/Features/DN2/-/957860/957860/-/4qbb2h/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Why-few-take-mortgages/-/957860/1887630/-/cub10lz/-/index.html The 2012 Wealth Report by Knight Frank ranks Nairobi and Mombasa as the two areas that have witnessed the highest growth in property value 2013-06-19T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Embracing-Afro-urban-d-cor/-/957860/1887662/-/11svgawz/-/index.html When it comes to Afro-urban décor, a little goes a long way 2013-06-19T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Negotiated-loans/-/957860/1887622/-/ww9wjbz/-/index.html Employer schemes are one of the easiest ways to own a house, but, as one woman found out, the pain can be debilitating when you leave 2013-06-19T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Kenya-Power-to-give-out-free-green-bulbs/-/957860/1887648/-/10h1jue/-/index.html Kenya Power said Friday it would distribute 3.3 million free energy-saving bulbs in a countrywide exercise set to begin later this year 2013-06-19T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Tranquil-beauty-at-Mukima/-/957860/1887656/-/135kijiz/-/index.html Back in the 1930s, a family of settlers built a two-storey ranch house on 360 acres of land in Nanyuki, just four hours away from Nairobi 2013-06-19T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Whats-wrong-with-my-transmission/-/957860/1886128/-/na039m/-/index.html My car is having a “thud feeling” while shifting from drive to reverse/parking and/or when switching off 2013-06-18T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Are-lifesavers-required-by-law/-/957860/1886130/-/kgxqq3z/-/index.html Recently I was stopped by a traffic policeman and he asked me “Wapi lifesaver?” 2013-06-18T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Subaru-Outback/-/957860/1886120/-/15f1r4sz/-/index.html What is the difference between Subaru Outback 2.5i 4wd and 3.0R? 2013-06-18T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Is-the-Toyota-Avensis-a-fuel-guzzler/-/957860/1886132/-/3yl8hl/-/index.html The next time somebody tells you a car is thirsty, more so a small saloon from Toyota, ask them not to stop talking 2013-06-18T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Please-help-people-make-right-decisions/-/957860/1886134/-/skpwyt/-/index.html Please just help these people make the right decisions without thinking about your conflicts, endorsements, and people (companies) you might annoy in the process 2013-06-18T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Towards-reduced-maternal-mortality/-/957860/1886216/-/u009vx/-/index.html World Health Statistics 2013 show considerable progress has been made in reducing child and maternal deaths, improving nutrition and reducing deaths and illness from HIV infection, tuberculosis and malaria. 2013-06-17T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Stunted--growth-uncertain-future--/-/957860/1886262/-/phfp4c/-/index.html As a society, we all expect our children to grow well and achieve their goals in future. 2013-06-17T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/As-food-prices-rise-brace-yourself-for-an-Unga-war/-/957860/1886176/-/5k1s1uz/-/index.html Long before the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury Henry Rotich announced the re-tabling of the controversial Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill, civil societies under the banner Kenyans for Tax Justice had started laying the groundwork for countering the piece of legislation that, they argued, would spell misery for the vulnerable. 2013-06-17T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Keep-your-child-safe-from-harm/-/957860/1886234/-/vbp1riz/-/index.html Hardly a week goes by without a tragic story about an injured child. From drowning in boreholes to severe burns from houshold fires, to road accidents involving school buses and domestic violence at the hands of their guardians. Even where these incidences are not fatal, their physical and psychological effects are lifelong. 2013-06-17T17:28:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/In-a-mouse-hospital-hope-for-men-with-prostate-cancer/-/957860/1886188/-/v8qph7z/-/index.html At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a black mouse lies on a miniature exam table, his tail dangling off the end. 2013-06-17T17:18:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Should-I-expect-better-fuel-economy/-/957860/1886126/-/dg4bvc/-/index.html I have a Peugeot 405 station wagon on which I did an overhaul recently but the fuel economy has not improved 2013-06-17T16:41:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Boxing-is-a-savage-sport-Ban-it/-/957860/1884514/-/v8tbkg/-/index.html The greatest boxing fight was probably Ali-Frazier III. In their first encounter Smokin’ Joe knocked down Ali and won by decision. