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    How Frequent are Power Outages in Your Area?

    I'm sure no one can give a precise answer to this question. The answer depends on how well you can recall the last one, which depends on how bad it inconvenienced your life. Maybe this is the reason the power company has never had to face a serious censure over blackouts. About a month ago, I...
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    The Turkana Channel

    This is a channel that funnels moisture-laden air from the ocean directly into the interior of the African continent. It has created semi-arid climatic conditions in the regions it transverses, while delivering moisture and rain into the continent's interior. The Turkana windpower project takes...
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    Mburoti maguta maguta

    Land buying firms to pay Sh500m licence fees Land-buying companies will be compelled to deposit Sh500 million as licence fees before they are cleared for registration if MPs approve a Bill aimed at protecting investors from fraud. The draft Bill set to be introduced in Parliament seeks to...
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    Where was he looking? Kaa radar!

    A fitting clip for 'vaa helmet' campaigns.
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    New directive on consolidated cargo, who is being targeted

    Quite ironic. First, Nyamakima traders complain about unfair competition from China square. Now, normal cargo handlers are complaining about unfair competition from consolidated cargo handlers, who have been hiding small traders from the tax man. Looks like the Nyamakima trader will now have to...
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    The Unbelievable Story of Kenya Airlines flight 507

    The plane crashed in 2007 under the command of two Kenyan pilots: 52-year-old Captain Francis Wamwea, a former Kenya Airways flight attendant who had since racked up over 8,600 flight hours, and 23-year-old First Officer Andrew Kiuru, a new hire who had accumulated only 800 hours since he...
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    AoB 06032023

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    Effects of Mindless Consumerism

    Mindless consumerism refers to the excessive and compulsive consumption of goods and services without much thought or consideration for their true value, impact on the environment, or personal needs. It is characterized by a desire to accumulate possessions and keep up with the latest trends...
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    Stories from jiji.co.ke

    Jiji Scams as told by the teller I can only talk about this cause I've fully healed.Around 2018 I tried selling a PS4 Slim console on Jiji, for around Kes. 30,000/=. An Airtel number gives me a call claiming to be interested,me excited, knowing I'm gonna make a quick buck (I really was...
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    TukTuk ya Japan

    This is the Japanese tuktuk. Quietly made outside Japan (probably Thailand or China), with a Chinese engine, exclusively for the Japanese market. And costs the about Kshs 400 K, the same as your usual tuktuk. Despite its high build quality, the Japanese, who are too accustomed to impeccable...
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    Victor Naman - One of Kenya's most prolific youtube entertainers

    More like too many niches and too many jokers. Sometimes the better players are suppressed by logarithms (kasaman) under heaps of poor content.
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    Market Hacks

    That is the wholesale price, which means you have to buy several (like 3 or 4). Water on long-term storage might need a few table spoons of jik to prevent algae growth. However, this is not a problem if the storage area in enclosed.
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    China Square Mall

    As a trader, you have a role to play and that role must deliver value to society. If you specialize in fleecing or exploiting society, you are a liability to society, and society will be better off without you. If I buy a plate at China Mall for 300 shillings and save 300, instead of buying the...
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    Market Hacks

    You would have to inquire from the seller. Most come unwashed and with labels so it's easy to verify.
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    Market Hacks

    Tafuta watu wa wholesale, wale wako kwa factory direct. Kuna kadhaa walikuwanga facebook marketplace.
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    Market Hacks

    IBC (Intermediate Bulk Containers) tanks are used to transport liquids for use mostly in the food industry. These tanks, with a capacity of 1000 litres, are a great solution for water storage since they are easy to carry around and can also be stacked two high to reduce the footprint they...
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    AoB 02032023

    Saw a lady midget in the market the other day. A really short one with perfect midget proportions and highly pronounced critical features. She was just above my knee height. I could not bring myself to look at her due to the guilt from the thoughts running in my head. I blame the internet. I...
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    Are Remaining Senators ready to accept non-partisan arguments and pursue SOBER POLITICS

    Local manufacturing and protectionism are concepts that we should have forgotten 3 decades ago for the simple reason that they become counter-productive in environments with high corruption, inefficiency, and high production costs. Secondly, the local market is insufficient to justify investment...
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