/Features/DN2/-/957860/957860/-/4qbb2h/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+benefits+of+happy+feet++/-/957860/1410444/-/hyhanw/-/index.html There is an old Chinese proverb that says, if you want to truly get to know someone, check out their feet. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Be+in+the+know+to+lose+your+hopelessness+/-/957860/1410390/-/2nl1nu/-/index.html Whenever I travel around the country and I talk to Kenyans from all walks of life, I keep discovering that we are not just a walking and working nation, but a very ignorant one too. 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Same+sex+marriages+/-/957860/1410372/-/113v10g/-/index.html Picture 21st Century Kenya as a country where same sex marriages are legal. A man falls head over heels and marries a “bearded sister.” 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Microscope+/-/957860/1410434/-/a0q6a5/-/index.html Last week we looked at how a magnifying glass converges rays of light and consequently makes an object appear larger than it actually is 2012-05-21T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+heart+and+blood+vessels+/-/957860/1410438/-/yn54v5/-/index.html The heart is a muscular organ that pumps blood to the rest of your body. Blood vessels are used to transport blood throughout the body. 2012-05-21T15:04:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Got+a+troublesome+leg/-/957860/1410420/-/rcd92lz/-/index.html My right leg is swollen and painful.” That was the history given by Lucy during a hospital visit. She was later diagnosed with deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in her leg 2012-05-21T14:55:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Benevolent+or+show+off+/-/957860/1409754/-/1rgv2x/-/index.html Benevolence, simply explained, means compassion or kindness. Genuine benevolence knows no boundaries 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/He+is+married+but+says+that+Im+the+one+for+him+/-/957860/1409760/-/bapdpi/-/index.html I just turned 23. There is this guy I got to know about three years ago. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/In+Silicon+Valley+money+cant+buy+bragging+rights+/-/957860/1409762/-/kr7ptn/-/index.html Fabulous home theatres are tucked into the basements of plain suburban houses. Bespoke jeans that start at $1,200 (Sh100,000) can be detected only by a tiny red logo on the button. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Investor+incentives+plain+loss+of+revenue++/-/957860/1409752/-/2c9nkaz/-/index.html According to a report by Ernst and Young titled African Attractiveness Survey released earlier this month and reported in the Daily Nation, Kenya is leading the pack in attracting foreign direct investments. 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Coming+soon+Human+like++computers+/-/957860/1409750/-/s890c0z/-/index.html The year is 2035 and highly intelligent humanoid robots are roaming the streets, manning offices, cooking, doing the laundry, and running errands 2012-05-20T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Slap+stick+farces+frivolous+escapist+entertainment/-/957860/1407918/-/m5ylf8z/-/index.html Asking whether there has been resurgence in Kenyan theatre in the last few years (or even months) 2012-05-17T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Bring+your+favourite+restaurant+home+/-/957860/1406808/-/issnvpz/-/index.html It happens all the time — you have laid out the dinner table then, after your guests have served themselves, they scatter all over the house. 2012-05-16T04:53:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/To+buy+or+to+build/-/957860/1406806/-/vbegh2z/-/index.html Which is better, buying a ready-made house or building one from scratch? This is a decision every potential home owner has to make. 2012-05-16T04:51:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Finding+the+perfect+sofa+/-/957860/1406804/-/1opk22z/-/index.html Sofas are arguably the most essential pieces of furniture in the living room. 2012-05-16T04:50:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/New+land+laws/-/957860/1406802/-/1tkyrpz/-/index.html Mr Goodluck Mbaga, a resident of Kijipwa Settlement Scheme in Kikambala, Kilifi, gets emotional when he talks about the land problem at the Coast. 2012-05-16T04:48:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+allure+of+Northern+Kenya/-/957860/1406308/-/qrjw64/-/index.html The driver of the 2NK shuttle that I boarded at 4.30pm to Nyahururu, then onward to Northern Kenya 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/-/957860/1406318/-/bg7gun/-/index.html Let me state from the get go that I’m an irredeemable petrolhead through and through 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/When+the+bleeding+just+wont+stop+/-/957860/1405334/-/14l6lav/-/index.html The world Haemophilia Day was marked on the 17th of April this year. 2012-05-14T04:28:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Stay+focused+/-/957860/1405332/-/ne8t4l/-/index.html One of the key tenets of my personal fitness philosophy is that quality beats quantity every time. 2012-05-14T04:26:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Thika+road+watch+Unpleasant+updates+/-/957860/1405330/-/d12d44z/-/index.html Did we ever notice that the Thika “superhighway” did not have drains to channel flood waters off the main thoroughfare? 