Meet bee man who makes Sh600,000 from selling hives
Having lived in the city for eight years, Danson Kithinji never thought that he would ,one day, return to the village to farm.
By FILEX MURIITHI 9 years ago
Meet bee man who makes Sh600,000 from selling hives
Want rabbits as fat as pigs? Follow this working manual
If you go to Ruth Wanjiku’s farm, something will draw your attention. The gigantic rabbits! Because of their size (they weigh 7kg), the animals draw huge crowds at her farm in Kinoo, Kikuyu constituency, Kiambu County.
By FILEX MURIITHI 9 years ago
Want rabbits as fat as pigs? Follow this working manual
Bananas sweeten couple's life
Lenson Njeru is a happy man. Once upon a time, he could toil on leased land to fend for his family.
By FILEX MURIITHI 9 years ago
Bananas sweeten couple's life
Seeds collection is backbone of his tree nursery empire
Harrison Njuguna drives a spade into a mixture of red soil, manure, charcoal dust, ash and sand. The ease with which he scoops speaks of a man adept in the task. Njuguna has over 20,000 seedlings on his two nurseries.
By FILEX MURIITHI 9 years ago
Seeds collection is backbone of his tree nursery empire
Graduate duo soiling their hands into real wealth
Generation Y are go-getters; they are not held back by anything. That description fits 23-year-old Cosmas Kavinda.
By FILEX MURIITHI 9 years ago
Graduate duo soiling their hands into real wealth
A well orchestrated con job left me in debt
Immediately after Form Four, I was lucky to find employment in a nearby factory. Unlike other school leavers doing menial labour or idling, I was not only busy but also had some cash to buy myself the latest clothes and gadgets.
By FILEX MURIITHI 9 years ago
A well orchestrated con job left me in debt
Disowned for marrying from forbidden clan
Intermarriage among clan members is permitted in the Aembu community except for one clan that was forbidden to do so by a generational curse.
By FILEX MURIITHI 9 years ago
Disowned for marrying from forbidden clan
Widows come together to cope with life
The St Dorcas Self-help Group in Gitare region, Runyenjes Sub-county of Embu County consists of Catholic women who came up with the idea of starting the group after seeing the way many women live miserable lives after their husbands die.
By BY FILEX MURIITHI 9 years ago
Widows come together to cope with life
Former accountant mints millions emptying toilets
Many people envy white-collar jobs. And so was the case with one Charles Murithi who envied the accountancy profession way from his high school days.
By FILEX MURIITHI 10 years ago
Former accountant mints millions emptying toilets
Drunk gets beating from woman pastor for asking for love
A female pastor from Embu County recently whacked a drunkard in his late 20s after he approached her for a love affair.
By Filex Muriithi 10 years ago
Drunk gets beating from woman pastor for asking for love
Man fined bull, goats for chasing wife at night
A man in a village of Embu County was recently fined three goats and a bull by clan elders after he expelled his wife of five years at night.
By FILEX MURIITHI 10 years ago
Man fined bull, goats for chasing wife at night
Of school administrators who treat parents like children
Head teachers will sometimes summon guardians to school only to make them feel like second-class citizens
By FILEX MURIITHI 10 years ago
Of school administrators who treat parents like children
Church elder forced to hide over cash
There was drama at a market in Embu County recently after members of a congregation of an evangelical church in the area stormed the church chairman’s house demanding their money.
By By FILEX MURIITHI 10 years ago
Church elder forced to hide over cash
Drama at a bar as lovers fail to ‘detach’!
There was drama at a bar in Runyenjes town of Embu County recently after secret lovers were unable to ‘disengage’.
By - FILEX MURIITHI 10 years ago
Drama at a bar as lovers fail to ‘detach’!
Marriage the Aembu way
Like the diamond ring, the symbol of courtship and engagement in the western world, tobacco or mbaki was used by a man to propose to a woman
By - Filex MurIithi 10 years ago
Marriage the Aembu way
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