Category: Art
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The folly of Laptops for Class one Kids-Thank the Court for trashing it
Africa continues to lag behind due to bad policies. Kenya, unfortunately, leads the rest of failed Sub-Saharan Africa’s failed economic stories in crafting and implementing wrongheaded economic policies. To give you examples, look at laptop nonsense that the Jubilee government trumpeted during their amateurish yet successful general election campaign. While it is commendable to stretch…
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The Passing of an Icon- Professor Ali Mazrui: February 24, 1933-October 13, 2014
Professor Ali Mazrui leaves behind a long trail of genuine scholarship, something that is rare in our current education climate. Professor Ali Al’amin Mazrui was a man of contradictions. But before delving into that, let us recognize his stellar scholastic career that began in rural Mombasa schools, sped through England’s Manchester University, veered into New…
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Why Kenyan Art remains Stagnant
Albeit not many people might agree with me, Kenyan art remains frozen and in some cases it is on a retreat in terms of quality. The word art in this case is used with special regard to music in all its genres. Be it gospel, rap, or dancehall, Kenyan music leaves a lot to be…
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Why attempts to Revive Soccer have always Failed
here is no sport in Kenya that embodies our national character than soccer. Like our public service and politics, soccer is riddled with gross mediocrity, suffocating myopia, and decadent corruption. Each time the leadership of the sport is changed, a conspiracy between various circumstances occurs resulting in the elevation of clueless clowns and shameless thugs…
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Paul Kagame-Worst African Dictator-Ever! And the West is busy kissing his Backside
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There are more than 1000 Hutus rotting in Rwanda’s jails because of genocide. The west, led by former US President, Bill Clinton, and the former serpentine UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, can never be outdone in singing praises to Paul Kagame for stopping the genocide. Two respected scholars from the University of Michigan, Prof. Christian…



