Pilgrim on this Terrestrial Ball
Pilgrim on this Terrestrial Ball
For a long time in history, Engineering was considered to be a man’s field where a woman would occasionally show up. The image of an engineer was that of a muscular person wearing a helmet and covered with grease or some form of dirt, depending…
What is the power of a Tweet? On a normal day, Stephen Odhiambo works to build furniture along Ngong road. He is good at what he does, based on the video that has been circulating online. But being good is not good enough for business….
In an agricultural based economy, any area that receives low amounts of rainfall and lacks access to underground or surface water for irrigation ends up with very limited options. One such area is Northern Kenya which is characterized by annual average amounts of 150 –…
Some conspiracy theories that were circulating a few weeks ago talked of 5G networks, Internet of Things and Digital ID services as the start of a new world order. The inclusion of the Digital ID services was because it was linked to the biblical mark…
What’s the Point of Satire and why should it matter? Satire can be defined as the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. From Wikipedia, satire…
If there is one man whose books I have read, watched his teachings, and listened to over and over, it must be Ravi Zacharias. He passed on this month, and one lesson I learnt from him is the need to be compassionate and gracious to…
Facts tell, but stories sell. There is a story going around that Juja has been named a global cybercrime hotspot by Interpol. The story is not true as confirmed here, but it sells. Looking at it, one can get some very good lessons on how…
Where did the story of Juja being a global cybercrime hotspot come from? The answer lies in a satirical news website called PostaMate. The stories presented there are fictional, but unfortunately, many people believe that what you read on the internet is always true. PostaMate…
Early on Saturday morning, a power transmission cable snapped somewhere near Nairobi city. The resulting effect was a nationwide blackout in Kenya and Uganda. How did one cable send two countries into darkness? It is something complicated if you do not understand the power distribution,…
From my street knowledge of statistics, I can conclude that only 45% of people in Nairobi are wearing masks. Out of that 45% that have masked up, half of them think that the mask is for covering the chin. This leaves us with only 22.5%…