Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg Aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced changes to its controversial anti-stall system that has been linked to two catastrophic crashes of its 737 MAX planes. The changes include a software upgrade that will disable the system if it receives conflicting data from its sensors. On March 10 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines crash killed … Continue reading Why the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes could have been prevented
Why DK Kwenye Beat and Hopekid could rot in jail
The jail term that awaits Hopekid and probable life imprisonment sentence that ought to be passed to DK Kwenye Beat should be warming up right now. I should have been surprised when I heard the news, I should have struggled to believe the rumors, once they came out, that two gospel artistes were being accused … Continue reading Why DK Kwenye Beat and Hopekid could rot in jail
How Wilkins Fadhili threw media industry into a spin and the lessons we need to learn
Kenyans have an odd way of dealing with setbacks. During my college years, whenever comrades felt aggrieved by the administration, after all diplomatic ways of trying to get grievances addressed proved futile, student leaders knew one language that would indubitably deliver the message; comrades’ power. The main gate of the only university sitting on the … Continue reading How Wilkins Fadhili threw media industry into a spin and the lessons we need to learn
Kenya to benefit from wireless sensors that monitor neonates
On average, 255 children are born every minute around the world. Every year, 15 million babies are born too early, with 1 million never making it to their next birthday. In low-resource settings, the outlook is even direr; half of babies born at 32 weeks or earlier will die; whereas in high-resource settings, almost all … Continue reading Kenya to benefit from wireless sensors that monitor neonates
How to start a car wash business
Choose a name It goes without saying that any successful business must have a name, otherwise how will your customers identify your services? Choosing a unique name for your business way goes a long way in ensuring that you stand out from both direct competitors and other businesses in your locality. Most people struggle when … Continue reading How to start a car wash business
How to ensure your safety online
As at September 2019, there were 52 million internet subscriptions in Kenya. Out of the total data subscriptions, 99.3% were mobile data subscriptions. A report by the National Kenya Computer Incident Response Team Coordination Centre revealed that 25.2 million cyber threats were detected in the period between July to September 2019. So how does one … Continue reading How to ensure your safety online
Benefits of working from home
Telecommuting or working from home is increasingly becoming popular in Kenya in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak. Ever since Kenya reported its first case of the global pandemic, the government has urged citizens to work from home where possible. Several companies have so far allowed their staff to work away from the office in … Continue reading Benefits of working from home
Remembering Mama Lucy Kibaki
I never bothered to study the history of Kenya’s second First Lady until I sat down to do this story. An interesting fact I soon found out is that we share the same birth month and day. This iron lady was born Lucy Muthoni Kagai on January 13 in 1936 in Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County. She … Continue reading Remembering Mama Lucy Kibaki
CS Macharia and the SGR lie
The government has begun Phase 2A of the SGR construction from Nairobi to Suswa. Residents and businessmen in Mombasa have for over a month held demonstrations to protest a government directive that made it compulsory to transport all import cargo via the SGR. Every Monday, the protestors would take the streets to decry the order, … Continue reading CS Macharia and the SGR lie
How Nyayo House has returned to torment Kenyans
Kenyans flock Nyayo House in wee hours of the morning to apply for new passports. Photo Courtesy Barely more than a year ago, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i announced government’s plan to roll out new e –passports, a move that has resulted to a rush locally and abroad among Kenyans to acquire the modern travel … Continue reading How Nyayo House has returned to torment Kenyans
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