Sights & Sounds Of Trans Nzoia: Rare Wisdom From Matisi

On your way out of Trans Nzoia county headquaters, Kitale town, towards Endebess at the foot of Mt. Elgon on the Kenya-Uganda border; Matisi town straddles the 'highway' over a stretch of a kilometer thereabouts.

Mmh! While scientists in IVY league universities  propose and counter propose the role of luck in things as varied as your cells turning cancerous to how successful you become in life; the lads in Matisi have reduced down this raging debate to this saying.

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Nobody Should Learn Under These Conditions In The 21st Century: Who Will Rescue The Girl Child Of This Primary School In Lugari Kakamega County?

This girl,said to be from a Primary School in Lugari, Kakamega County, smiles as she goes about Khumalao as wandase in Bungoma call this activity steeped in Mulembe tradition. Simiyu Wandibba in his 1985 book History and Culture In Western Kenya: The People of Bungoma District Through Time; reveals that the application of cow dung to floors was done to maintain cleanliness and smoothness.

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PICTURES: Look At This Joke Of A Milk Dairy In Bungoma County Years After The Governor's Campaign Promise To Revive It In Within 100 Days

You'll be hard pressed to find a Governor (then aspiring) whose announcement to seek elective office excited the people as that of a former District Officer who rose the ranks of civil service permanent secretary in the Ministry of Livestock & Fisheries.

Not only did Kenneth Makelo Lusaka pull the stops in a grand entry into Bungoma town; backed with his credentials in government, unlike the other candidates he had a plausible plan. A plan that among other development initiatives, promised the revival of Kitinda Dairies and Creamery. 

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Fenesi: Meet Busia's Favourite Fruit

The pulpy banana-pineapple like flavored Jack fruit first strikes one as something fit for Cameron's Avatar, almost dinosaur-like, yet with a promise of abundant vigor and life in embodiment of the tropics

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The Most Unlikely Of Butchery Names: Meet UEFA BUTCHERY

UEFA BUTCHERY Kefinco, Kakamega town: Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

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PHOTO Of The Day:The Tale Of Nalongo Busia Uganda: The Story of Sex, Alcohol and Power Through The Eyes Of a Graffiti Artist

Painting on one of  steel door of the many entertainment spots at Nalongo. The soldiers represent the Ugandan state. In Nalongo, they are there to maintain order, but not the law. She of white eyes and mouth must represent the bevy of beauties on supply and the depths one can fall fraternizing. Of course, Nalongo is not the place to fall in love, but with at the right amount, you'll find some love.

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