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• September 03, 2009
• 16:59

  Pfizer

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  Pfizer has just been forced to cough up a couple billion dollars. The fine wasn’t because of a lawsuit, but because the company had been marketing drugs illegally. This is utter madness. What happened to the good old days when some idiot claimed that the writing on the labels was so small that he ended up taking Viagra instead of vitamins and almost… this and the other, you finish the line.
  Mengo and his wit... .
  
• February 03, 2009
• 12:20

  Mama Sarah's Tears

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  I was making supper for my three children when a friend came to my house and told me a tanker had just rolled down in Sachangwan near Molo town and everybody was celebrating the free petrol.

  Because of the hard life in our county we rushed for two jericans each. Off we took off as I left my elder daughter Sarah to continue cooking the meal.

  
• January 30, 2009
• 8:53

  I lost my friend in the Nakumatt fire

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  Yesterday was an exhausting day. Our directors were visiting from Dubai so we had one meeting after the next. With all the reports that we had to make I did not have time to go out to lunch. Finally, I found some reprieve late that afternoon, left the office and walked towards Nakumatt Supermarket. Imagine my delight when I ran into an old friend Vicky. We met in primary school where we became fast friends, but had since lost touch because she had moved to China. Her sister, who lived in Langata, was sick so she had come to visit.
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• January 16, 2009
• 9:40

  I'd Rather Not Hear You Now

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  When I officially get to be classified as a cranky old (not elderly, not older, and certainly not advanced in years) man, I also want to be declared wise. There are a growing number of old people who are not wise, I finally uncovered the conspiracy behind this: hearing aids.
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• January 09, 2009
• 6:04

  Are you in the army now?

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  You cannot judge a book by its cover, my mother always said. However, growing up I found that you could tell a thing or two about people by what they wore. Like everyone else, I have gone through various stages of shedding, starting with sneakers that were far too big for me and a fringe that covered my face so I did not have to look at the ridiculous shoes below my nose. Then there was that period when I insisted on revealing my wobbly knees through expensive jeans that were consciously ripped and t-shirts that had all the wrong color combinations on them.
  
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• January 06, 2009
• 6:57

  Blogging in Kenya

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  Blogs continue to grow as alternative news sources, in Kenya and around the world. !-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } -->

  Blogging, I think is the new frontier of information, opinion and news in our local society. Here we have a pool and a variety of news and information from different people on a wide range of issues.

  Victor Ngeny highlights Kenyan bloggers here. The list is not conclusive, add your blog in the comment section. 

  

  
• November 17, 2008
• 0:14

  I am sorry I lied!

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  This week I read something that triggered some fond in a sad way memories of my life in the UK. I can't really remember where I read it as I am one of those people who read several materials simulteneously, but it was something to do with the perception of Africa by the less travelled Brit!
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• November 14, 2008
• 2:55

  Yes, we Kinda did

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  Was it a blitz of well constructed sentences, spoken extremely well with great conviction, or am I, well, mentally challenged? I heard the speech, I heard the people present scream in jubilation, and I heard others give begrudging complements. But I couldn’t see the necessity of the line that had come to define the campaign. Yes we can.
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  On a more personal note, the guy planning to unite everyone won but on the following weekend, all Premier League teams with United in the name lost. And the gun-totting party lost but on the following weekend, the teams with ‘gun’ in the name won.
  
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• November 13, 2008
• 1:01

  Obama is a citizen of the world

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  Senator Obama is a citizen of the world. Born in Hawaii to a Kenyan father and an American mother, reared in Indonesia and Hawaii, Obama is the exemplification of the world as a global village. 

  
  

  The election of Illinois Senator Barrack Obama as the 44^th president of the United States of America heralds a new chapter in the political history of the world. It is the ultimate indication that the racial relations in the world have gone full circle and that any talented individual irrespective of his colour or race can actualize their highest aspirations.

  
  

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• 0:59

  Marco Polo

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  Did his journeys reeeally take place? While there are naysayers, there are just as many who believe his stories. Debatable, that is true.

  For every North there is South, for East, West. Ying and yang represent the quintessence of the interdependence of two opposing points of view.

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• November 04, 2008
• 21:46

  First Time Voter... AmeriKen!

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  I have always looked forward to voting period. I never had the chance to engage in the voting process in Kenya because I left Kenya before I was of age. I stood by in 2007 as millions of Kenyans voted and felt a sadness at being of age to vote and unable to vote in my home country.
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• November 03, 2008
• 11:18

  13-yr old girl rape victim stoned to death

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  It's been a long time since something in the news made me cry-- I am not the weepy kind. But this story broke my heart in ways I cannot begin to describe.
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• 9:53

  It is a privilege not a right to vote in the US election

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  The fact of the matter is that it is not a  US Constitutional "right to vote."
  Let me say that again. According to the US Constitution, You Do Not Have a Right to Vote!!
  Judicial bodies have affirmed this.
  Sep. 21, 2006 | Last week, a Missouri judge reminded the state Legislature that citizens of the state have a right to vote. And because it is a right, not a privilege granted by the powerful, Missourians can cast their ballots this November without having to meet identification requirements that seemed designed to make it harder for certain people -- the poor, the elderly, minorities and women -- to exercise that right.

