The city of Springfield in Massachusetts is famous for its past citizens invention of the game of Basketball that is today played all over the world. It also neighbors the city of Holyoke a few miles to the north whether the game of volleyball also a popular sport all over the world was also invented. It is in this city that Kenyan chef John Mukora and family live and would host family, friends and Kenyan runners who are studying in U.S through scholarships offered to runners and are champions in various All America cross country races.
The Al Shaabab has caused a lot of fear not only to tourists at the Coast out to have a good time but also to Kenyans in general. The blast at Mwaura’s Bar located at Mfangano Lane in Nairobi and the second blast at the busy OTC bus terminus, all in one day left many scared. The city of Nairobi almost became deserted with many fearing to come to town lest they become victims. Kenyans need not live in fear and should be the first security system to fight back any terrorists....
A kilogram of sugar in October last year was retailing at Kshs 80 shillings and now it is at Kshs 200, a 150% increase. A packet of Maize flour October last year was retailing at an average of Kshs.70 and now it’s at Kshs.150 over 100% increase. Shopping in supermarkets is no longer about favourite brands but about the cheapest brand. Indeed at about $2 a kilo of sugar in Kenya this is higher than the U.S. which averages around $1 to 1.50 per kg in many states. ...
“Kenya Internal Security cannot be attained if food security is not achieved!” is something that has been expressed by those who say food security indeed caused 2007 violence. The government has been faulted for not enacting bills to enable an environment where food security is attained. With land considered the primary source of food the main question becomes, What is more important, 40 million Kenyans having food everyday or land sub-divided such that each of the estimated 10 million families own a piece of land. Rainfall has been blamed when a shortage of food occurs. But what can truly be done to increase food productivity should be the question of food security and Kenya Internal Security is one and the same thing....
Food is anything that goes into the body to provide nutritional support, so a human being can continue living. When a conference is planned, one thing those planning have to look at is the food. Many a time the food has determined the location. On the other hand the chef has to look forward to giving a balanced diet of nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals and fats so that the body can have the energy needed to carry out its functions. The smile on the face of Esther, attending the conference from San Fransico region, said what needed to be said, “The food was great.” This was a compliment for one of the Kenyan chefs of the Marriot Hotel.
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Buying Life Insurance has always been a relatively slow process. The average middle income family does not even have a life insurance policy. Surveys also typically reveal that households are significantly under-insured. Apparently, 5 out of 6 consumers because of human nature, just never get around to meeting with an agent, and even of those that do only some could be considered appropriately insured. Don’t we as a society want those bereaved families to be well taken care of as we want those who survive their breadwinner’s wrongful accidental death?
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“I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!” the message that is going around the Internet gives some amazing tips to save when filling up your tank of gas or petrol ....
Living in Eastlands, Nairobi can be summed up as living on the edge of poverty, crime and insecurity as one survives from one day to the next. It is a life that spreads from slums to upper lower class estates. It is a daily story of the most daring and creative display of matatu driving. It is living in poorly planned houses that are built so fast too accommodate the growing population. It is living is a region of about 1 million Kenyans of the 3.2 million residents in Nairobi. Eastlands living is a combination of the better planned estates of Buruburu, Umoja, Eastleigh, Outering, Doonholm, Fedha, Komarock, Green fields, and Jacaranda, and the unplanned settlements of Dandora, Kayole, Ngomongo, Quarry, Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Lungalunga, Sinai, and Kiambiu. Eastlands is home of the Main Industrial Area of Nairobi and the stories of east land are diverse....
I was recently in a social gathering when someone commented, “Did you read about the people given good houses who abandoned them to go live in the slums.” As the conversation went on I asked myself:” Who really wants to live in a slum? Who really could be offered to live in Lavington and turn it down for living in the slum? Who really loved these conditions so much?” ...
The job market over the past few years has been worse. Paying insurance premiums during times like this can be challenging, but this is often the time when it’s most important to own your own life insurance. During the recent round of layoffs, many people who had coverage only through work lost their only insurance when they lost their jobs. According to a recent study by the financial research firm LIMRA, life insurance ownership is at a 50-year low with less than 45 percent of US families having individual coverage. The majority of time it’s purchased to take care of your family once you’re gone. Here are three ways to make life insurance more affordable. ...
