In Report on Rolling Stone, a Case Study in Failed Journalism By JONATHAN MAHLER APRIL 5, 2015 When Rolling Stone took the unusual step of bringing in Steve Coll, the Pulitzer Prize-winning dean of America’s most prestigious journalism school, to dissect...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Lilian Mkita is a sad and depressed single mother of three. The casual laborer from Mwakingali village in Voi, Taita-Taveta County, has been having a hectic time with her mentally ill son who dropped out of school in form three. “My...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO We branch off from the main Nairobi/Mombasa highway and take a dusty road into the expansive Izera ranch. The area is dotted with elephant dung, acacia trees, reddish brown anthills and tufts of dry grass. After about half an hour...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO She rises up early, around 5 am. After finishing her household chores, she picks a shovel and makes a beeline to the mines. On many occasions she is the first to arrive at the mine and is joined shortly by her male colleagues. After...

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Culture BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO A story is told of two hunters who had a very close encounter with a rogue rhino. One of the hunters had aimed twice and missed the enraged wild animal with poisoned arrows. The charging animal was about to gore the hunter...

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The Coast Water Services Board(CWSB) has unearthed a major scandal involving senior government officials , powerful politicians and business people who are using illegal connections to siphon water worth millions of shillings in Voi, Taita- Taveta County...

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Mother’s agony over boy child with strange abdominal swelling BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO As villagers go about their day to day activities at the sleepy Mwachabo village in Mwatate constituency, Taita-Taveta County, a mother of 9 is having sleepless nights over...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO As villagers go about their day to day activities at the sleepy Mwachabo village in Mwatate constituency, Taita-Taveta County, a mother of 9 is having sleepless nights over her child’s strange condition that has continued to baffle...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Time to address key challenges facing water sector in Coast region It goes without saying that water ranks highly as one of the key resources both for commercial and domestic purposes. No meaningful developments can be realised without...

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