Maina Andrew

80 per cent of all teachers don’t know what CBC is or how to teach it

CBC Implementation in Kenya: An overwhelming majority of Kenyan teachers do not understand the competency based curriculum that is being implemented by the government. These teachers are also untrained on how to teach it. This is according to a survey...

Fabian Kibet: How I made my first Sh. 1 million from farming

Farming millions in Kenya: Many university graduates desire a well-paying white-collar job after graduating. Unfortunately, that dream remains elusive for many. Young Fabian Kibet, a media graduate from Katalel village in the heart of Elgeyo Marakwet County, realising that painful...

Nicholas Warutumo: From Kenya Army to Safaricom driver, customer care

Nicholas Warutumo is a professional driver and a Customer Experience Executive at Safaricom. He is a married father of two and a grandfather. How and when did you join Safaricom? I joined Safaricom in 2007. I saw an advert in the...

Making money from sheep farming: from birth to the market

Sheep farming in Kenya is mainly kept for wool and mutton. The ewe has a gestation period of 142 to 152 days, averaging 147 days and they come on heat every 17 days lasting for 24 to 48 hours...

Parking in Nairobi to cost Sh. 1,200 per day in new hourly rates

Nairobi Parking Cost: Motorists in Nairobi will start paying Sh. 100 per hour for parking in a new parking formula that has been developed by the City Hall. According to the new rates, motorists will pay Sh. 100 per hour...

What I learned after taking Sh. 300,000 loan to start chicken farming

Chicken Farming Capital: While at Mr Nicodemus Mbaluka's one-acre farm in Wayani village, Kwale County, one cannot stop marvelling at the ease with which he handles his chickens. Mr Mbaluka says he ventured into poultry farming after consulting his wife...

TSC teachers disciplinary and determination process

TSC Disciplinary Process: This feature looks at the process that the Teachers Service Commission will undertake against a teacher at fault. The Commission may take disciplinary action against a teacher who commits any of the following offences:Immoral behaviour, including but...

Details of secret deal KNUT signed with TSC on salaries, membership

TSC KNUT Deal: Details of a secret deal that was signed between the Teachers Service Commission and the Kenya National Union of Teachers in July 2021 can now be revealed. According to a report that appeared in a local...

Nancy Karanja: How farmer makes Sh. 350,000 on an acre plot in Nairobi

University of Nairobi soil scientist Nancy Karanja, takes us on a tour of her one-acre plot, the size of your average up-market city estate—Lavington, Loresho or Kitisuru. A plot in up-market Karen measures half to two-and-a-half acres, the latter...

Michael Njuguna: From farmhand to a multi-million dairy farmer

Top Dairy Farms in Kenya: What does it take to build a successful dairy farm whose returns are in millions? Well, this is the question that's often asked by many, and whose answer this feature that was first published...

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KNEC opens grade 10 learner registration for school-based assessment

The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has commenced the registration of Grade 10 learners for School-Based Assessment (SBA), marking...