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the story of kenya’s own crisps: kachiri
Crisps aren’t for TV kids in the West alone. At the coast, Cassava crisps, or ‘Kachiri’, are a staple, and Kenya’s very own crisps, at some Sh10 a bag. Cassava is a perennial with a wide harvesting window that means it can act as a famine reserve, which has seen the Mijikenda tribe among other coastal communities make cassava one of their staple foods,
recession hits the creation of young researchers in malindiMalindi’s largest research library, with more than 6000 books, is reporting a stark gap in new readers, following the suspension two years’ ago of the holiday arts program built to establish the library as a ‘habit’ for many of th... |
making baby owls in MalindiThe only bird sanctuary for birds of prey in Kenya, Falconry of Kenya, is running a breeding program for the rarest of the raptors, the owls that are the centre’s biggest attraction, alongside Mzee Kobe, a huge aldabra tortoise, c... |
The twin killers of business: too much generosity, and too littleRunning a successful business is a juggling act around generosity with partners, and the responsibility of making the sums add up. Yet many entrepreneurs excel on only one side of the equation, leading to the inevitability of joi... |
bee therapy in Malindi – using pain to kill painBee stings and bee venom are an unlikely route to health, but according to one centre in Kenya, the results are stunning, relieving arthritis, slowing the effect of AIDS, stimulating the immune system and delivering a claimed perm... |
web review: homeboyz maintain the coolHomeboyz entertainment has grown from a simple Deejaying unit back in the early 1990’s to an entertainment group spanning event organizing, a record label, radio and TV, a music academy, and even a water bottling company. The grou... |
Kenyan tourists flock to East Africa’s first churchKnown for its pristine white beaches and laid-back feel, Malindi is spawning a surge in local tourism as a cultural and historic resort drawing Kenyans to a heritage that includes East Africa’s very first church, as well as the ci... |
graffiti artists show all at sarakasi domeThe fourth element of hip hop colony, graffiti, is creeping into Kenya’s emerging youth art scene, with a monthly event WAPI held in Nairobi now bringing together underground artists to compete and showcase their talents. Read mor... |
Nairobi’s biking and running races in the forestSaturday will be a day of family and biking races through the Karura Forest, on the west side of Nairobi, as the Porini Trail Run Series comes to the forest as a fundraiser to build bandas for the rangers across the 1041.3ha natur... |
kenya’s slide into tb moves to world’s worst caseKenya has reported its first case of the killer extreme-drug-resistant tuberculosis, in a horror story of spreading infection that has seen ordinary TB cases triple since the early 1990’s, mostly among HIV-negative Kenyans, placin... |
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How many antenna's will we need when all this takes effect.Further more will they all face the same direction, and maybe then require a VHF antenna and a broadband UHF."Leonard Mulama Luyegu
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