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A calamity, misfortune, disaster are the unthinkable scenarios that occur in one way or the other despite being too cautious. A cup that is sore to sip on, too hot to handle, too dark that there seems no light shedding and no loop to hide. Despite the pain and sorrow brought about by these mishaps the lucky few experience them as a blessing, a turning point to their lives and the boat sails through the tides to the island of success the sorrows being a reminder of how things were. Poverty, the mark between the haves and the have not was a cup James Mbugua popularly known for his funny and touching, “mathwiti, makeki” anthem  is one of the few who have risen to the high notch of luck. His humor and sad narration of his experience after being thrown out of a birthday party for being dirty captured the attention of many and became a trending slang all over the social media which saw him secure the brand ambassador title at valentines house of cake and a sponsorship in his educatio...

        Having a place you can call home and people surrounding you in the name of a family is mostly a normal thing to most people. When the family turns chaotic and cannot take it anymore, the highest percentage think of running to the streets in search of another family that can accommodate them and appreciate the least contribution and the few chances of happiness. As the coronavirus pandemic struck the country, most people diverted their attention and finances to their families and locking themselves in their houses as a way of preventing themselves from contracting the killer infection. While others lock themselves hoarding foodstuffs for their families, another set of family, the street families is still out in the cold facing the pandemic blindly and probably with empty stomachs with nobody coming to their aid during this dark error of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo:kenyachildrenofhope.org The law being a blade that cuts on both edges, these famili...

  Photo from google The standard gauge railway was a long term vision and one of the greatest achievements to the nation as a whole. The main aim of the standard gauge railway was to ease the cost of transportation and make it efficient for the investors and the locals. However, the development of the standard gauge railway was a downfall to a couple of sectors under the transportation industry in the country. In Mombasa, the transport industry forms one of the main forms of income for the residents and the county economic circle. Truck driving being a main means of transporting the goods from the ports and from the industries such as Bamburi cement and many others was the most affected due to the introduction of the standard gauge railway as a means of transporting goods of which most investors consider as effective and reliable for its speed hence fast delivery to their clients. Before the introduction and standard gauge railway being effected according to tuko news at...

Photo courtesy of google Covid 19 as scientifically called and Coronavirus as most people tend to be familiar with has been trending and circulating in the social media platforms, a common headline in newspapers and the most revisited news worldwide. In Kenya, Coronavirus has been a trend since it was reported to originate from Wuhan city in China killing many people and causing panic to other continents. Recently, an incident of a Chinese airline landing at JKIA with 239 Chinese on board caused panic and leaving a lot of unanswered questions among Kenyans. How enlightened are people about Coronavirus? Well, a good number of people have a sneak pic of Covid 19 as per the information shared via the social media, personal research over the internet and information they get from the media houses through television and radio. However, a good number of people are not in a position to access the social media, television/radio or undertake research due to poverty or other related rea...

Big were the dreams and fresh are the memories of the long awaited day, the day I landed in the “big minds den,” a place most people term as “heaven of freedom.” I left home having no clue of where the institution was nor what to find there, the only thing I carried along with me was faith and high expectations of fun and lots of goodies that come with the title “learned.” On a bright morning I arrived in Mombasa and landed at Technical University of Mombasa gate knowing that this was the place to call home for two and a half years. At the gate were welcomi ng security guards who directed me to the big hall where registration was being undertaken. In the hall I met smilling and welcoming ladies and gentlemen undertaking the admission which was exhausting and complicating since the terms used were totally strange to me. Unluckily, I was unable to secure a spot at the university hostels. Having no friends yet and no place to spend the night, taking a walk and grabbing some sn...

Photo from: en.pixiz.com When you hear of the word Love what comes in mind? Is being in love the best feeling? Does being in love give you authority over your partner? Love as initiated by God was meant to be of mutual trust and understanding among partners. Various types of relationships exist among University students which incorporate friend with benefits relationship which is when both of you are friends, not dating but there is sexual advantage, on-and-off relationship where you fight, walk away but later end up in the relationship all over again since you cannot stay away from each other. Toxic relationship, which is most common among University students. In this kind of relationship love is not mutual, one partner is abusive emotionally, physically or even both. http://thehauterfly.com Photo from: en.pixiz.com Recently, a couple of cases have been reported among campus students. Sharon Mmbene a student at Egerton University was stabbed by her boyfriend but succumbed ...