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In the eyes of her citizens and foreigners alike, Nigeria is presently seen as one of the most insecure locations in the world. According to the Global Peace Index, the country currently ranks 148 out of 163 nations with serious defects in security matters. And the reasons are very simple and easy to establish, especially the perennial and the alarming dimension that kidnapping for ransom in Nigeria has taken.
What started as child’s play around 2006 at the beginning of militancy in the Niger-delta region has spread like epidemic to other parts of the country, especially to the northern and western part, and it has remained the most virulent form of banditry in Nigeria. It has also become the most pervasive and intractable violent crime in the country at the moment.
NMS takes fight to cartels with water hailing app
Wednesday February 03 2021
Residents of Umoja Estate fetch water from a vending point. Water scarcity in the area has forced them to rely on vendors. FILE PHOTO | NMG
By COLLINS OMULO
Summary
Despite several crackdowns the gangs have continued to wreck water infrastructure across the capital, plunging entire estates into scarcity.
In the latest crackdown in 2019, City Hall unearthed 1,834 illegal water connections and arrested and prosecuted 232 people.
Most of the illegal connections were discovered in Githurai, Zimmerman, Kasarani, Mwiki, Kiamaiko, Huruma, Kariobangi North and South, Mathare North, Baba Dogo, Kayole, Tassia, Embakasi, Kware ward and Imara Daima.
Women artists thriving in ‘wasteland’
Friday January 29 2021
At Warembo Wasanii art studio that is made from junk material in Nairobi. PHOTO | MARGARETTA WA GACHERU | NMG
By MARGARETTA WA GACHERU
Summary
Joan Otieno is bold. She is an artist who cannot be held back from pursuing her work, however many obstacles she faces. And there have been many.
There is the stepfather who insisted she become an accountant despite her doing art from primary school through secondary.
There is her decision to be a housemaid in Nairobi instead of attending university because her sole goal was to practise art.
Then when she found Dust Depo Art Centre, she violated a rule that compelled artists to leave the studio by dusk. That got her the boot.
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