A comrades' pocket is toned while in campus

At times I get irritated with the perception the society out their have on campus student. Am not being biased but the truth must be weighed in order to determine who is digging into comrades' pocket.

Last week while traveling from home to school, I met this man at stage entrance and offered to lift my luggage into the bus stage. The guy on arrival demanded sh50 for his services. To me it sounded so awkward only that I did not want to be rude to him, I told him I had sh 20. The guy kept on insisting to be given sh 50 but at last settled on sh 20.

This incident reminded me of Mary my hairdresser a month ago when I visited her salon for my hair dressing. She had narrated to me on how campus life used to be luxurious some years back when students had money to change hair styles on weekly basis and dispose their belongings such as basins, mattresses, shoes and electronic gadgets at the end of every semester only to buy new ones on reopening.

According to Mary, the business used to be lucrative due to student money and led a comfortable life, "During that time, I could plait several students with the amount of money I demand without the negotiation but nowadays things have changed, they bargain up to the last coin sticking unto their amount," Mary reiterated.

Mary said the business has gone down recently as students prefer styling their hair after every month or two due to economic hurdles they are undergoing due to reduced HELB loan deposited into their accounts unlike in the past when they used to receive huge amounts enough to buy a car in two years. Gone are the days when student leaders could drive vehicles outdoing their lecturers.

The big challenge that students face is the way outsiders view them as income earners to a point of raising the living standards in the surrounding environment. What disgusts most is the fact that residential rooms in stage goes at sh 3,500 to 8,000 per month. This is mining from a comrades pocket as they do not have choice as the university can not accommodate all the students within university premises.

Balancing parenthood and class needs contentment

Parenthood in campus is a challenging task that most students would never want to be associated with as it is too demanding and time consuming.Many term it as a way a fact that hinders them from life enjoyment in campus.

According to Evelyn Nyaboka, a fourth year student in Moi University who is a young teacher, balancing motherhood and class is not a big deal to her. She loves her kid and would do anything on earth to sustain her.

"Am able to wake up early to ensure that my boy has something to eat during the day, I do not rely on house girls to prepare a meal for Raymond," Evelyn reiterated.

Nyaboka said she is willing to do part time contracts including laundry in stage side residential in order to put food on their table since money sent from home can not sustain them. She was about to abort the child after her boyfriend dumped her on discovering her pregnancy.

For Evelyn being a mother and a student as well has made her learn to be hardworking and believes that life shall never threaten her, she is ready to face what comes her way. She has never failed in her exams and aspires to be a good teacher who would train her students to be men and women of substance.

"I do not regret for what happened in the past but I use my mistakes as stepping stones in my road to success, Raymond is my motivation."
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Need to stay healthy this cold season

Recent weather changes across the country have left many wondering on what to do in order to avoid catching cold and other related diseases.

According to research done earlier, colds result from infection with a virus which mainly affect nose and throat.

Cold symptoms begin with throat discomfort or sore throat. The symptoms are followed by clear watery nasal discharge, sneezing, fatigue and at times slight fever. It is understood that post nasal drip from your nose and sinuses can cause a cough.

The first days of a cold nose can be filled with watery nasal secretions. The secretion may become thicker and darker. Dark mucus does not necessarily mean you have developed bacterial infection.

It is wise to call a doctor once you experience fever, increased weakness, pain when swallowing and coughing up greater amounts of yellow and green coloured mucus.

Research shows good hygiene can decrease viral infections such as colds and prevent the spread of cold viruses by making sure you and your family members wash your hands regularly with detergents even after coughing.

Every born person has a disability

 To say disability is not inability is a true reality in life. Human beings shall never believe that they are disabled in a way as they expect a disabled person to be handicapped either not able to walk, see or hear.

 The truth whether you agree or disagree is that we all have disabilities but only that the disability is not hindering us from performing normal tasks such as cooking and cleaning.

Have you ever heard that inability to understand basic arithmetic concepts such as fractions and whole numbers or having problems with motor tasks such as breaking things and inability to organize oneself is a type of disability?

Learning disability is a classification that includes several areas of functioning in which a person has difficulty learning in a typical manner, usually caused by an unknown factors. Given the "difficulty learning in a typical manner", this does not exclude the ability to learn in a different manner. Therefore, some people can be more accurately described as having a "Learning Difference", thus avoiding any misconception of being disabled with a lack of ability to learn and possible negative stereotyping.

However, many children have difficulty with reading, writing, or other learning-related tasks at some point, but this does not mean they have learning disabilities. A child with a learning disability often has several related signs, and these persist over time. The signs of learning disabilities vary from person to person.

