2024

Just like people, homes needed good grooming from time to time. In this article, we offer you tips on how to revamp your home without having to break the banks. Here are trendy styles you can incorporate into your home to give it the look you desire. Bright and bold colour combinations Bold colours are timeless. The best way to infuse some bright and bold colours into the design of your home is to...

Have you tried to buy or sell a plot? Different people come up to you offering help they identify themselves by various titles; these include real estate agent, real estate broker or realtor. How do you tell the difference? Many times we use these terms interchangeably. However there are some important differences, and also varying conditions for using particular titles. Let's break it down one by...

The body of Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed Mahmoud has been found at Kerugoya Level 5 Hospital mortuary. According to the family lawyer Charles Madowo, the family has requested privacy as they "process the tragic news and plan for burial." "Even as Bashir rests, the family shall not rest until justice has been served and those responsible brought to book," Madowo...

https://youtu.be/llQtOQF_lfk   Elizabeth Lukresia, a Kenyan nurse student at Kitale Medical Training college warms hearts for entertaining a sick child in a ward   Video by Elizabeth and Osinde...

Jackton Odhiambo has confessed to killing his lover LGBTQ activist and model Edwin Chiloba shortly after he was arrested.   Police officers in Eldoret town on Friday, January 6, 2023, arrested Odhiambo over links to Chiloba's brutal murder.   Odhiambo confessed to the police that he was driven to commit the murder after finding out that Chiloba had another...

Here is how you can increase the Fuliza limit to a higher amount:     Step 1: Make sure you have been using the service for a while and be someone who repays the loan on time. Continue using Safaricom and M-PESA services frequently and repay Fuliza M-PESA on time by topping up your M-PESA account.   Step 2: Opt out of Fuliza M-Pesa. If you don’t know, here is how to...

Example suppose we have a column. The height of the column is 4 m and having a cross-sectional area is 300 x 400 mm and having a 40 mm of clear cover. Six bars are going to use having a diameter of 16 mm. The diameter of the stirrup is 8 mm and having a spacing @ 150 mm and @200 mm at L/3 respectively. Given Data Height  = 4 meter Cross section = 300 x 400 mm Clear cover  = 40 mm. No of...

President William Ruto has sustained the push for a new order in financing in the African continent. Speaking in Nairobi during the 39th Annual General Meeting of the Trade and Development Bank Group, President Ruto said the continent must liberate itself from financial institutions that have burdened it with debts, especially in the wake of limited resources.  In particular, he noted that Africa needs...

Nancy Kigunzu, popularly known as 'Mathe wa Ngara', linked to a drugs haul recovered in Ngara, Nairobi has been arrested. Nancy Kigunzu was arrested on Monday evening in Nairobi despite moving to court to seek anticipatory bail to stop her arrest. She is set to spend the night in police custody pending her arraignment. Kigunzu who described herself in court papers as a law-abiding...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1301999485447438336 In 2014, Ross sold his 10,086-square-foot home Fort Lauderdale to buy a large estate formerly owned by a boxing legend in Fayetteville, Georgia. Rick Ross’ purchased the mansion for $5.8 million (ksh629 million) after it had fallen into foreclosure under previous owner Evander Holyfield. The 54,000-square-foot estate is the largest single-family mansion...

What types of land use are there? Let's find out! There are five main types of land use: residential, agricultural, recreational, transportation, and commercial. Residential What type of home do you live in? Whether you live in an apartment, townhome, house, or other type of home, the land where you live is used for residential purposes. This means the land is used to provide housing for people to live...

  * The fifth of eight children of a factory worker, Maradona was born on October 30, 1960, in a shantytown on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. He made his debut with the first-division soccer club Argentinos Juniors in 1976, days before turning 16.     * He led Argentina’s Boca Juniors to the league championship in 1982 and was transferred to Spain’s Barcelona for a record $3...

The Kenyan divorce system, unlike in many other countries, is fault based in nature. This means that persons seeking to divorce must prove a matrimonial offence on the part of the other partner or spouse. This is different from most Western countries, including the United Kingdom that operate a 'no-fault' divorce system that permits divorce by consent.   DISTINCTION BETWEEN DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT...

Police in Garissa County on Sunday detained a woman following the mysterious death of a man in her house. Grace Mueni, 36, was arrested at the Garissa Police Station where she had gone to report the mysterious death of the man, a police officer with whom she had been cohabiting with. “She left the house for work on Saturday morning leaving the officer relaxing after night duties. However, when she...

When you embellish interior spaces with houseplants, you're not just adding greenery. These living organisms interact with your body, mind and home in ways that enhance the quality of life. Breathing Easier When you breathe, your body takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide. During photosynthesis, plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. This opposite pattern of gas use makes plants and...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been asked to vacate their British base of Frogmore Cottage, the couple's spokesperson has confirmed.   It was earlier reported that the home, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, had been offered to the Duke of York.   A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed the news. Buckingham Palace has not commented. The duke and duchess now live...

Most steel construction is done with a type of steel called mild steel. Mild steel is a material that is immensely strong.  Take a circular bar of steel 1 inch / 25mm in diameter. If you were to attach this bar securely to your ceiling, you could hang from it 20,000 Kg (which is 20 tons) This immense strength is of great advantage to buildings.  The other important feature of steel framing is its...

You could be eating marabou stork without you knowledge. The birds, also known as the ‘undertakers’, scavenge in their thousands at the Dandora dumpsite from where they’re sourced cheaply by crooked hotel operators. Though unfit for human consumption, the ‘undertakers’ are slaughtered in nearby slums and delivered to various city hotels. And while slum dwellers around the dumpsite feast...

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