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Avoid "social moles" like the plague, they can ruin your relationship

July 28 2015

One life lesson that my late mother imparted on me and which has always been my guiding light is to keep away from gossipers and social moles. By the latter I mean people who are always digging up issues about other peoples’ lives, including their spouses...

The touching story of boy Moses Annan: Dumped to die but found love in Voi mother's bosom

July 28 2015

Young Moses Annan is happy to be alive today.As he plays gleefully at his foster home at Mwakingali village in Voi, Taita-Taveta County, little Annan is oblivious of what fate could have befallen him after her mother gave birth and dumped the baby boy...

How sisal farming can strengthen the economic fabric of this country

July 28 2015

Despite being a key foreign income earner for the country, sisal farming has remained a “sleeping giant” in Kenya’s agribusiness ventures, trailing behind tea, coffee and horticultural produce. The challenges facing the sisal sub-sector in Kenya hinge...

Hometruths about Kenya from President Obama's homecoming tour speeches

July 26 2015

BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO President Barack Obama’s tour of Kenya as the first sitting American president to do so has no doubt gone into the annals of Kenyan history as a landmark event that we shall remember for many years to come. It is a legacy Obama has...

Voi elderly man loses limb after botched malaria treatment

July 24 2015

Mzee Kera Mwashimba It’s early in the morning at Mabomani village in Voi, Taita –Taveta County. An elderly man with one arm laboriously uproots weeds which have encroached on his compound, almost to the doorstep. Once in a while he stretches out and yawns,...

Echoes of innocence: A poem about my childhood days

July 24 2015

ECHOES OF INNOCENCE (A poem about my childhood days) The rocks and ridges rose Right out of our childhood mood; In awe they held us we young Watching them caressing the sky, And all we young in wonderment Always wondering why The landforms lay in wakeless...

Healing glee:The spiritual powers of the Taita traditional Mwazindika drums

July 22 2015

Mwazindika is a Taita traditional dance for the gods as well as celebrating life. Traditionally, the mwazindika was also used to exorcise evil spirits especially in women. In fact the dance has remained a cultural showcase of all times, and no public...

Voi actors blazing the trail in movie making, now eye the big screen

July 16 2015

BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. And for the Voi based Wafuasi Theatre Group things are beginning to look up following their successful contract with a local TV station that will be showing their most popular...

Sobering experience for governor Mruttu as he comes face to face with illicit brews menace in Voi

July 15 2015

Taita-Taveta governor John Mruttu got a sobering experience when he came face to face with the illicit brew menace at the Maweni slums in Voi sub-county. The governor who led a team of security officers and local leaders from Voi sub-county during the...

Better harvest:Voi farmers reap big from MAZIDO smart technology

July 15 2015

BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO For many years Jonathan Mwabili, a peasant farmer in Tausa village, Voi sub-county, Taita-Taveta County, has had to contend with poor yields of maize and green grams. At the worst, Mwabili recorded a failed crop, with the maize stalks...