While learning disability, learning disorder and learning difficulty are often used interchangeably, they differ in many ways. Disorder refers to significant learning problems in an academic area. These problems, however, are not enough to warrant an official diagnosis. Learning disability on the other hand, is an official clinical diagnosis, whereby the individual meets certain criteria, as determined by a professional.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TRAINING IN MOI UNIVERSITY

The training is being conducted by IBM staff. their main aim is to train students about the COGNOS business intelligent and anaytics software so that they can be certified business intelligence analysts by IBM

Cog nos software enables organizations to become top-performing and analytics-driven entities. From business intelligence to financial performance and strategy management, Cognos software is designed to help everyone in your organization make the decisions that achieve better business outcomes—today and in the future. Flexible deployment options, either on cloud or on premises, enables you to easily scale your analytics to meet changing business needs.
BM Cognos Analytics introduces smarter self-service that guides you in generating insights from data for impressive and effective presentation. With experience in delivering mission-critical analytics, Cognos Analytics helps you meet all your organization’s needs in one integrated solution, available on premises or the cloud.
Instantly share insights by amplifying and incorporating them into everyday actions. With an interactive and intuitive web experience you can personalize content and create dashboards from anywhere, anytime on desktop or mobile device. The guided self-service approach anticipates user intent, makes recommendations and automates the analytics process to quickly and independently get results. IBM Cognos Analytics also allows you to collaborate across teams, organizations, and ecosystems to amplify value and offer the scalability, governance, security and performance demanded by organizations today.

IBM Cognos Analytics features:

• A complete web-based experience, with no need for desktop tools
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• A system that connects people, their ideas and insights, to improve business processes and increase collective intelligence
• A single environment that spans departmental and enterprise reporting

“Top seat contestants” clash in radio show

BY: kiprono willy
A political radio show, MUSO DECIDES, on Moi University Radio (M.U F.M) yesterday turned ugly as aspirants in the MUSO chairmanship race took at each other, lashing each other for their alleged misgivings. Two aspirants ,Shem Ouma and Apuoyo Rathore, seemed to be at the extreme ends of the scuffle that ensued at the M.U F.M studios wich each trying to discredit the other on their reasons for joining the chairmanship race.

Apuoyo Rathore, who rides on the “we the people” slogan was put to task to defend himself against allegations by his rival Shem Ouma who claimed that Rathore was coerced by four sitting directors into entering the chairmanship race. Rathore dismissed this claim, saying that his campaign was anchored on 11 pillars, each centered towards an oversight role in the 11 MUSO dockets.
Shem Ouma, the crusader of the “we must be great” slogan who was on the opposite end rubbished Rathore’s claims that he was eying the top seat just to ensure that a Luhya clinches the seat after Rathore presented a screenshot of a conversation between Ouma and a Luhya elder, in which Ouma is said to have intimated the same. Things got interesting after the said Luhya elder came out in Ouma’s defense claiming that Ouma was seeking blessings from an older brother.
Towett Ng’etich took a backseat as he seemed to have been caught up in the middle of the scuffle pitting the two. Rathore however challenged his integrity citing a photo where he is allegedly seen to be walking behind Deputy President William Ruto, questioning his integrity as he moved to cloud Ruto’s integrity, as he made claims casting doubts to the deputy president’s integrity. This he attributed to a claim he made alleging that Towett was Ruto’s political student.
As the quest for the top seat in Moi University’s student politics intensifies, many will be keen to see how the race shapes up and how the three come out to defend their candidature. It also remains to be seen whether Rathore and Ouma will make peace or whether the two will carry on with the personal attacks against each other.

Please read this to be on the safe side.

What!!!!!!!! chewing someone's pen is just horrible get this clear.

By Matt Son Sang

Sometimes we contract diseases without noticing the genesis of the whole thing. This might be as a result of how we handle objects and expose them close to our mouths.  That pen you borrow or steal from your friend is not always safe to handle especially for those guys who perceive that everything held at hand is food.

Of course that pen you borrowed had already been exposed to someone else’s spit when that person was either very much idle or was seriously thinking about something.  I’m against the act of chewing pens but it is much better than opening your mouth open when wondering or thinking very hard because you might have even forgotten to brush your teeth.

 People who think hard open their mouths, hit their heads on the wall or chew pens. People who think smart, we are not bothered about you.