2012-05-14T04:24:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/It+didnt+start+with+the+NHIF+looting+/-/957860/1405328/-/ehyif9/-/index.html Don’t be deceived by appearances, Kenyans never take anything seriously and this is quite apparent when a disaster strikes; we foam on the mouth, thump our chests and wait for another similar chance to pontificate 2012-05-14T04:22:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Vasectomy/-/957860/1405326/-/6s2lge/-/index.html It was like a mosquito bite. I did not bleed as I had feared and there was very little pain afterwards,” recalls pharmaceutical technologist Charles Omware about his vasectomy, the male sterilisation procedure. 2012-05-14T04:19:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/You+need+to+roll+up+sleeves+/-/957860/1404980/-/3ykdew/-/index.html Standing in front of more than a dozen people can be a nerve-wracking experience. Many people would rather avoid such a situation. 2012-05-13T14:39:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/This+me+too+innovation+mania+won+t+take+us+far+/-/957860/1404976/-/ngwygs/-/index.html In the Western world, technologies are innovated in university laboratories and at home in the bedroom or garage. 2012-05-13T14:36:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Environment+envoy+brings+new+ideas+to+conservation+/-/957860/1404928/-/28p1cx/-/index.html How can life blossom on such an intoxicated ground?” Ruth Sego recalls wondering to herself about a castor plant 2012-05-13T13:55:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Who+is+afraid+of+rivalry/-/957860/1404926/-/rw112fz/-/index.html The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) is split about its plans to cut the mobile termination rate by a further 35 per cent come July. 2012-05-13T13:55:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/He+works+hard+but+we+are+not+making+any+progress++/-/957860/1404922/-/u0o6q6z/-/index.html Financial decisions: It is important for marriage partners to inform each other about their financial positions and to jointly plan their income and expenditure. Doing this helps to avert suspicions that may later lead to conflict 2012-05-13T13:54:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Mother+the+miracle+/-/957860/1404920/-/mvexjyz/-/index.html As the world celebrates the mother, we present eye-popping numbers and facts about women 2012-05-13T13:54:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/What+makes+a+leader+effective+in+their+job+/-/957860/1403274/-/i98h44/-/index.html For a good part of last week and early this week, the back and forth decisions concerning the fate of the board and CEO of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) ruthlessly exposed how poor leadership can put an organisation through an embarrassing experience. 2012-05-10T15:00:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Who+is+our+father/-/957860/1403272/-/qp5x1xz/-/index.html A long-dead Briton dominated the headlines a few weeks ago after it emerged that he might have fathered a thousand babies through donated sperm. And it is not that Bertold Wiesner had a harem. 2012-05-10T15:00:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Errors+to+avoid+when+chasing+goals+/-/957860/1403278/-/hbj18cz/-/index.html Through my work, I have discovered that a lot of people have expectations that are not true reflections of their potential. 2012-05-10T15:00:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Show+your+kitchen+some+love/-/957860/1402306/-/14gl32qz/-/index.html Remodelling is, without doubt, the best way to create a new look for your kitchen 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Now+you+see+it+now+you+dont/-/957860/1402308/-/qwt1sw/-/index.html Either by design or default, most rooms in our homes function as multipurpose spaces 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/In+the+backyard+grandmas+new+apartment/-/957860/1402312/-/4ulphm/-/index.html When her father became ill just before Christmas last year, Dr Socorrito Baez-Page faced 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+right+time+to+take+a+mortgage/-/957860/1402310/-/d2rnj1/-/index.html Many young aspiring home owners often ask, “When is the right time to take a mortgage?” 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Saved+the+air+fare+dollars+Ill+do+it+for+you/-/957860/1402302/-/ehr8gw/-/index.html Jane Gidali had everything going for her. Having secured a posh job in Dubai and Egypt 2012-05-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Whats+happiness+and+success+Ask+the+Mauritians/-/957860/1401814/-/8carpr/-/index.html What is happiness? While what ancient Greek philosophers such as Aristotle called eudemonia 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+Voltz+Thank+God+its+production+was+stopped/-/957860/1401824/-/13yc4p6z/-/index.html How does the 2004 Subaru Forester 2.0 XT compare to the 2004 Toyota Voltz S 1.8/2.0 in terms of performance 2012-05-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+sneaky+sight+thief+/-/957860/1401146/-/f77v69z/-/index.html The day I drove into a ditch, is the day I knew something was seriously wrong with my eyesight.” 2012-05-07T11:53:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Time+Kenya+changed++its+name+to+Surpristan++/-/957860/1401144/-/htxeqc/-/index.html Ever since KDF set out to linda nchi, they have always painted a rosy picture of the whole operation. 2012-05-07T11:50:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Why+citizens+must+demand+openness+and+good+laws++/-/957860/1401142/-/ik3nacz/-/index.html The recent news that oil has been discovered in Turkana County has sparked a swathe of views advising Kenya on how to deal with its new found oil wealth. 