  

  
• 5:39

  Lessons unlearned

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  The truth is, we never learn. There are still adverts in the media telling people who cannot afford shares e.g. Co-Op to take loans to this end. Really!! Kenyans are obviously not listening to the news.
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• November 02, 2008
• 19:46

  Two Cents, Two Days to Go

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  Two days to go. I can just imagine the furor that will be in the office come Tuesday/Wednesday. Who is to say how this race will pan out? I can only surmise.

  As my fellow history buffs would agree, one would need to look at the chronicles of this country to understand what is taking place this day and age. To quote Shakespeare (and then Biden) "What's past is prologue". In other words, history is an eye into the future.

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• November 01, 2008
• 20:13

  Be The Change You Want To See In The World

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  Sometime beginning of this year (2008) I received this awesome writing from a wonderful, gorgeous, talented and absolutely inspiring friend- MIRIAM CHEMMOSS.
  
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• October 30, 2008
• 5:38

  Kibaki is wasting my time!

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  This is an open letter to Kibaki - I am now 'friends' with him on facebook, although I can almost bet that he is not the real Kibaki, but anyway, I am really angry with you, Sir.
  
  Want to find out why? Click here.

  

  
• October 22, 2008
• 21:37

  Sexual Abuse in Schools

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  In high school, he had sexual relations with at least one girl every year. These were always rumors, and I did not believe them. In fact, I felt sorry for the girls whose names I thought were being smeared. He was my Geography teacher.
  
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• October 15, 2008
• 13:29

  women and trousers

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  For two days this week, I have listened to Maina Kageni and Mwalimu King'ang'i play their usual roles of good cop/bad cop, but listening to the male callers contribute their opinions on women and trousers gave me an unusual peak into how some brains belonging to some Kenyan men work!
  
  To say the least, it left me on the brink of concluding that only really stupid male chauvinists call radio stations! I say brink as I have heard some of those men argue intelligently on other matters!
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• October 07, 2008
• 2:57

  Rwanda Excels as Advocate for Women's Rights

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  Imagine my delight when I read about Rwanda's election of Mukantabama Rose as its first female speaker. Whatsmore Rose's turf, the Rwandese parliament is the world's first female majority parliament in the world.
  
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• September 30, 2008
• 21:04

  imagine diaries

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  1. Being Kenyan is cool- Incase you haven't realised, the words Kenya and Kenyan are now household global brands. Since the Obama frenzy started a year ago and with his rising popularity ever since, being Kenyan is becoming quite cool and more people now have an interest with Kenya and anything Kenyan.
     
     
  2. Bling bling beggar, et al- We have been rendered helpless to the whines and whims of ambitious beggars. The route I take home everyday is always prone to traffic jams and this has rendered us commuters who make long, winding queues helpless to the whines and whims of beggars and preachers, save for the occasional weekend when we are saved dramatically from such occurrences because the average working Kenyan will be caught dead going to town on a weekend (But then the high-pitched voice from the “makanga” cuts the commuter’s sleep short as he begs loudly for them to board the matatu!)- But I digress…
     
     
  3. Painful High School Memories (My True Story)-- Lo Nyambok remembers going to a Kenyan high school.
     
     
  4. Religion, the pious worship of God-- "We do ourselves wrong, and too meanly

     estimatethe holiness above us, when we deem

     that any act or enjoyment good in itself, is not

     good to do religiously. "

  

  
• September 24, 2008
• 6:48

  kenyan athlete doping

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  Amina on imagine diaries writes about a Kenyan athlete who was recently banned for using an illegal substance.
  
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• September 18, 2008
• 10:23

  imagine diaries| Would You Like The Blue Pill? Or The Red Pill?

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  "Let me tell you why you are here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But, you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?" Morpheus In The Movie 'The Matrix'.
  
  So sometimes I sit back and really wonder if the movie- THE MATRIX- was some kind of subtle message to wake us up but we chose to view it as some really awesome Science fiction movie. We truly do have the choice to see the truth whether it is in Religion or Politics, but I think human beings are addicted to LIES.
  
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• September 10, 2008
• 21:27

  Palin vs Obama (in Kenya)

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  For a minute let us compare these two political candidates and assume that they were running for office in Kenya. Let us also assume that identity politics don't matter, and that Kenyans will not flock to Obama because he is black and male and "Kenyan", and that women will not support Palin because she is a woman and a mother who has been running against the boys' club.

  

  
• August 30, 2008
• 7:21

  imagine diaries

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  This week on the kenyaImagine blogs:
  

  • Kenyan Olympic Team: Proper Welcome: Kayua on why the Kenyan government needs to do more for its athletes.
    
  • Live-blog on Bill Clinton's DNC speech
  • Obama's Rise Gratifies Africans in the US: Enigmaress posts an article from US Today
  • Who is Sarah Palin?: Amina on the VP candidate for the Republicans.
  • Snapshots of Michele Obama's DNC speech: Ritch highlights his favorites of her speech.
    
