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Butere Girls produced Kenya's top women

The school boasts of prominent alumni who were guided by the motto, 'Pour Seulement Le Meilleur' (Only the Best).

By The Nairobian Reporter 23 days ago

Butere Girls produced Kenya's top women

Ogande Girls: Where Ida Odinga ate fried eggs

Ogande Girls: Where Ida Odinga ate fried eggs

By Silas Nyamweya 1 month ago

St Mary's Yala: Teacher made Chemistry fun

St Mary's Yala: Teacher made Chemistry fun

By Silas Nyamweya 1 month ago

Prof Nyong'o's mum started Mother's Union

Prof Nyong'o's mum started Mother's Union

By Silas Nyamweya 1 month ago

Kianyaga High: Gachagua ate githeri laced with kerosene

Notable alumni include National Youth Service director-general Dr Nelson Githinji, Mr Jeffithah Karua and Mr Wachira Muyah a Director at the Kenya Tea Development Agency.

By Silas Nyamweya 1 month ago

Kianyaga High: Gachagua ate githeri laced with kerosene

Public participation is a culture we likely copied from the Luo

The YKA and the governor were victims of the Luo political heritage of inherent democracy that allowed for long, exhaustive public discussions and negotiations involving the whole community.

By Kenyatta Otieno 1 month ago

Public participation is a culture we likely copied from the Luo

Moi Girls Isinya 'Redsville', where Wavinya Ndeti went to school

Others who were guided by the motto "distinguished for excellence," include Harriet Njeri, a neurosurgeon at the Kenyatta National Hospital and Grace Saitoti.

By The Nairobian Reporter 2 months ago

Moi Girls Isinya 'Redsville', where Wavinya Ndeti went to school

Any man can be a Tiriki; a cow and a cut can get you a lineage

Naturalisation involved paying a cow and beer for the elders, and then promising to abide by Tiriki culture and take his sons to be circumcised the Tiriki way.

By Kenyatta Otieno 2 months ago

Any man can be a Tiriki; a cow and a cut can get you a lineage

The Iteso exhume bodies after 15 years to appease the dead

The practice involves the slaughtering of a bull and a ram for feasting alongside traditional beer called Ajon, which is made from millet.

By Silas Nyamweya 2 months ago

The Iteso exhume bodies after 15 years to appease the dead

Know the Mau Mau Nicknames

Murume died after sucking poison from the leg of a friend who had been bitten by a snake in Ukambani in 1989.

By The Nairobian Reporter 2 months ago

Know the Mau Mau Nicknames

Mau Mau girls offered 'sexual relief' in forest

Among Kimathi’s raft of decrees was that no one bedded Mau Mau girls - without permission - if one was not a Field Marshall or General!

By The Nairobian Reporter 2 months ago

Mau Mau girls offered 'sexual relief' in forest

Cows got uhuru before Kenyans

The ‘mahewa generation’ might not comprehend what Madaraka Day is all about.

By The Nairobian Reporter 2 months ago

Cows got uhuru before Kenyans

Peter Macharia Kinyanjui- First Kikuyu Catholic bishop to get married

He felt that the Anglican Church was similar to the Catholic Church and, as such, did not quench the spiritual thirst of its people.

By Silas Nyamweya 2 months ago

Peter Macharia Kinyanjui- First Kikuyu Catholic bishop to get married

History of the Akurinu- a conservative and long-standing church

Whenever they were arrested they never complained. They believed persecution was part of their spiritual journey. Their history is full of stories of pain.

By Kenyatta Otieno 3 months ago

History of the Akurinu- a conservative and long-standing church

Obasie: Iteso ambassador's music lives on

At the height of his career, Obasie Palinyang entertained Mzee Jomo Kenyatta in Nakuru and Malaba and former president Daniel Arap Moi at his Kabarak home.

By Silas Nyamweya 3 months ago

Obasie: Iteso ambassador's music lives on

Campus relationships were for friends with benefits

Dr Consolata Gakii was my best lecturer. Besides class work, she supported my artistic work in my third year of study. I didn’t have any bad lecturer.

By Stephen Mburu 3 months ago

Campus relationships were for friends with benefits

How a video shoot landed me in prison

The script needed at least Sh200,000 which I didn’t have, so I produced photocopies,

By The Nairobian Reporter 3 months ago

How a video shoot landed me in prison

Kibaki loved sleek Mercedes Benz, never wore red tie

He detested small talk. He preferred highbrow stuff. But don’t try hard to sound too clever, he was well-grounded himself,

By The Nairobian Reporter 3 months ago

Kibaki loved sleek Mercedes Benz, never wore red tie

Dr Zachary Onyonka: First Kisii man to get PhD

Dr Onyonka was one of Tom Mboya’s student airlifts beneficiaries of the 1960s, alongside the likes of Rtd Justice Zacchaeus Chesoni, former Wildlife Director Perez Olindo and Helen Wamere.

By Silas Nyamweya 3 months ago

Dr Zachary Onyonka: First Kisii man to get PhD

Nomiya was the first church to gain its religious independence

He claimed that he saw various revelations in these heavens. Arabs, Jews and Luos are the only ones who were allowed into the heavens.

By The Nairobian Reporter 3 months ago

Nomiya was the first church to gain its religious independence

Dini ya Musambwa was a guise to get more wives

Elijah Masinde founded Dini ya Msambwa when he left the Friends’ Church after they rejected his plans to take a second wife.

By Kenyatta Otieno 4 months ago

Dini ya Musambwa was a guise to get more wives

Mumbi Girls: Where Senator Omanga danced like a queen

Bullying was unheard of but many girls recall ‘monos’ having sessions to ‘introduce’ themselves to “seniors”

By Silas Nyamweya 5 months ago

Mumbi Girls: Where Senator Omanga danced like a queen

Lwak Girls High School: Home of beauties with brains

Over the years, the school known for grooming beautiful girls with long hair, has also been excelling in hockey and music festival.

By The Nairobian Reporter 5 months ago

Lwak Girls High School: Home of beauties with brains

Mugoiri Girls: Where CJ Koome, Sabina’s talents were nurtured

During preps time, some of the students could lock themselves inside the dormitory just to listen to music.

By Silas Nyamweya 7 months ago

Mugoiri Girls: Where CJ Koome, Sabina’s talents were nurtured

Butere Girls produced Kenya's top women

The school boasts of prominent alumni who were guided by the motto, 'Pour Seulement Le Meilleur' (Only the Best).

By The Nairobian Reporter 23 days ago

Butere Girls produced Kenya's top women

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