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/He-prays-and-fasts-but-does-no-work-/-/957860/1884518/-/2jfc6a/-/index.html I have been married for the past 12 years and we have a seven-year-old daughter. I have been a born-again Christian for 19 years. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/-/957860/1884500/-/dredul/-/index.html Water is life and life is human race’s prime goal.” These words by Mr Felix Ooko, a catchment management officer at the Water Resource Management Authority (WRMA), still echo in the mind. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/-/957860/1884504/-/dredup/-/index.html Many countries allow students to work part-time but there are many rules and regulations to follow. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Guess-who-is-watching-your-every-click-/-/957860/1884508/-/vtlwgx/-/index.html Who would have anticipated that the most powerful President in the world would be a villain in a story, in which he would be battling it out with an ordinary government employee? 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/-/957860/1884496/-/dredba/-/index.html A PhD holder once said that obtaining this highest academic accomplishment is like climbing Mt Everest. Once at the top, you can see the whole world but nobody sees you. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/I-m-too-confused-to-love-her-any-more/-/957860/1884520/-/4xyu66z/-/index.html I am 26. Two years ago, I met a lady with whom I started a relationship. I was just getting to know her when she moved in with me. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/I-have-not-been-a-good-husband/-/957860/1884522/-/2o79lbz/-/index.html I am 32 and I have been living with my 25-year-old wife for one year. We were recently blessed with a baby girl. She is now two months old. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Torn-between-two-heavy-drinkers/-/957860/1884524/-/y2hhvo/-/index.html I am torn between my current and my former boyfriend. I parted with my ex-boyfriend because he was addicted to alcohol and smoking. However, my feelings towards him never stopped. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Plans-to-give-Kenyan-coffee-a-global-mark-of-identity-/-/957860/1884510/-/5sv57m/-/index.html Tucked at the bottom of a bumpy road near the centre of Nyeri town, Kirimara Estate is a picture-perfect scene of flourishing and organised agriculture. 2013-06-16T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Mzee-the-movie-star-and-Kenyas-first-Hollywood-celebrities-/-/957860/1881394/-/9s1jab/-/index.html IN THE trivia section of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) profile of the film Sanders of the River (1935) lies this curious nugget of information: “Jomo Kenyatta, who was President of Kenya from 1963 to 1978, had a bit part in this movie as a tribal chief.” 2013-06-13T02:54:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/From-segregation--to-free-primary/-/957860/1881392/-/hw9dmaz/-/index.html At independence, Kenya’s new government committed itself to tackling three challenges, namely poverty, disease and ignorance. 2013-06-13T02:49:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The-race-against-racism/-/957860/1881390/-/6ejjdxz/-/index.html Nyandika Maiyoro made history in the 1956 Olympic Games by finishing the 5,000 metres in seventh position, ahead of White runners who at the time believed a black person has neither the skills nor the stamina to finish ahead of a Caucasian. 2013-06-13T02:44:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Are-your-staff-in-the-right-jobs/-/957860/1881378/-/obax2c/-/index.html Has your problem been sorted out yet?” It was the kind lady from the plumbing company making a follow up on Zawadi’s issue. 2013-06-13T00:28:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/How-negative-stuff-make-you-better-/-/957860/1881376/-/2cpqgs/-/index.html I went to a privileged school full of extremely wealthy children. Now that was a problem. My parents were not wealthy, and so from the beginning, I felt like an outsider. 2013-06-13T00:28:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/When-the-fresh-blood-mentors-the-seasoned-staff-/-/957860/1881374/-/g40kp8z/-/index.html Lorraine, 25, has been in employment for two years. She works as a communications assistant for an international non-profit organisation based in Nairobi. 