MIA'S WORD

It is one that is brought up with good intentions but has harsh repercussions. The government has set up a way to cater for the poor if this bill is passed into law. They are offering them funds to help deal with the rise in  the cost of living due to the Value Added Tax on basic commodities like maize, wheat flour, sanitary towels, processed milk and others.  There are over 400 items in the present constitution that are zero rated. It could be noted that those products could help raise the deficit needed by the 2013 budget.  It is true that the current proposed bill will cut across all social classes.Whether it is implemented or not all the people in the country will be affected. The lower class will feel the pinch more because their income is in the lower side. Most of them are living below a dollar a day. That means that even with the government opting to offer funds to offset the imbalance by offering subsidies the poor will still be at a disadvantage. To solv...

I was at a bus station awaiting a parcel one day when i happened to find myself in the midst of two mothers talking about schools today. I could not help but listen in and they were more than willing to have me as a participant in their conversation. What they were saying at first struck me as ignorant talk. I later fond out that I was mistaken. The conversation was about the heated well-known debate about private schools and public schools. I know you are put off by now but bare with me for a few minutes. There argument was that public schools are better than private and they had a compelling argument. Most private schools today have resorted to scheming parents of their money. I call it scheming because today, a child going to private school and public have little to no difference. The grammar spoken by them is bad and in dire need of help. To top it all off they are trained to pass exams and not to learn to gain knowledge. When it comes to job seeking, they are at a disadvantage...

NAME:   Nelson Mandela OCCUPATION:   Civil Rights Activist , World Leader,  Journalist BIRTH DATE:   July 18 ,  1918  (Age: 95) EDUCATION:   Clarkebury Boarding Institute, Wesleyan College,  University College of Fort Hare, University of London,  University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg PLACE OF BIRTH:   Mveso, Transkei, South Africa FULL NAME:   Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela AKA:   Nelson Mandela AKA:   Rolihlahla AKA:   Madiba ORIGINALLY:   Rolihlahla Mandela He turned 95 years old last week. The past months have been very harsh for him. The last we heard of his condition, he was critical but stable under life support machine. Now we hear of some uplifting news that his health is improving. The man was a strong one having gone through torture during the apartheid. He rose above all trials to reach the peak of his career and life.  A mural of Nelson Mandela in Ireland  At 95...

The teachers are justified to strike seeing that they have been doing it for years. This is a sad realisation and reality. The government  and the people of Kenya may be fade up with the strike but the fact of the matter is that this shows a huge problem. the previous month was a time for the people of Kenya to mourn as something died in the parliament building, the conscience of our elected members of parliament.