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By Kamau Mutunga

‘poverty, ignorance and disease.’ were the challenges Kenyans faced

The three key challenges that faced Kenya as an infant nation were ‘poverty, ignorance and disease.’
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
‘poverty, ignorance and disease.’ were the challenges Kenyans faced
What you didn't know about the Kikuyu Community
What you didn't know about the Kikuyu Community
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
Emergency split families up
Emergency split families up
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
How cunning attempt to demonise Kimathi fell flat
How cunning attempt to demonise Kimathi fell flat
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
10 strange habits of city residents
The good, the bad and the funny: 10 strange habits of city residents during trying times
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
10 strange habits of city residents
Is it time for phone courtesy campaign in matatus?
Nairobians have a bad habit they just won’t abandon: sharing private talks with commuters so loudly in PSVs.
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
Is it time for phone courtesy campaign in matatus?
Makongeni: The Housing estate for middle class bachelors
Three men sharing a room would fork out Sh9 a month while the well off lived in Kaloleni for Sh18.
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
Makongeni: The Housing estate for middle class bachelors
How the British planted seeds of ethnicity
The ethnic boundaries between pre-colonial Kenyan communities were fluid. All communities ensured negative ethnicity was still-birthed.
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
How the British planted seeds of ethnicity
Brutal officer who brought down Kimathi
Ian Henderson brought Kenya’s Emergency to an end and was awarded two George Medals -highest honours for a non-military officer
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
Brutal officer who brought down Kimathi
Kenya the champ of the 3000 metres men’s steeplechase for the past 45yrs
Kenya is the undisputed champ of the stamina-sapping 3000 metres men’s steeplechase. With 21 cumulative Olympic medals - 10 of them solid gold, no country has ever spiked our ‘Cheps’ in the chase for the past 45 years. It all began with Amos Biwott winning Gold during the 1968 Mexico Olympics. The then 21-year old outsprinted compatriot Benjamin Kogo to silver position after tickling the crowd with the comically rustic jumping of barriers with both feet.
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
Kenya the champ of the 3000 metres men’s steeplechase for the past 45yrs
Sip and slim coffee
We all thought obesity and weight issues were Western afflictions fit for the First World in line with bad eating habits.
By By Kamau Mutunga 12 years ago
Sip and slim coffee
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