2013-06-13T00:27:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Study-tells-why-many-youths-fail-to-find-jobs-/-/957860/1881372/-/157bv3uz/-/index.html Aniel Odanga, 26, is a college graduate of communication. It is two years since she graduated. She is yet to find a job, so she has resorted to concentrating on her clothesline business and part-time research work. 2013-06-13T00:26:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/How-to-work-the-peplum-trend/-/957860/1879816/-/7gq58l/-/index.html Local designer collections and custom jobs offer plenty of peplum; from jackets, blouses, skirts to dresses to celebrate the fine female form 2013-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Young-savvy-and-living-large/-/957860/1879696/-/1vpbs9z/-/index.html The ideal bachelor’s pad is no longer the drab, cluttered affair of the ‘90s 2013-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Towns-choking-on-sewer-woes/-/957860/1879774/-/fd08e5/-/index.html Land developers in Nairobi’s satellite towns are faced with huge costs due to lack of proper urban planning 2013-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Get-the-look/-/957860/1879734/-/ryccylz/-/index.html Similar items can be purchase locally from the following outlets 2013-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Borrowing-from-New-Zealand-/-/957860/1879792/-/o1unhjz/-/index.html Buying land in New Zealand and generally the West is strictly controlled by local councils and residents, says Gitau 2013-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/A-touch-of-wild-African-art/-/957860/1879730/-/jpvbd4/-/index.html Mara Safari Club started out as a small hunting camp in the late 19th century 2013-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/If-it-does-not-have-a-Title-Deed-run/-/957860/1879790/-/15ebmlqz/-/index.html While still working for ANZ Bank in Wellington, New Zealand, Mr Peter Gitau, director of Peter’s Plots, got interested in the land business in Kenya 2013-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/-/957860/1879710/-/dqvd5x/-/index.html This most sacred part of a bachelor’s pad is more of a shrine than a resting place 2013-06-12T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Payback/-/957860/1878646/-/f1ebcjz/-/index.html Britain has released a Sh2.6 billion ‘apology’ to the Mau Mau, but can that redress its ugly footprints in Kenya? 2013-06-11T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The-Camry-is-not-sexy-but-it-is-still-a-Toyota/-/957860/1878670/-/hj25qp/-/index.html I have tried several Camry models, they are well-built... at least the later models are 2013-06-11T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Bionic-eye-to-restore-vision-to-the-blind/-/957860/1877252/-/889ous/-/index.html A group of Australian scientists and industrial designers published their latest development of world’s first bionic eye, a device that may help thousands of people in darkness to see shapes and light again, local media reported on Saturday. 2013-06-09T15:04:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Why-Harambee-Stars-will-keep-breaking-hearts/-/957860/1877236/-/j4y09iz/-/index.html Some events that happened early last week left me in a bit of a dilemma. Those events altered my line of thought and the subject matter I had planned to write changed, thus, I now have to write about Kenya’s national football team, the dim Harambee Stars whose performance is nothing to write home about. 2013-06-09T15:00:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/That-daily-pill-could-be-killing-you-softly/-/957860/1877220/-/15flyrrz/-/index.html We depend on over the counter pain medications to help ease headaches, achy joints and raging fevers. Conversely, could the side effects of these medications outweigh the benefits? 2013-06-09T14:49:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/How-much-is-free-The-riddle-of-Kenyas-health-care-system/-/957860/1877200/-/kktwpgz/-/index.html Something very interesting is happening to Kenya’s health sector. As a cloud of reforms sweeps through the country’s major institutions, upturning systems and policies, the health sector has been receiving a jab of change every now and then. 2013-06-09T14:37:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Andrew-to-Audrey-A-case-of---genes-wiring-and-choice/-/957860/1876882/-/89nb8fz/-/index.html A Google search for the name Audrey Mbugua gives upwards of 75,700 results while that of Andrew Mbugua gives 141,000 results. 2013-06-09T02:31:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Rise-of-the-Illuminati-and-other-foolish-short-stories/-/957860/1876878/-/149fn7cz/-/index.html The battalions of ignorance gather and the march of idiocy continues unabated. If you doubt me, ponder over this: A student was recently expelled from school because he was a member of the Illuminati cult. In Kenya! 2013-06-09T02:23:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/He-is-cheating-on-me-so-why-cant-I-cheat-on-him-too/-/957860/1876874/-/2onpccz/-/index.html We married six years ago. That very year, he started cheating on me. After delivering our first-born daughter, I decided to go back to my parents despite being pregnant with my second child. 