Youngest terror victim arrives in Nairobi for treatment
Satrin Osinya, the eleven-month-old boy with a bullet lodged in his skull, was yesterday flown from Mombasa — where terrorists nearly snuffed out his tender life — to Nairobi for specialised treatment.
By By KIUNDU WAWERU 10 years ago
Youngest terror victim arrives in Nairobi for treatment
Botch KDF Westgate Mall operation?
On September 1, 2004, terrorists riding in a police van and a military truck drove into a school compound in Russia and immediately started shooting in the air.
By By KIUNDU WAWERU 11 years ago
Botch KDF Westgate Mall operation?
Biography reveals intriguing details on Dedan Kimathi
Mau Mau fighter Dedan Kimathi was born of the Ambui clan, one of the nine clans of the Agikuyu tribe.
By By Kiundu Waweru 11 years ago
Biography reveals intriguing details on Dedan Kimathi
Matatu work paid for my degree
Every year, thousands of students sit the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams. But of this number, only a handful gets to pursue tertiary education.
By By Kiundu Waweru 11 years ago
Matatu work paid for my degree
Otunga: man of the cloth who could be Kenya’s first saint
He would have been a paramount chief but instead, he chose to serve God. The move saw the first Kenyan Catholic Cardinal Maurice Otunga, carry the staff of leadership beyond his Chebukwa village in Bungoma, to that of the whole country
By BY KIUNDU WAWERU 11 years ago
Otunga: man of the cloth who could be Kenya’s first saint
‘Simba wa Kenya’ takes final bow on heroes’ day
As Kenya celebrated her heroes on October 20, one of the men who has remained in the minds and memories of many since the 1960s passed on.
By BY KIUNDU WAWERU 11 years ago
‘Simba wa Kenya’ takes final bow on heroes’ day
Brilliant lawyer who dared to defend Mau Mau accused
Achhroo Ram Kapila was on the defence team that represented the ‘Kapenguria Six’
By BY KIUNDU WAWERU 11 years ago
Brilliant lawyer who dared to defend Mau Mau accused
Slaughter of inmates at Naivasha Prison
Incident was nearly similar to one in King’ong’o Prison, where warders killed six inmates.
By By Kiundu Waweru 11 years ago
Slaughter of inmates at Naivasha Prison
Remembering bloody slaughter of inmates at Naivasha prison
One day four decades ago, warders at Naivasha Maximum Security Prison visited inhuman brutality on prisoners.
By By KIUNDU WAWERU 11 years ago
Remembering bloody slaughter of inmates at Naivasha prison
Ronald Ngala: Respected Statesman who died too soon
In the 1950s and early 60s, African nations were agitating and gaining independence from white rule. A time came in Kenya when the colonialists realised that they could not hold on any more.
By By KIUNDU WAWERU 11 years ago
Ronald Ngala: Respected Statesman who died too soon
Renowned scholar exiled for speaking her mind
Professor Micere Mugo fled to the US when her ideas, delivered via pen and paper, did not auger well with the government of the day.
By By KIUNDU WAWERU 11 years ago
Renowned scholar exiled for speaking her mind
The rise and fall of Nyayo’s buses
Nyayo bus service basked in fame and profits in the early days before graft claims eroded all gains.
By By KIUNDU WAWERU 11 years ago
The rise and fall of Nyayo’s buses