| I am 28 and I Have Breast Cancer |
 | I am 28 and I Have Breast Cancer
In August 2002, after eight years of working as an Executive Assistant at Morgan Stanley, I decided to resign and pursue my dream of starting a home-based boutique public relations firm. I also wanted to work for myself so I could be more involved in my daughter's life and school (PTA).
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| Male Circumcision: The Priceless Cut? |
 | Male Circumcision: The Priceless Cut?
Several years ago, I conducted an ethnographic study on people's knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards medical research using a trial on male circumcision as a case study in a town in western Kenya.
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| The Case for a Formal Education |
The Case For a Formal Education
A blogger who is no stranger to controversy once blogged about how useless a college education is and how someone can get ahead in this world without it and then went on to spout how many of the top richest people in the world do not have degrees. This to him was case enough that a university education isn’t a necessary tool for success in the world today.
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| Of school violence; and On bullies |
Of school violence; and On bullies
I have been following, sporadically, the
events unfolding in Kenyan secondary schools. I have been following with more
interest the various
theories
attempting to explain "student unrest."
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| Caning reintroduced |
 | Caning reintroduced
In
a confirmation of our national culture of violence, much lamented on these
pages, the Cabinet has (not surprisingly) chosen to reintroduce the cane in
Kenyan schools.
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| Big Tobacco and Africa |
Big Tobacco's African bottom line?
Duncan Bannatyne, famous in the UK for his dour attitude and sarcasm as one of the Dragons in the UK television show Dragon's Den recently put out ‘Bannatyne
takes on Big Tobacco' on the BBC.
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A world without AIDS: Bangladesh to Zimbabwe
The spread of HIV has meant personal and national health crises in many countries. The disease has strained many poorer countries’ health care budgets and has challenged scientists, medical professionals and those in social services affected by it.
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AIDS estimates drop drastically
I was never one of the converted.
The official figures read that every third girl in my city had the HIV-virus. I
did not need to be a scientist to have figured out that something was amiss.
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| Legalise it? |
Legalise it?
A senior British police officer has called for the legalisation of all drugs including marijuana, heroine and cocaine in a bid to arrest the growing problem of drug abuse in the United Kingdom.
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| School Mastery |
 | School Mastery
The media is awash with stories of secondary schools in Kenya all gone mad. The students are no longer burning up substances under Bunsen Burnesrs in the safety of chemistry labs , they are now burning up whole dormitories and stoning their empty classes.
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| Unrest in Secondary Schools |
 | Unrest in Secondary Schools
Poor parenting and policy changes in the education sector are to blame for the widespread unrest in secondary schools around the country.
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 | Academic Freedom
One of the biggest challenges confronting institutions of higher learning in Kenya is the promotion of democratic culture. Universities by their very nature are supposed to be centres of excellence where knowledge, ignorance or mediocrity is mediated. As such, universities appeal to both revolutionaries and reactionary forces in society.
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| Beyond Free Primary Education |
Beyond the Success of Universal Free Primary Education
For about four years now, public primary schools in Kenya have not been charging school fees. As may be expected, the free primary education policy has put Kenya in the space of international education policy discourse.
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| Interning in Kenya |
Interning in Kenya
Worldwide, it is a college student's desire to intern for a company before they graduate. Kenyan college students also have this dream; however, for most of them this dream is never realized.
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| Is free secondary school education feasible? |
Is free secondary school education feasible?
President Kibaki's government has been lauded in its efforts to reduce illiteracy in Kenya with the introduction and implementation of free primary education four years ago.
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Loving; in the trauma of mental illness
Chris is schizophrenic. He is one of the best friends I ever had. Our relationship has gone through the worst downs, and then the most beautiful times. He can be kind, creative and funny.
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| National Exams 2007 Results |
National Examinations 2007 Results
Nairobi news services are reporting that the 2007 KCSE results are out. Mang'u High School top the rankings, ahead of the Starehe Boys Centre and Precious Girls High School, Riruta.
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| National Schools cheat parents, students |
National Schools cheat parents, students
When she scored the first place in Coast Province in her KCPE in 2002, Khadija Abdullah was elated to receive a letter of acceptance to Alliance Girls' High School.
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