2013-06-09T02:07:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Women-entrepreneurs-to-go-global-after-Intel-ICT-training/-/957860/1876858/-/qv5tfi/-/index.html ADVANCES IN ICT have brought forth new ways of doing things, even business. Many business practices are being leveraged through the use of more tech-savvy approaches. 2013-06-09T01:14:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Linux-Mint-does-it-for-the-diehard-geek/-/957860/1876856/-/okn92mz/-/index.html My confession is simple: Linux has been a part of my life for over 10 years. Granted, Linux never was a cup of tea for everyone but the curious. Once you got it to work right, it was the closest thing you got to perfection. 2013-06-09T01:14:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Trainer-with-a-mission-to-raise-work-skills-in-tourism-industry/-/957860/1876854/-/br1tdhz/-/index.html A SERIOUS IMPEDIMENT TO THE GROWTH of the hospitality industry, according to experts, is inadequate training. 2013-06-09T01:13:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The-secret-to-becoming-an-expert/-/957860/1876852/-/1475lyc/-/index.html So you want your child to be the next Steve Jobs? Or has your child told you he dreams of becoming the next David Beckham? 2013-06-09T01:12:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Dispelling-job-search-and-career-myths/-/957860/1876850/-/ohwt6vz/-/index.html There are some basic questions and myths that bother fresh job seekers. They are generally based on ignorance, and this is not surprising as many colleges and universities hardly equip students with useful job search and career knowledge before releasing them into the job market. 2013-06-09T01:11:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Youve-got-to-love-taking-risks/-/957860/1876848/-/10lqg3i/-/index.html Sometimes people have extra money that they do not know what to do with. These people may require the assistance of an investment adviser to help them invest the money and grow it. 2013-06-09T01:10:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Trending-in-campus-today-Busy-bars-empty-libraries/-/957860/1876846/-/ajstmxz/-/index.html Have a word with a bar owner today and he will advise you where you will not go wrong to open a bar. And a bookshop manager will tell you exactly where not to set up shop. Both will be talking about the same location — in the vicinity of a university. 2013-06-09T01:09:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Nairobi-will-have-a-big-market-for-body-parts-/-/957860/1873798/-/15446vmz/-/index.html Imagining the future is very difficult and is only matched by the human tendency to go on a limb and predict what events and processes will come out of what is familiar to us today. 2013-06-06T03:12:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Socialite-settlers-How-sex-drugs-and-crime-built-the-colony-/-/957860/1873792/-/l23i9nz/-/index.html The arrival of the white settler in Kenya in the late 19th Century ignited an interest that saw the number of immigrants increase from less than 1,000 at the turn of the century to more than 60,000 by the 1950s. 2013-06-06T02:50:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Kariara-made-grass-grow-in-literary-fields-/-/957860/1873788/-/tixbff/-/index.html In the preface to Secret Lives and Other Stories, Ngugi wa Thiong’o describes how he met Jonathan Kariara, who was then a fellow student, outside the Main Hall at Makerere University College. 2013-06-06T02:36:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Mad-woman-who-rattled-the-British-/-/957860/1873784/-/xicw4y/-/index.html Mekatilili wa Menza may have been in the freedom struggle scene for a short time, but her contribution in raising the African consciousness among the Giriama people of the Coast was immense. 2013-06-06T02:03:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Green-plan-for-County-housing-demands/-/957860/1872636/-/dcod89/-/index.html A construction services firm on Monday announced plans to invest in 47 counties as part of its growth strategy to promote the adoption of green building technologies 2013-06-05T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Choc-a-block/-/957860/1872594/-/138ohnaz/-/index.html Nairobi’s architectural heritage is disappearing at an alarming rate, swallowed up by new skyscrapers and shopping malls. The concrete jungle is finally here 2013-06-05T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The-easiest-and-legal-way-to-buy-land/-/957860/1872618/-/rhrn7gz/-/index.html Buying land should not be such a hassle, especially when you go through the required legal processes 2013-06-05T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Hemingway-meets-Karen/-/957860/1872644/-/lt16tvz/-/index.html The long driveway leads to a sunny, imposing entrance hall 2013-06-05T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Exhibition-to-explore-origin-and-growth-of-city/-/957860/1872600/-/69rqpe/-/index.html Through a series of old and recent photographs, maps and text, an historical and architectural exhibition dubbed Nyrobi in Pictures runs from this week to the end of June at the French Cultural Centre. 