2012-05-07T11:48:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Transparency+and+your+natural+resources++/-/957860/1401140/-/radpox/-/index.html Wouldn’t you want to know how much money your government gets from the companies that exploit your country’s oil, gas or minerals? 2012-05-07T11:46:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Making+oil+work+for+us/-/957860/1401136/-/4cinju/-/index.html Excitement about Kenya’s oil find has died down pending the announcement by Tullow Oil Plc on the commercial viability of the Ngamia 1 well in Turkana, which, if positive, will cause something of a national euphoria tempered with a healthy measure of skepticism given the government’s not-so-impressive reputation in matters of transparency and accountability. DN2 invited economists to shed light on this weighty matter 2012-05-07T11:43:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Thank+Google+its+a+First+Class+Honours+/-/957860/1400464/-/gt9296/-/index.html I had not been to the university for 10 years, so some things came as a shock to me when I returned. 2012-05-06T15:00:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Now+that+we+are+pursuing+peace++beware+of+the+cost+/-/957860/1400462/-/15jpm60z/-/index.html Finally, Kenya is going to spend more on the military than it does on health. In the next budget, Sh70 billion shall be divvied up and sent in a big cheque to the Department of Defence; no questions asked. 2012-05-06T15:00:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Abused+and+kicked+out+after+40+years+of+marriage+/-/957860/1400460/-/6m0c2uz/-/index.html I am a 35-year-old man in distress about my mother. She is now over 70 years old and has been married to my father for over 40 years. 2012-05-06T15:00:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Road+accidents/-/957860/1400458/-/wdhysy/-/index.html The sixth floor at Kenyatta National Hospital is a unique ward where patients either have traction, are on crutches, have a cast, or have been rendered immobile by metallic implants. 2012-05-06T15:00:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Being+yourself+makes+you+superior+/-/957860/1398658/-/pxut0a/-/index.html Of all the numerous e-mails that I received after last week’s article, one that really caught my attention stated: “Wale, I have listened to you speak and you don’t sound like a photocopy.” 2012-05-03T15:00:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Why+more+firms+now+train+their+own+talent+/-/957860/1398656/-/ngmdut/-/index.html The Nairobi Intercontinental assistant director in charge of catering and events, Mr Fred Ogutu, speaks with a lot of contentment when the discussion involves his pet project – an in-house academy for training about 36 new talent every year. 2012-05-03T15:00:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Kiswahili+goes+dot+com+/-/957860/1398654/-/2buymv/-/index.html A kilometre into the Indian Ocean from Malindi, Captain John Mwaboza pulls his mobile phone from a pouch dangling from his neck. 2012-05-03T15:00:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Off+plan+buying+makes+for+great+savings+/-/957860/1397978/-/3uxhrmz/-/index.html With real estate development currently taking a thorough beating from the high interest rates 2012-05-02T09:42:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Getting+the+most+out+of+colour+/-/957860/1397974/-/ey8opt/-/index.html When it comes to colour, you cannot afford to gamble; chances of ending up with a hideous interior are rather too real. 2012-05-02T09:35:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/-/957860/1397964/-/b2ofby/-/index.html Land prices in Kenya seem to have settled on a permanent vertical course. Some experts predict that the bubble will burst with devastating effects, while others say you have not seen anything yet as the economy is on a roll and prices can only go up 2012-05-02T09:14:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Prayer+temper+and+big+business+Bishop+Oyedepos+style/-/957860/1397290/-/ocltii/-/index.html An 18-year-old girl is challenging the divinity of Nigeria’s super rich pastor and self-styled bishop 2012-05-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Turbo+engines+not+always+better/-/957860/1397306/-/8fxcr8z/-/index.html About turbo vs NA, the general rule is that turbo cars are much quicker, and yes, the turbo 2012-05-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/What+you+should+know+about+TB+/-/957860/1396768/-/5rtodtz/-/index.html Many people carry the TB bacteria, but not all of them end up developing the disease. 2012-04-30T11:39:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Is+your+weight+out+of+control/-/957860/1396766/-/3cd959z/-/index.html Weight management is by far the single greatest reason why a majority of us take up exercise in the first place. 2012-04-30T11:37:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Fake+juices+and+genuine+fears+at+Kebs+/-/957860/1396764/-/t26rn8z/-/index.html Oh, to be Kenyan! All the while we have always had fake leaders 2012-04-30T11:35:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/At+this+rate+we+will+be+an+Eyesore+Certified+nation++/-/957860/1396762/-/iq0j60z/-/index.html Does the City Council of Nairobi deserve an ISO Certification? 