  • My definition-my motivation: With a photo essay Enigmaress talks about what inspires her
  • To Love is to suffer- to Love is to heal: Enigmaress on matters of the heart

  

  
• August 23, 2008
• 12:25

  imagine diaries

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  This week on kenyaImagine blogs
  

  • Doomsday prophecy or prediction? (Georgian guide stones)
    I was on my usual quest to find something, anything that satisfies my constant thirst and curiosity for knowledge. I had studied Statistics for hours and needed a break... thats how I came across this information about the Georgia Guide Stones.
    
  • Olympics: nation switchers
    It looks like it's not only Kenyans switching teams for better pasture. For Kenyans, it has mostly been for monetary compensation.
    
  • Nigerian man to kick "82 of his women" out in the cold
    I was amused the other day when I heard the story of an 84 year old Nigerian man who has 86 women for wives. This is just a staggering number! Wait, that's not all. The story went on to say that he has at least 170 children!!
    

  

  
• August 15, 2008
• 14:24

  imagine diaries

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  Read our latest diaries here.

  

  
• August 01, 2008
• 8:49

  Once Upon A Time... .

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  Once upon a time, death and dying made sense, you died because you were old, you died because some lunatic ran a red light, you died because a snake bit you, you died because your heart arrested. People died in a myriad of ways and obituaries made for an interesting read...
  
  Dorothy Ghettuba blogs from New Mexico where she is attending this years AIDS conference. Read more. And you can RSS to her blog so that you are notified anytime she makes a new entry!

  

  
• July 16, 2008
• 14:14

  imagine diaries

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  Here is a brief update on what our bloggers have been upto since my last posting a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy. For a listing of all the latest blogs, click here.
  

  1. Fear and Blogging-- Sunny overcomes this fear
  2. Truth in Advertising-- Sembe in his satirical post calls on us to believe in advertisers, companies after all spend millions in advertising.
     
  3. Catching Up-- Johari shares a story about a friend who visits her fiance's home.
  4. Mr. Kibaki-- No amnesty for Kimunya-- a letter from George Nyongesa of Bunge la Wananchi
  5. Retailing in Kenya, Nakumatt reviewed-- Stephen Wanyama begins discussion on the supermarket industry in Kenya. Is Nakumatt good or bad for the economy and mwananchi?
  6. The Cry Fizzles: Ritch's poem on resigning.
     
  7. A sentimental village dam: Ritch on his visit to Nyahururu last year.
  8. She'll be fine: Sembe on breaking up with his girlfriend, a girl who is really not his girlfriend.
     
  9. Kisumu's white elephant: Stephen Wanyama on the stealth creation of a public private enterprise in Kisumu. You didn't know about this one? Read on.
  10. just a band: Amina discovers a new Kenyan band. A new sound.
  11. The dangers of being cosmopolitan and eschewing macho campaigning-- Amir Ibrahim on Jesse Jackson's uncolorful comments on Barack Obama.
      
  12. Police teargas Bunge La Wananchi at Jevanjee Gardens-- George Nyongesa describes how it went down.
  13. Vodafone steals Safcom glory--PNdiangui wonders... .
      
  14. Insomnia: Sembe discusses his ailment and possible cures.
  15. Life.. is our reality real? or is it all an illusion? Enigmaress on why it is important to be yourself.
      

  

  
• July 07, 2008
• 7:23

  imagine diaries| Monday July 7th 2007

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  Here's a summary on the weekend and Monday blogs on kenya imagine. Interested in blogging and increasing your readership? Just sign up and type away! Blogs are unedited!
  

  1. Sembe on Break Ups 2 Makes Up blogs about his relationship that never was, but was? Huh? Yup, read more!
  2. Richard writes a poem giving an Ode to the Charade: Zimbabwe.
  3. Josephine K calls on readers to list Scholarships in the US and Kenya, and anywhere to share with others. Please share!
  4. Richard on the East Africa Federation and Tanzania's seeming reluctance to join the union.
  5. Amir Ibrahim wonders why in sports we support who we support, how do we decide to pick our team or sportsman/woman?
  6. Josephine K discusses the challenges of blogging, of letting your diaries out into in to world.
     

  

  
• June 27, 2008
• 16:02

  This week's imagine diaries

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  1. It's Vogue to Be Black-- Amina on Vogue's Black issue-- on newsstands this week.
     It is certainly a departure from the usual white models (who all look alike if
     you ask me). However, as we know fashion is cyclic and these women will soon not
     be in vogue. Although the fashion industry reflects some on society, we
     cannot rely on it to direct the trends on who is beautiful and who is not. Even
     with white women, models hardly represent true society.
  2. Reapology-- Sembe after killing someone writes the deceased a letter from prison, apologizing.
     I have sat for long hours in this confined facility and reflected on how my actions have landed me in the place of collective solitude. I believe in the rehabilitation process, and it requires me to take responsibilityof my deeds.
  3. Dating Escapade #1-- Johari describes a date that did not go so well.
  4. Mwangi cross-blogs his interview with Mashada founder and Ushahidi co-founder, David Kobia.