2013-06-05T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Skirting-board-design-ideas/-/957860/1872662/-/clsxsbz/-/index.html Depending on the style used, skirting boards can give character to a room 2013-06-05T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/FYI/-/957860/1871318/-/7s2oirz/-/index.html Philista M Onyango, Katete Orwa, Aloys A Ayako, J B Ojwang’ and Priscilla W Kariuki argue in a 1991 study on street children by (A Study on Street Children in Kenya) that the phenomenon is a product of “socio-economic and political conditions and environment”. 2013-06-04T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Down-and-out/-/957860/1871294/-/pb5xwe/-/index.html For Kenyan street families, a portrait of want and obscene penury 2013-06-04T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/BMW-X5-vs-Land-Rover-Discovery-3/-/957860/1871324/-/dgb1y6z/-/index.html The Discovery spits in the face of the X5 and insults its mother to boot. Locking diffs, ride height control, low range gearbox, and the terrain response system. Enough said 2013-06-04T22:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The-ugly-truth-about-teenage-smoking/-/957860/1871692/-/qdginh/-/index.html Scenes of young people smoking in street corners after school or at social gatherings are becoming increasingly common place. And unlike in the past, smoking is no longer unique to men, more women are also taking it up. 2013-06-03T20:20:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Yellow-fever-vaccination-booster-not-necessary--says-WHO/-/957860/1871216/-/xnwfds/-/index.html The ten-year yellow fever ‘booster’ vaccination is no longer needed, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). This is important news for yellow fever endemic countries and travellers. There is an estimated 200,000 cases of yellow fever each year. 2013-06-03T15:40:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/My-heart-beats-for-Uganda/-/957860/1871206/-/7crws6z/-/index.html Some columns ago, after three pieces in which I pointed out that Kenya was losing out to Uganda in certain sectors — including alcohol consumption — a reader from Uganda submitted that even though their longest-serving president is unlovable, I did not have to dislike the country. 2013-06-03T15:36:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Art-in-the-nude-A-moral-and-social-dilemma/-/957860/1871196/-/13v6ipg/-/index.html On the Monday of May 20, 2013, word went round that a group of young people had locked themselves up inside a residential house in a posh Nakuru suburb to make a pornographic film. 2013-06-03T15:31:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/What-a-miserable-second-wife-I-am-/-/957860/1869942/-/xds264/-/index.html I am a 40 and married for 15 years, but I am sad and frustrated. I got married to a businessman who had another family and many other children born out of wedlock. I am a civil servant. 2013-06-02T03:03:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Learning-from-a-school-tradition-/-/957860/1869938/-/m0k5guz/-/index.html In one of my former secondary schools, we had weekly sessions dubbed “Open Forum” (OF). Students would converge in the school hall and take seats facing the teaching and non-teaching staff. 2013-06-02T02:42:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Enter-White-Spaces-for-better-Internet---/-/957860/1869932/-/164e7p/-/index.html There is one thing we need to accept. When it comes to Internet connectivity in Kenya, no amount of profits or praises can mask the underlying reality. 2013-06-02T02:33:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/That-dreaded-personal-statement-again-/-/957860/1869928/-/owbvquz/-/index.html Personal statement: It’s not a very easy piece of write-up, yet many foreign universities insist that you do one as you apply for study. 2013-06-02T02:17:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/You-would-be-wrong-to-ignore-job-consultants-/-/957860/1869926/-/eusu4cz/-/index.html Years ago, getting a job required knocking on a few company doors. Then came the newspaper advertisements, and now Internet sites where, with just a click of the computer mouse, you have all the information you need. 2013-06-02T02:13:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Not-without-math-and-science-/-/957860/1869922/-/lmkn0n/-/index.html Workers once relied on instinct to be safe at work. There were no stringent laws for workplace safety. As such, many people would be injured, maimed, or even killed by machines due to accidents, pollution, and lack of protective devices and know-how. 2013-06-02T02:07:20Z