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By Ferdinand Mwongela

Employ people on the basis of qualification

I have been thinking of taking to the streets or hiring a protest organiser and instruct him to print me some colourfully worded posters and placards
By By Ferdinand Mwongela 12 years ago
Employ people on the basis of qualification
Lootenants’ robbed army’s pride and watered down lieutenancy
Lootenants’ robbed army’s pride and watered down lieutenancy
By BY FERDINAND MWONGELA 12 years ago
Shock of a matatu driver warning tout against overloading
Shock of a matatu driver warning tout against overloading
By BY FERDINAND MWONGELA 12 years ago
Alarmism needed on US government shutdown showdown
Alarmism needed on US government shutdown showdown
By By FERDINAND MWONGELA 12 years ago
Why did the chicken, sorry the MP, cross the road?
As Deputy President William Ruto’s trial got underway at The Hague, I could not help but notice how the legislators who followed him would always make sure they greeted him before he went in.
By By FERDINAND MWONGELA 12 years ago
Why did the chicken, sorry the MP, cross the road?
It’s reckless to fall sick at the wrong time in Kenya
Kenyans need only to fall sick in convenient times, or fire to only break out at their homes during times when no traffic jam is expected. Anything else, and you risk dying in a traffic jam or losing everything you own — including important documents stored under your mattress — to a fire.
By By FERDINAND MWONGELA 12 years ago
It’s reckless to fall sick at the wrong time in Kenya
Digital TV’s many channels creating conflict in homes
For a while now, this digital TV thing has been nagging my mind. Considering the powers that be insist that I have to migrate or else soon and very soon, December to be precise, I will have to start using my — very analogue — TV’s screen as a wall hanging.
By By FERDINAND MWONGELA 12 years ago
Digital TV’s many channels creating conflict in homes
Sambaza giving Kenya Power a run for its money
For a while now, the Kenya Power chaps seem to be having a problem keeping my neck of the woods consistently lit. No one really seems to have a proper handle of issues, but the local wag claims it has to do with some rival power distributors.
By By FERDINAND MWONGELA 12 years ago
Sambaza giving Kenya Power a run for its money
Kudos to JKIA, operations are back to full capacity
With the cold all over the country, one would be forgiven for imagining the country is covered with one massive wet blanket. Small wonder, then, that a following the JKIA fire tragedy jokes to do with fire were abound. For instance, it was said that some chap trying to keep warm using a jiko at JKIA was to blame for that small fire — a tragedy that saw son of Jomo abandon his schedule to arrive at the scene with what looked like the good old savco jeans.
By By FERDINAND MWONGELA 12 years ago
Kudos to JKIA, operations are back to full capacity
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