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TURNING BONES TO CASH

After slaughtering the cow,what next with the bones,you dump them away? That has been the case over a long period of time,and still exists in other areas.Initially,one would  come across bones lying okwardly on the ground not knowing that it … Continue reading

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YOUNG STARS HOBBIES

A hobby is what one loves or likes to do most of his/hers free time.  Children on the other hand develop certain interest in so many things, football being one of them. In Kibera young stars with big aspirations in life yearn to be … Continue reading

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KIBERA

There are approximately 2.5 million slum dwellers in the various informal settlements in Nairobi representing 60% of the Nairobi population, occupying about 6% of the land. Kibera houses almost 1 Million of these people,although there are  controversy about the exact … Continue reading

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Wangare Mathaai’s Tree in Kibera

She was a true icon, a mother, a laureate price winner, a key player in a champion team, an impresario kind of a person who knew so well how to do the little things and do them so well until … Continue reading

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STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION

Although research indicates that HIV/Aids in Kibera is highly rated amongst the community but something still needs something to be done to enable the affected and infected person found in this community to get any required help or referrals for … Continue reading

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Water shortage in Kibera.

With the opening of the Nairobi International Trade Fair by the president on 26 September 2011 it was a delight to the people in Nairobi and Kenya atlarge but in Kibera its comes with its disadvantages the major one being … Continue reading

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Kibera; Sitting on a time bomb whose explosion waits

Having taken time to see, listen to people talk, watch in the news and follow all those tweets about the Sinai Slums tragedy, I sat back and thought what if/how different would it have been in Kibera if this was … Continue reading

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TEDxKaranja

    What started as a four day conference somewhere in California 25 years ago with a devotion to Ideas Worth Spreading (TED), has managed to grow to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. TEDx, a program of local, … Continue reading

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OPENING OF SCHOOLS

Back to School In Kenya most of the schools are opening. Both from primary and Secondary, Private and Public schools. This is not an exception here in Kibera many pupils have been spotted here and there with backpacks heading back … Continue reading

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PLANNED EVICTION IN KIBERA.

Following the destruction of a school in Katwekera village due to the claim of having a weak structure and the allocation near the Kenya Uganda Railway being the other reason, reminded me of something which I thought had vanished or … Continue reading

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