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    The Segeju - The Lost Kikuyu of Tanzania

    Apparently, the Segeju is half-kikuyu and half-kikuyu. Sounds like a baluya who has lived in central all their adult life. If you understand kikuyu and kiswahili, you will understand Segeju. The mrima and kamba people would understand too. Location in Tanzania
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    Widespread Exams Cheating in North Eastern

    Exams cheating in North Eastern has apparently upgraded from a cottage industry to full-scale manufacturing. Cheating has always existed, of course, but the current levels are so high that even local residents are looking around and asking, “Surely, this can’t be normal.” There are growing...
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    The Crisis in School Placement

    Kenya’s transition to senior secondary education has ignited a heated national debate over how Grade 10 learners are being placed in national schools, exposing long-standing tensions around merit, equity, capacity, and politics in the education system. The controversy has unfolded as the first...
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    Secretive Sh40 Billion Power Deal Leaves Kenyan Households in the Dark Over Tariffs

    K-List Newsroom. NAIROBI, December 29, 2025 The Kenyan government has finalized a Sh40.4 billion ($311 million) deal to upgrade the national power grid, but the agreement is drawing fire for concealing the specific electricity tariffs that will be passed on to households. The Public-Private...
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    Mbaruya Cremated by His Murima Babe

    A picture of the late Robert Moses Magotsi A family in Ebusiralo, Vihiga County, is currently experiencing a level of confusion and pain usually reserved for badly written soap operas, following the mysterious death of their relative in faraway Maputo, Mozambique. According to the family...
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    Profits vs Heritage

    Kenya has once again found itself answering uncomfortable questions after the government allowed the construction of a Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel near one of the most sensitive ecological routes in the world..,the path of the wildebeest migration in the Maasai Mara. ‎ ‎For a country that proudly...
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    The Buroti Menace

    A recent visit to rongai in Nakuru my home county... The ghosts of buroti maguta maguta the kikuyu cash cow has invaded the little town that once known for flower export ,maize and beans production.. In my village alone near a very small shoping centre i know of more than 30 acres now devided...
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    Ruto Survives Stabbing

    On Saturday, around 8PM at Kawangware, my dear friend, Deno Ruto "Bagule" of Olchobosei,was brutally attacked by robbers he knows. They beat him,stabbed his leg and stomped on his chest. Police found Deno past midnight, thought he was dead and were taking him to morgue. On the way,they sought a...
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    Why Humans Invented Religion

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    DCI NAB 26 SUSPECTS IN ILLEGAL ISSUANCE OF VITAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

    In a meticulously coordinated operation, detectives have arrested 26 individuals implicated in the unlawful and unprocedural acquisition of vital government documents, including National Identity Cards, Passports, Birth Certificates, and Foreigner/Alien ID Cards, among others. The two-day...
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    Pertinent questions over the sale of Safcom Shares

    By the time these guys leave office, the country will have been looted dry. This is a significant transaction that requires serious public participation. Ruto has been claiming that high pension contributions will save us from reliance on foreign funding. Why couldn't he sell Safaricom to NSSF...
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    Safaricom Feeling the Heat over Exorbitant Data Prices

    The marketing team at Safaricom seems to have completely lost the plot. Ever since the company adopted dynamic pricing - an approach meant to offer individualized deals to encourage higher data consumption - customers have been leaving in droves. In principle, dynamic pricing should reward users...
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    Do the by-elections reflect UDA popularity

    It is too early for Ruto to assume that the byelections results point to victory in 2027. Such celebrations are premature and ill-informed. From an analytical point of view, there are many factors in the byelections which make them a poor predictor of 2027. First, almost all the byelections were...
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    Court case against the tolling of the Rironi-Mau Summit Highway

    The court case against the tolling of the Rironi-Mau Summit Highway has a great chance of success due to the following reasons; 1. Lack of a credible toll-free alternative - The options being provided by KeNHA as an alternative, such as Ngong-Suswa-Narok-Mau Summit-Nakuru Route and...
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    The Hardworking DCI

    I wonder why as a country we let criminals get away with simple straight forward crime.Take for instance. Last year, my own mum was stupified and her mpesa wiped clean to a number that is still active today. They took her visa card, withdrew cash from bank and the faces were clearly captured by...
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    The Debt Issue, the Options

    Whenever a country faces a debt crisis, there are several ways in which it can address the issue. Most of the options available aren't easy. I will discuss these options beginning with the best (easiest) to the worst (hardest). 1. Grow your way out of the debt - in this option, the country...
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    The 430 Million Oxygen Plant Scandal at Kenyatta Hospital

    For decades, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has served as a national beacon of hope, delivering critical medical care to millions of Kenyans. Its wards have treated the country’s most vulnerable patients, and its doctors have achieved extraordinary outcomes despite chronic resource shortages...
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    India Tour

    India is a brutal place, especially for the poor masses. One thing we don't seem to realize is that we are a mini version of India. We rarely notice it because we are accustomed to it just like a bad smell that has lingered for too long. It's only by looking at places like India that you see...
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    The Railway Development Levy Fund

    The Railway Development Levy Fund has collected KSh 314 billion since its inception. Yet we are told that the government will borrow KSh 390 billion to extend the SGR. If this money were collected and invested in government securities at an average interest rate of 12%, the Fund would by now be...
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