TRUTH OUTS KENYA

There is the story of the cat and the mice. It goes that one mouse suggested a fabulous idea of belling the cat but later on all the mice in the land could not come up with an effective way of implementing the young mouse’s idea.                      Kenyan school children in class/ photo,(concernusa.org) Fast forward to Kenya in 2014 and the Ministry of Education has declared a war on illiteracy by announcing that all children in lower primary classes should be taught in their mother tongue. They will later be taught in English as the main language of instruction in upper classes and High school before proceeding to tertiary institutes of learning. According to a research that has been conducted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, children taught in their mother tongue during the basic years of education perform academically better than their counterparts who are taught in English. ...

According to the online Cambridge dictionary a socialite is someone, usually of high social class, who is famous because they go to a lot of parties and social events. According to Wikipedia, a socialite is someone who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable events attended by others of similar standing. The Urban dictionary says a socialite is a ‘’No-talent Sex Video Making Tramp.’’                                   Vera Sidika, a Kenya Socialite/PHOTO Courtesy Nairobiwire Welcome to Kenya the land of world class athletes, the big five game, Oscar winners and socialites. The woman responsible for bring Kenyan’’ socialites’’ into the limelight is supposedly one Vera Sidika. She appeared in a local group’s music video, wooing the male audience with her curves and edges. Now we have every woman with a well-endow...