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Shisia Wasilwa

Kiswahili has a bright future despite many barriers to growth

One of the most significant challenges facing Kiswahili is the dominant use of English and other foreign languages as modes of communication.

By 4 months ago

Kiswahili has a bright future despite many barriers to growth

Kakamega county school faces flood threat

Kakamega county school faces flood threat

By 5 months ago

Kakamega county school faces flood threat

Kakamega county school faces flood threat

By 5 months ago

Kakamega county school faces flood threat

Kakamega county school faces flood threat

By 5 months ago

Artists to earn Sh6bn annually in new MCSK levy

Musicians and other artists are set to earn at least Sh6 billion annually, from a new levy introduced by the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK).

By Shisia Wasilwa 1 year ago

Artists to earn Sh6bn annually in new MCSK levy

Why Kiswahili should be made compulsory subject in schools

Making Swahili a compulsory subject in educational curricula or promoting its widespread learning, can bring about numerous benefits, particularly in the context of East Africa and beyond.

By Shisia Wasilwa 1 year ago

Why Kiswahili should be made compulsory subject in schools

Agnes Kagure: Nairobi needs more than hollow theatrics

Kagure declares interest in Nairobi Governor seat, calls for change political terrain to be more issue-based as opposed to the melodrama

By Kelvin Kamau 3 years ago

Agnes Kagure: Nairobi needs more than hollow theatrics

Words are my biggest investment

I am a Lawyer and a Certified Professional Mediator

By Kelvin Kamau 4 years ago

Words are my biggest investment

I smuggled guns to feed my little sisters

As a schoolboy, WALLACE WAWERU moved guns in the sprawling slums of Kawangware

By Kelvin Kamau 4 years ago

I smuggled guns to feed my little sisters

I fell in love with a devil worshiper

I have learned that shortcuts lead to trouble and I that I should not always depend on other people for success.

By Kelvin Kamau 4 years ago

I fell in love with a devil worshiper

Ruiru house haunted by 'jinis' has been vacant for 30 years

The Nairobian has learned that tenants who have tried to live there were forced to move out after being attacked by the jinis.

By Kelvin Kamau 4 years ago

Ruiru house haunted by 'jinis' has been vacant for 30 years

I drank muratina with Uhuru in a mud hut - former chief

Being the First Family’s chief came with trappings of power for James Mukuru

By Kelvin Kamau 4 years ago

I drank muratina with Uhuru in a mud hut - former chief

Smell of money: The millionaire chamas of Marikiti market

Traders in the market have a collective business turnover of between Sh100 million and Sh500 million in a day!

By Kelvin Kamau 4 years ago

Smell of money: The millionaire chamas of Marikiti market

Meet Brother Paul, the balcony preacher who wants no sadaka

The ordained priest uses his car to move around and borrows another from a friend

By Kelvin Kamau 4 years ago

Meet Brother Paul, the balcony preacher who wants no sadaka

Interview: From street beggar to pharmacy assistant

Your parents divorced when you were only two years old... I was born in a family of five in Kitanga village, Mua hills. My parents had a nasty break-u

By Kelvin Kamau 4 years ago

Interview: From street beggar to pharmacy assistant

Nduati: I make a cool Sh30k per month from briquettes

Attending a friend’s wedding ceremony in Nanyuki fuelled Esmond Nduati to venture into making charcoal briquettes-rod of flammable material

By Kelvin Kamau 5 years ago

Nduati: I make a cool Sh30k per month from briquettes

I wasn’t reckless with life, just sick

Ivy was only 17 when she started developing tiny black spots that would appear all over her body and disappear after applying ointments, only for the

By Kelvin Kamau 5 years ago

I wasn’t reckless with life, just sick

My alcoholic mother sold me for Sh5,000 only

Growing up without a father figure and mother who distilled chang’aa, Jacinta Wanjiku had an empty childhood.

By Kelvin Kamau 5 years ago

My alcoholic mother sold me for Sh5,000 only

How hawking jewellery saved me from drug addiction

His sense of style has earned him the nickname, Mr Bling Bling.

By Kelvin Kamau 5 years ago

How hawking jewellery saved me from drug addiction

Death threats will not stop me – DPP Haji

As the war on corruption intensifies, the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji tells KTN's Sophie Wanuna he's not cowed by death threats

By Kelvin Kamau 6 years ago

Death threats will not stop me – DPP Haji

Ex-soldier’s secrets on a successful posho mill business

Nelson Chege, owner of Hekima Posho mill in Kimabu County, says he nearly died during his days as a jet fighter for the military.

By Kelvin Kamau 6 years ago

Ex-soldier’s secrets on a successful posho mill business

Kenyan soldier quits military to run posho mill

“After escaping death by a whisker in the battlefield, I didn’t think twice about quitting,” he said.

By Kelvin Kamau 6 years ago

Kenyan soldier quits military to run posho mill

Kenya’s prison cook who lives like a king

It is not a walk in jail being a prison cook. You must possess American height ideal for twisting those long mwiko za ugali inside life size pots.

By Kelvin Kamau 6 years ago

Kenya’s prison cook who lives like a king

Fixing broken iron boxes earns me between Sh40,000-60,000 a month

Benson Mwangi has been fixing broken iron boxes for 17 years now. His skill attracts thousands of customers.

By Kelvin Kamau 6 years ago

Fixing broken iron boxes earns me between Sh40,000-60,000 a month

How a phone I bought from a pal landed me 7 years in prison

David Macharia was jailed for a crime he did not commit. He tells Kelvin Kamau about battling depression behind bars, his wife’s death and being a pas

By Kelvin Kamau 6 years ago

How a phone I bought from a pal landed me 7 years in prison

Mobile phone thief to serve life in jail

A man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of violent robbery.

By Kelvin Kamau 7 years ago

Mobile phone thief to serve life in jail

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