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. ...

She is short and chubby but when she opens her mouth you will be surprised. Mercy Opande, a 3rd year student doing Communication and Media at Egerton University is taking the Kenyan airwaves by storm with her new single LOVE. Mercy’s sound is soft RnB and even though the song is long, you want to listen to it on and on. The song LOVE encourages Christians and Kenyans in general to love one another. Her opening statements are Jesus died for Jews, the kiuks and the Luos. Is this the only song she has done? No, Mercy is not new in the music scene. Remember the DJ Gylo, the guy who accused a pastor of stealing his wife? Mercy had done a collabo with him. She has also backed several artists including Bishop Joseph WW Kamau of Happy Church Ministries International. So this is Mercy’s first single. The song has received great reception when it was aired on One FM and Egerton Radio. She is working on her next song entitled Rejoice. Mercy’s strong vocals can only be compared to Cece Win...

There are different types of people all over but one thing I have come to appreciate are my classmates at Egerton University. Currently we are in the last semester of our second year studying communication and media. I am writing a book to honor this people because what they have taught me is incredible. Mr. Nyaringi, Our Public Speaking lecturer told us to speak of our life experiences and wow it was amazing. We laughed, cried and got angry. These are our stories, who we were, who we are, who we will be, Beautiful People, By Mercy Opande