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Tiribute to a fallen Comrade
Things will never be the same for 25-year old Felix Mwirigi, a third year student at the University of Nairobi's Kikuyu campus who cradled his dying colleague from the campus to Karen Hospital. His friend Francis Maina, a third year Bachelor of Education student died after jumping from th
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreScare at Maasai Mara University after stranger is found in hostel
With the current wave of insecurity in the country and terror scares directed to various bulidings and institutions,their has been increased alarm and panic even over very trivial events like explosions of transformers. This recently saw the panic at UON- Kikuyu campus that led to the deat
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreE Students in KCSE get a rare chance to become KWS rangers
It is said that for one to succeed in life,one has to score a good grade in school like an A or a B. This has led many students to think that if they fail to get a good grade their deemed to fail in life. Some have even gone as far as commiting suicide or thinking of doing so. This can be
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreTransmara pupils on the Digital age
Things are not as they always seem to be. We expect city schools to be able to access digital books and laptops for their day to day learning due to proximity to government but this is not the case those in the rural areas have more access. But then again they say you cannot have everything.
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreOne dead as 141 hurt in varsity terrorist scare
Just a week ago,the Garissa University was attacked by Al Shabaab members who injured several students and killed 147 in total. After the attack all institutions have been on high alert for any terrorist attack. This has hence caused unnecessary panick sometimes among the students.
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreSmartphones boost US teens' connections: survey
It's not just your imagination: most American teenagers are online or on their smartphones every day, and many are almost continually connected. A Pew Research Center survey released Thursday found that 92% of US teens go online daily. That includes 56% who are online sev
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreGirl who turned down job offers at Facebook and Google in favour of homeland sec
Lendsey Achudi has always dreamt of a career in technology or cybersecurity fields, and has been involved in organising international forums where issues of technology and entrepreneurship are discussed. About a year after successfully organising one such meeting — the African Youth A
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreStudent tells of how music fan met death
He always wore his headphones, even when asleep. He loved country music and it is likely that he did not hear the gunshots. He died, probably with music playing. Mr Elias Magangi Nyangwono, 23, on Tuesday recollected how one of his roommates at the Garissa University College, Isaac Bushen K
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreKenyatta says campus attackers "embedded" in Kenya's Muslim community
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said that those behind an attack in which al Shabaab Islamist militants killed 148 people at a university were "deeply embedded" in Kenya, and called on Kenyan Muslims to help prevent radicalisation.His televised speech in response to Thursday'
By Jane Njeri Thuo Read MoreTerrorist was a gifted, obedient student
The best education that Mohammed Abdirahim Abdullahi received in his formative years and the strict discipline at his former school did not stop him from leading the massacre of 148 people years later. Abdirahim, the man who led the Al-Shabaab killer squad that raided Garissa University Col
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