May 16, 2012

May 15, 2012

  • With permission of the author, Mars Group Kenya brings you excerpts from historian Charles Hornsby’s latest book entitled – Kenya: A History Since Independence (1963-2011). Charles Hornsby has detailed the untold stories of Kenya’s leaders you must know as a citizen. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Our third excerpt - Cankers within the State [...]


  • Ronald Ngala Street, April 2012

  • 12:54pm

    The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced a new funding opportunity under the new Annual Program Statement (APS) called “Development Innovation Ventures” (DIV) FY2012 and FY2013.

    Through the DIV, USAID is seeking innovative solutions which are linked to solving a development challenge. These innovations should lead to transformative (as opposed to incremental) improvement to development outcomes that could ultimately scale across multiple developing...

  • 10:07am

    Following the failure, this afternoon, of the Finance Minister to explain revenue discrepancies from 2007-2008, the Speaker of Parliament ordered the establishment of a Joint Committee Investigation into the Status of Revenue Accounts of the Government of Kenya. The Joint Committee, led by the Budget Committee and to incorporate both the Finance Committee and the Public [...]
  • 9:41am

    This is a clip by one of the London 2012 Olympic Games sponsors, Procter & Gamble better known as P&G. This ad touches the right tone of raising up an Olympian. Have a look and enjoy!
  • 8:57am

    On the 28th 26th April, Zanele returned home from Seoul, South Korea to discover that all her work between 2008 and 2012 stored on 20 hard drives and including backups had been stolen on the 20th. The thieves also stole her cameras, lens, memory sticks and laptops. There are no words to describe Zanele’s feelings [...]
  • 7:00am

    Do not forgive me, I am nuanced. For to write a short review of a friend/publisher/editor/colleague’s book is to traffic in subjective subtleties; the kind that, incidentally, populates City of Memories, Richard Ali’s new novel and first book. I am thinking of courage. “Some books are acts of courage,” writes the Washington Post in response [...]
  • 4:01am


    There are many career seekers who consistently reach the final stages of interviews and yet fail to go through to be appointed. In a well structured competitive interview process, reaching the final stage means that any candidate selected among the group, cantechnically deliver the required results.  The issues to probe in the final stage are usually non technical and may include aspects such as person's working...