YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH By Pricilla Kona The first 1000 days present 1000 forests of health opportunity. Hands up every working mother who breast fed her infant for six months! Bravo! And now pregnant mothers are facing the knife ,mandatory voluntary counselling and testing for HIV: a clear sign that the interests of their […]
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Love By Emmanuel Otieno Obwanga To be loved, And not love, Is a cruel thing indeed, Same way you love , And you are unloved , She teased me , And made me chased after her, She threatened to block me, As if I was a brook , Her eyes and mouth suggested
If only you will By Emmanuel Otieno Obwanga The glare at dusk Isn’t fit enough to make me a mask, A toast of bread cannot be made, Nor does a ray of light quick enough to make a shade, A quick look at you make me amazed, I wish I could say, Sometimes I
Risk By Emmanuel Otieno Obwanga It’s night, Full of light, The owl mourns, The band brawls, Quick or rather slow, Before it turns into snow, He had might, Yet I was bright, He was unloved , I was loved , Yet we all, Bound with something small, But bigger than a mall, The Risk
The Rose* by Emmanuel Otieno Obwanga The wind blew , Trees that made it due, Shackle shackle like spree, The goose leapt with dew, Cold and breezing, Dancing with joy amazing, The old man , Holding his gun, Bold like gold, Fought and wrote, “My youth” Strong and uncouth, Still bright and clear, Shine
AUTHORITARIANISM VERSUS DEMOCRACY IN KENYA By Emmanuel Otieno The rough leadership versus the legal battle of democratic ideas Authoritarianism defined from the concept of waging of ideological war ; false news , restricted civil society and demonize marginalized communities. I would like to begin by clearly defining the meaning of authoritarianism from known schools of
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Fear; the silent weapon used to control you By Lydia Limbe When you stand in line to get into the supermarket and your temperature is being taken by the security guard, what feelings does this move invoke in you? Do you feel vulnerable? Do you feel helpless? Do you feel slightly angered at how
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Relax and let loose; you don’t have to “accomplish” anything during this lockdown By William Dekker In the last two weeks, people in the northern Indian state of Punjab have been enthralled by the fact that, for the first time in more than thirty years, they can now see the Himalayas. As the lockdown eases
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HUMBLING THE PRIDE By Kevin Oruo God is Infinite, Almighty and Holy; Man in contrast, is finite, weak and sinful. Heaven is the Creators throne, and the earth His footstool. We are His people, made in His own image and likeness. The King calls us to conduct business with Him; to decrease, yield, surrender, submit,
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THE GREATEST PROBLEM, IS INDEED THE SILENCE OF THE GOOD PEOPLE By Gabriel Dinda My wife, Verah, told me about a friend of hers who, relating to an excerpt from her book, ‘Diary of the Miaha’, posted about her skepticism on being loved and how she is always ‘ready to be left/heartbroken’. In response, Verah
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AFRICA THE STREET CHILD By Emmanuel Opiyo For years our mothers and fathers built a system. A system of self-reliance. A system of Kings and queens, novelty and pride. Each clan or tribe had a way of life in both times of crisis and plenty. Our mothers made men out of their sons and the
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Prof. Ken Walibora: Death has taken the Humblest of them all By Gabriel Dinda On 4th March, 2017, Prof. Ken Walibora was a guest at Masinde Muliro University’s Youth Summit, an event which the university organized in collaboration with Writers Guild Kenya and other partners. When we reached out to Prof. Walibora to be a
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