Tabitha Mwemba
In the current world where there are different forms of art ,people tend to embrace them differently.
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Why i prefer older men
MARVEL OCHIENG
Nowadays young ladies in campuses claim that they find it difficult to be in meaningful relationships with men their age, why is this?
University is perhaps the most exciting face in one’s life and place where many have their relationship. Most campus girls dislike dating men of similar age because most of them are immature and never have any focus for their lives and therefore they gravitate towards older men. Linda gives her reasons.
PHOTO: MARVEL
“I need to do my hair every week, have my nails done and have designer outfits. Men my age still depend on their parents and they can never afford to pay my bills and treat me out every weekend. They always complain of being broke and if they are to give you that money then you will have to repay immediately, unlike older men who you can just call and mention all you need and you receive the cash without them complaining.” Linda says she has always aspired to look like the ladies she sees in social media and so she will do whatever it takes for her to be like them. She wants a good life and a ‘school boy’ cannot afford to give her that. Most of her ex’s would ask for money from her instead of them giving her money. She also says older men are busy and so they don’t have time to follow someone around and be jealous. She needs to be flashy in campus.
Tradition Japanese tattoos
By Mavel Ochieng
Before their was electronic tattooing pens and ink, the Japanese tattooed using prickly pins and traditional ink. This form of tattooing is still done today and has grown quite a liking due to its vintage nature. Unlike electronic tattooing though, the process is pain stacking and long. The video above shows more on this art and thousand year old culture.
The Go-down show your art fest
By Mavel Ochieng
Interview with Maurine Wambugu
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INTERVIEWER: Hello how are you, talk to us about yourself
INTERVIEWEE: My name is Maurine Wambugu I am a student, I’m 17 years old. Am still a high school student and am in my fourth form and I like swimming it is my hobby and singing is my talent. The unquiet thing about me in school is that chemistry is the hardest subject. My classmates see it as the hardest subject but apparently I get A’s so for me it’s the most unique thing I have.
Then what I would tell other students out there is that they should not give up in chemistry, I know you get to high school and other students are like chemistry ningumu nakuambia( chemistry is hard I tell you). It is not hard you only need to read and you will pass,
thank you.
The Maasai culture
By Marvel Ochieng
Maasai’s are easily recognizable thanks to their famous traditional robe the shuka. Mostly it is a red clothe that is wrapped around their lean and slender frames. In the maasai community red is a symbol of bravery and that they can scare away lions even from a far distance. In the past maasai clothes were obtained from animal hide that were dyed using vegetable pigments, while their jewels were made of seeds and stones found in their surroundings. When the first colonizers came, maasai’s started replacing calf or sheep hide with wool. Their clothing style and colours depended on age and social position. They used to wear sandals made from bovine hide but today these materials have been replaced with old pneumatic tires and plastic strips.
Photo by: Lyne Wasong
The different colours of maasai garments and jewellery are important because they reflect several aspects of their culture. Red being the most important colour it represents blood, courage strength and unity. They eat milk and blood which is harvested by puncturing the loose flesh on the cows’ neck with an arrow. They live in manyattas that are made of mud, sticks, grass, cow dung and cow’s urine. Livestock such as cattle, goat and sheep are their source of income and they serve as a social utility.
The maasai cricket warriors from Laikipia
By Marvel Ochieng
Maasai in kenya are using their love for games to raise awareness of social injustices in their community. They are actively campaigning against practices like female genital mutilation and early childhood marriages. Though some Maasai communities still believe that FGM should be continued because some see it as cultural rite of passage marking when a girl become a woman and can marry. Maasai cricket warriors captain Sonyanga Ole Ngais spoke to KTN News and told them how he and his team mates are trying to discourage the custom by refusing to marry girls who have undergone the brutal procedure.
They relate the sport to their traditional hunting techniques where the ball is the spear, the bat is the shield and their flowing red robes in full flight are an awesome sight. Even though maasai are male dominated women have fewer rights even to their bodies and so the cricket team are using their new found unity on the field as an inspiration to those off it, attempting to educate and give young people a sense of belonging support and hope. However, they face resistance from the elders of their community who hold maasai traditions practices dear. But then can cricket really bring change to the region?
Shannon Wenani
FATHERLY LOVE
By Shannon Wenani
Diamond Platnum has finally seen his two kids after Zari Hassan bowed to pressure and unlocked him
The singer Diamond Platnum with his two children Tiffer and Nalia
Photo by: COURTESY
The singer Diamond Platnum has mentioned several times that he has been denied access to communicate and even see his own children Tiffer and Nillan because they are not in Tanzania with him
Diamond Platnum even decided to sing the song Inama to explain and express his feeling of how he cant see his children because of love and hate between him and Zari Hassan.
Mapenzi imeleta kwa wanangu vita, siku hizi siwaoni, naishia kuwa like insta. (Love has brought beef between me and my childrens these days , I can only like their pictures in instagram but I cant see them face to face) He sing this on the song Inama.
He is seen so happy having fun with his chidren.
Hezron Kute
NTV exposes chemical ridden supermarket meats
By HEZRON KUTE
Photo: COURTESY
An investigative report compiled by Dennis Okari of NTV exposed supermarkets for using sulphite chemical preservatives dawa ya nyama that might be harmful to human beings. While holding interviews with a supermarket attendant, Okari unearthed the unspeakable act done to make meat appear fresh and juicy in the eyes of an unsuspecting customer.
“Every morning before the doors open for customers, we take packaged meat that stayed overnight, remove the cling film and change the date labels to reflect the current date. If the packaging is stained with blood, we change it and put a new wrapping,” said the attendant.
Seeing as it might be a huge loss, the supermarkets have adopted this practice to make sure their meat have a longer shelf life. In the course of his exposé, Okari conducted his own experiment on two cuts of meat to find out whether the food sulphites really worked. He easily purchased the dawa at Nairobi’s Industrial area and mixed it with one cut and left the other cut untouched. After a couple of day the meat mixed in with the dawa stayed fresh and juicy while the other cut begun to rot and smell.
Photo: COURTESY
Supermarket managers expect a sale on meats even after they have exceeded the recommended two to three day shelf life. “Meat, including beef, chicken, fish and mutton, that is not sold after a week, is cooked and served to unsuspecting customers in in-store cafeterias,” the source revealed.
Food experts advise that sulphites are generally safe if used within recommended limits, but they can cause negative side effects like nasal congestion, itchy throat, runny nose and skin rash.
Although this practice was revealed to be done by supermarkets alone there is no telling whether butcheries in town use sulphites preservatives or not.
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