MIA'S WORD

Barbara, the artist Beauty and brains is today's choice of a model for you. They also need to have drive, passion,talent and a worthy course. Well, not all the people with these qualifications become models. Some become executives, others teachers and even artists. Which brings me to my topic today, local artists. Local artists in Kenya have got little recognition. Take the graffiti guy in Nairobi  town who did the art work on politicians. That is talent with purpose. That kind of talent can not be let to waste. They need motivating to pursue their passion. In my case I motivate the beautiful Barbara. She is a young lady with an attractive personality as is her face. She is fun to be with and very smart. A student of IT and very responsible.For one to understand the paintings you need to know a little bit about the painter.  Some of her art, actually, most of her art is abstract but like her it is versatile.It involves current issues as well as her passions.  This is a s

My African Queen - Yuster Mwamburi Michuki Everyone has a beginning and mine starts with the beautiful African queen called Yuster Michuki, my beloved mother. I would like to let you all in on the woman that has to shape me into who I am. Like every ordinary child, I grew up knowing there is no one more beautiful, smart or amazing than my mother. Everything she did was magical. Secondborn to a family of seven, she is a humble Taita brought up by two loving parents, the late Mr and Mrs Mwamburi. I could not share the childhood that she had but from all the stories, I could picture it. A young bubbly and full of life girl. This brings me to look at her as a person, not this mystical angel and then the lens shifts. Everyone has there ups and downs, but how you handle them is what sets us apart as people. Now you may think I am saying this because she is my mum but no, this woman could be going through the toughest of problems but still manage to smile. She once told me, "Keep smili

STOCKHOLM SYNDROME Also known as Capture-bonding is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending them. These feelings are generally considered irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims, who essentially mistake a lack of abuse from their captors for an act of kindness. It can be seen as a form of traumatic bonding which does not necessarily require a hostage scenario, but which describes “strong emotional ties that develop between two persons where one person intermittently harasses, abuses, threatens, beats or intimidates the other.” In 1973, two men entered the Kreditbanken bank in Stockholm, Sweden, intending to rob it. When police entered the bank, the robbers shot them, and a hostage situation ensued. For six days, the robbers held four people at gunpoint, locked in a bank vault, sometimes strapped with explosives and other times forc

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 solve the problem

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 years of age he is among the most influential persons in the world. He not only is

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.