Secondly, have you borrowed a pen and in the process of trying to ‘kiss’ it you meet with an unpleasant smell? Yeah that is the bacteria in the owner’s saliva; please let it rotate within the owner’s territory.  You better bear with your fiance's bacteria than interact with new ones from someone else unless you are trying to adventure into bacteriology. I know I don’t make sense to you but it carries more sense to suck the ‘soup’ on that pen’s tip hha.

Thirdly, did you know people have money for partying but not for replacing lost pens? Whatever the case, you will understand it better that very moment you will kiss a pen which had been dropped in the toilet. You now wonder if people close their eyes and remove their pens in a mixture of shit and urine. Sorry for interfering with your appetite I’m just sending some useful information.

Before you wonder, answer me this question, what would you do if your car keys, ATM, accidentally slip out of your pocket into that mixture of shit and urine, will you say to hell with it and walk away?, you can say yes but the time you’ll drop them is the time you will confess that shit is not just dirt because it is excreted from the body. ‘Germs are not aware’ will be your slogan forever. 

 

I’m not wasting your time but I was just assuming to be in the shoes of that person who picks up his/her pen in amidst of shit mixed with urine. Don’t ever trust that pen it might have gone through that process, washed and wiped. Indeed it is clean for the person who bought it.

What will happen if your friend has tooth decay and you have a slight injury in your mouth, the result might not be friendly to talk about, we escape only in the mercies of God. Don’t waste your time friends, doing thorough cleanliness of your house and your body and end up kissing shit without your conscience.

Before I leave you to think, please check in your class or places of work, there are those people who use their pens to scratch their heads(woi dandruff) ears, nose (Is the image of mucus running through your mind?  Relax), at the back, pubic hair, buttocks (did I say shit? No sweat) legs and toes hha I'm confused if you can still borrow and chew their pens.

Bye , but before you leave people are rich because of pens, people are legends because of pens, death sentences are signed using pens, these pens are important and critical use them but don’t ‘kiss’ instead use them to write a letter to someone whom you can end up kissing until you are kissed by death. Walk away. posted by a writer from  informixmedia.blogspot.com

Millers should not increase flour prices

By Wanyama

The cost of maize flour is set to go up. Being a staple food, this will greatly affect most Kenyan households at a time they are grappling with harsh economic times. Data available from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) reveals that in the period 2010 to 2015, Kenyans spent half their disposable income on food.

This by itself is an indicator of high levels of poverty, which impact negatively on other vital aspects of life, mostly health and schooling.

Further increases in the price of maize flour are likely to compound an already dire situation. Maize millers in the country are boycotting to buy maize from the National Cereals Board citing health concerns. 

This, according to the millers, is informed by the brownish colour of maize from the cereals board which they claim indicates overstaying in the silos and could easily lead to food poisoning.

Such overriding concerns for the safety of Kenyans are commendable since several deaths from aflatoxin (maize poisoning) were reported in the recent past. It would be wrong for millers to keep quiet over a potentially dangerous issue because of profits.

But it is difficult to comprehend how Government silos could have maize that has overstayed. In 2014/2015, farmers in the Rift Valley stopped selling their maize to the Government, citing poor prices. The farmers claimed they were being offered Sh2,300 for a 90kg bag of maize instead of Sh3,300. In fact, at some point in 2015, the Government had to import maize from Tanzania because of maize shortages.

The Government has discounted the miller’s claims and assured Kenyans the maize in store is safe for consumption. Kenyans can only hope that this is not a ploy by millers to increase the prices. We cannot lose sight of the fact that in 2014/2015, millers and middlemen bought maize directly from farmers and should therefore be having enough stocks.

 why little stress is always good for your health .
By Mathew Sang
 

A team of researchers from Canada have proved the worsened spread of viral particles when taking painkillers for flu. People who fight the battle unmedicated less frequently suffer from it than those who rush for medical treatment.
The essence of the study was to prove that little discomfort is good for human health and survival.
Apart from that, other studies encourage the theory that cold baths are better than warm.

Not always the normal calls, funny things people do in the toile!!!

 BY Mathew Sang

After reading this short list of what people always dash to do in the washrooms,  you will be thinking otherwise when you see Dan/Mercys' heading to the dedicated small office holding that white clearance "receipt", the tissue. 

According to a research which was solely based on interview and secret investigations, some of the things which happen in that place will shock you. 

1. The Short and long calls. Of course these are two core objectives targeted by most people heading to those washrooms. 

2. Counting money - shocked?!  Not yet. Do you always do that?  Hha, not you alone. People who fear being noticed with huge money will prefer  locking themselves inside a toilet to count and even put aside a certain amount that may not attract attention of an hungry man. But believe me, they will come out holding up their zips. 

