations announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday. They include Mr John Ngumi, a career investment banker, who has been heading Konza Technopolis Development Authority. Mr Ngumi is the new Kenya Pipel
Read MoreAllow me to reminisce a little, after all, it has been about two weeks since I finished campus. I realize I did not have a proper goodbye, but here is what I gathered from four years of undergraduate: Here are some of the guidelines of surviving in Kenyan campuses: A College Manual Avoid
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A bus carrying secondary school students was attacked by bandits near Loruk in Baringo County.The bus, which was hired by Nginyang Hish School, was ferrying the students who had attended music festivals in Kabarnet but no casualties were reported in the incident. The bus was in a convoy of v
Read MoreNorth Eastern Kenya has been known for frequent wars and loss of lives for years. This has thus led to many citizens preffering to stay out of the area in terms of visiting and investing hence has led the area tio remain under developed compared to other regions in the country. All the se
Read MoreFour MA Communication students and a faculty member represented Daystar University at the 10th Global Communication Association Annual Conference held on July 16, 2015 at the Westin Grand Hotel in Berlin, Germany. The students, Stella Mwangi, Jesse L. Masai, Jennifer Wangeci Kanyeki and Sr.
Read MoreDespite the spirited campaign by the government and NGOs to sensitize the public on the rights of the disabled,very little progress has been made in ensuring parity between disabled people and ordinary people in the society.Traditionally, the disabled were viewed as a curse to the family-wages
Read MoreLonger schooling seems to be an effective and affordable way to cut the risk of HIV infection in Aids-endemic countries, according to the results of a study in Botswana published Monday. Data collected among 7,018 people in Botswana found that an extra year of secondary schooling lowered th
Read MoreMore than 85% of public primary schools are now connected to the national electricity grid. President Uhuru Kenyatta told Parliament.18,424 of the 21,500 listed public schools have electricity through a connection drive hinged on the ambitious plan of giving free laptops to pupils. “Th
Read MoreToday’s society offers teens a lot of eye candy that is quite expensive. From the pricey sneakers to the expensive video game equipment, many of today’s teens are accustomed to the “gotta have it now” line of thinking. They want immediate satisfaction and have little patience
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For years, scholars and researchers have tried to study genius by giving its vital statistics, as if piles of data somehow illuminated genius. In his 1904 study of genius, Havelock Ellis noted that most geniuses are fathered by men older than 30; had mothers younger than 25 and were usually sickly a
Read MoreOne day, when we were in Class Six, female teachers took all girls to a private room to teach them how to be women. Being young and nosy boys, we frantically tried to eavesdrop on the session. A big part of the talk dwelled on warding off ‘stupid’ boys, and not allowing boys to rule over
Read MoreKenya in the recent past had no tradition of a mother’s celebratory day. But of late, the special day has found itself in the month of May, not only drawing many retailers to grab the opportunity to sell gift hampers and services on special offer but stirring activities for mums. Most count
Read MoreHeavy rain in Nairobi on Tuesday evening rendered many city roads impassable. And as Kenyans took to social media to lament the deplorable state of drainage systems in the city, a school bus with children on board near the South C Mosque was almost swept away by the raging waters that followe
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