SHANK TASH

  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...