Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga has accused land grabbers of being behind the fire that razed down Toi market rendering thousands jobless.
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It is difficult to believe either the reality of witchcraft or the common rumour that the practice performs miracles in Africa.
Witch doctors were powerless as everybody else was in face of colonialism, yet there is no doubt that a real witch doctor would not have hesitated to put their powers to use and done something decisive against colonial brutality, such as commanding all the bees in Africa to sting the coloniser.
Hence, it is possible that witchcraft is just another sophisticated con art similar to African politics. This is the same false hope that cultural analysts give about our popular art as expressed in their opinion published elsewhere in the Kenyan press, when much still needs to change.
Back to School: MPs Express Concern Over Unpreparedness
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha at a school in Nyeri on October 28, 2020.
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Members of Parliament representing Kiambu County on Monday, December 28, raised a number of concerns regarding the level of preparedness for the reopening of schools set for January 4.
Speaking to the media on behalf of his colleagues, Kiambu Township MP Jude Jomo decried the lack of vital funding for primary schools in the region.
"We have not received the funds as yet in our primary schools. We have tried talking to our friends because we want to be ready. We do not want our children to come back to school only to find that we have no washing bays.