3.Cheking periods - Women/ladies sometimes visit the place to check  they are in those special "DAYS". That is the term if I'm not wrong. 

4.changing pads - if you are heading there after reading this, please check for me at the top joining close to the roof. Please don't check inside it is obvious, that is a business for tomorrow. 

5.stolen kiss /quickie-please learn to be doing it at a better place. People from that big hotel /restaurant have some more urgent calls to attend to, at the top of the list. Go home please. Nkt. 

6. Secret - cry - when you hear Kenyans saying "utalia Kwa Choo"  they are not joking my friend. When the situation worsens some people find the toilet the only place to seek relieve pain or shame. They will always come out with a series of blinks on their eyes  . 

7.Secret-dining - hahaha.!  Where are these form one students?. This is hilarious and at the same time disgusting. Do people really run to the toilet to have a bite??.  That must be a professional mean creature. Have you ever found anything edible in those "places" who took it there?!!  I rest my case.

Not always the normal calls, funny things people do in the toilet!!!

 BY Mathew Sang

After reading this short list of what people always dash to do in the washrooms,  you will be thinking otherwise when you see Dan/Mercys' heading to the dedicated small office holding that white clearance "receipt", the tissue. 

According to a research which was solely based on interview and secret investigations, some of the things which happen in that place will shock you. 

1. The Short and long calls. Of course these are two core objectives targeted by most people heading to those washrooms. 

2. Counting money - shocked?!  Not yet. Do you always do that?  Hha, not you alone. People who fear being noticed with huge money will prefer  locking themselves inside a toilet to count and even put aside a certain amount that may not attract attention of an hungry man. But believe me, they will come out holding up their zips. 

3.Cheking periods - Women/ladies sometimes visit the place to check  they are in those special "DAYS". That is the term if I'm not wrong. 

4.changing pads - if you are heading there after reading this, please check for me at the top joining close to the roof. Please don't check inside it is obvious, that is a business for tomorrow. 

5.stolen kiss /quickie-please learn to be doing it at a better place. People from that big hotel /restaurant have some more urgent calls to attend to, at the top of the list. Go home please. Nkt. 

6. Secret - cry - when you hear Kenyans saying "utalia Kwa Choo"  they are not joking my friend. When the situation worsens some people find the toilet the only place to seek relieve pain or shame. They will always come out with a series of blinks on their eyes  . 

7.Secret-dining - hahaha.!  Where are these form one students?. This is hilarious and at the same time disgusting. Do people really run to the toilet to have a bite??.  That must be a professional mean creature. Have you ever found anything edible in those "places" who took it there?!!  I rest my case.

The good Lord is not your sponsor...

By Reuben wanyama

First of all, let me clear up who a sponsor is.
Sponsor: Typically an older man or woman that is in a symbiotic relationship with a younger lad where he fulfills the monetary desires of the young lad and in turn gets sexual favors and also a sense of being wanted and needed. People usually leave out the last part of the definition because they want to depict this relationship in the worst possible way. Don't get me wrong, I am not one to judge and point fingers because my moral and religious beliefs are not the same for you or them and vice versa.

it angers me that now in the name of spreading God's word; we want to associate the good Lord with this. No, God is not a sponsor. God is a provider. God does not bless you or provide for your needs so that He can prove anything to anyone or so that you can give him anything. God provides for you because He loves his people and has promised them life and life in abundance.

When I listen to Jimmy Gait's Yesu ndio sponsor, I can't help but feel a great amount of disappointment. This is a great materialization of the gospel. The naked truth is that this song was released because sales were estimated to be high why? Everybody is now talking about sponsors and what better way to generate sales than sing about what everybody is talking about? I mean its typical entertainment A, B, C.  I have listened to the song and I literally have no words for this man!

The gospel industry has become a cash cow for many artists and instead of spreading the truth and how to remain right in the eyes of the Lord, we want to sing about sponsors and a few lines of how if you come to Christ you will receive 'sponsorship.'

I am not the most righteous of the pack but even I know that when I go before the Lord, I don't do it so that he can give me 'sponsorship'. The good Lord gives us something better; he gives us eternal life, forgiveness, a second chance, a never ending love and a ready ear for anytime you feel like it’s getting a bit too much. All these earthly possessions He blesses us with are just but a bonus.

Artists should stop materializing God. Do not strive to maintain your relevance in the industry by thinking you can blurt out anything that trends and associate it with the good Lord. God is not your playmate nor is he your sponsor; seek to praise him in truth and in spirit, not in trends and hashtags!