2012-04-30T11:33:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Numbering+sexual+offenders+one+by+one+/-/957860/1396752/-/92fc0cz/-/index.html Sexual offenders will have no place to hide once authorities finish compiling a list of convicted and potential molesters that will then be used by the public, especially employers and the police, to gauge the moral rectitude of individuals 2012-04-30T11:26:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/When+students+would+rather+copy+and+paste+/-/957860/1396180/-/xdn4lz/-/index.html Last month, a university in Hungary stripped the country’s President Pal Schmitt of a doctorate degree after a team of academicians found that he had plagiarised a large chunk of material for a thesis he did 20 years ago on the Olympics. 2012-04-29T15:00:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/A+dose+of+tongue+to+tame+the+snoots+/-/957860/1396096/-/yrwjexz/-/index.html I was walking around the city minding my own business and trying not to get knocked down by a rabid driver or get arrested by an over-enthusiastic council employee for a crime I did not even know exists when I had a rather rude interruption. 2012-04-29T15:00:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Throw+out+this+totalitarian+law+/-/957860/1396094/-/vdfp28/-/index.html The picture in this article of a painter at work brought me an unusual bout of unexpected grief. 2012-04-29T15:00:51Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Cloak+and+dagger+politics+Understanding+Mbekis+removal+/-/957860/1396092/-/hf284l/-/index.html The fatally flawed Nicholson judgment that was later dismissed by the judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was the trigger to the removal of Mbeki from office. 2012-04-29T15:00:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Bangladesh+Lessons+for+Kenya/-/957860/1396130/-/6sm6m6z/-/index.html On April 14 this year, hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi poured into the streets of Dhaka to usher in the new year 1419 of the Bengali calendar. 2012-04-29T15:00:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Should+I+leave+my+cheating+husband+who+is+threatening+suicide+/-/957860/1396098/-/qj7fn9/-/index.html Our marriage started happily, then the man changed. He started going out with other women. 2012-04-29T11:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Malis+skywalker+Prime+Minister+The+Nairobi+connection/-/957860/1394426/-/w1arrf/-/index.html In the 1990s, experts at the World Bank in Washington mooted the idea of expanding access to university education 2012-04-26T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/In+the+news+new+laws+to+tame+insanity+on+the+roads+/-/957860/1393602/-/q7kipz/-/index.html A traffic amendment Bill will soon be going to Parliament for debate. 2012-04-25T12:21:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+Range+Stormer+and+other+concepts/-/957860/1393600/-/spfuiiz/-/index.html It is not just the X6 that went straight off the Motorshow plinth and onto clients’ driveways. 2012-04-25T12:21:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/What+exactly+is+an+X6/-/957860/1393598/-/5vfwhmz/-/index.html BMW calls it a Sports Activity Vehicle, and we motoring hacks know there is no such thing. 2012-04-25T12:21:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Lenders+must+sacrifice+their+short+term+benefits+/-/957860/1393508/-/145rj15/-/index.html During the official opening of a homes expo in Nairobi recently, a senior official with a leading bank was asked to comment on the likelihood of commercial banks and mortgage institutions lowering their home loan lending rates. 2012-04-25T10:48:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Hot+interior+trends+for+2012+/-/957860/1393502/-/dccyc9/-/index.html So we’re four months into 2012, and a lot of your resolutions have probably fallen through 2012-04-25T10:42:12Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/A+day+at+Nairobi+wedge+shaped+greenery+/-/957860/1393500/-/ge05ooz/-/index.html Nairobi may be East Africa’s largest, busiest and most populous city. 2012-04-25T10:38:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/How+centuries+old+dumpsite+was+turned+into+beautiful+park+/-/957860/1393498/-/w5m75gz/-/index.html When the city of Cairo was built by the Fatimids, 20 per cent of it was devoted to open space 2012-04-25T10:35:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Aga+Khan+Cultural+Trust+to+restore+City+Park+/-/957860/1393494/-/14o0deh/-/index.html The renovations will involve reconstruction of some of the disused facilities such as the bandstand, grooming of the maze and planting of more indigenous trees to improve shade, besides providing security lighting. Similar projects have been executed in Bamako, Cairo, Zanzibar and New Delhi 2012-04-25T10:32:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+X6+A+wow+engine+but+the+body/-/957860/1393056/-/26uvo7z/-/index.html This is a story about a newspaper article, an expensive car with a straight-six engine, a national park and an all-wheel drive torque deployment system. 2012-04-24T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/The+evolution+of+human+colour+/-/957860/1393046/-/pjgahp/-/index.html Adolf Hitler once described African American athlete Jesse Owens as among “people whose antecedents came from the jungle… primitive… and their physiques were stronger than those of civilised whites 2012-04-24T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Three+basic++principles+of+fitness++/-/957860/1392090/-/61k0kbz/-/index.html If there is one thing I can tell you about getting into the best shape of your life 2012-04-23T11:39:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Tell+em+Mama+Lucy+tell+em+/-/957860/1392084/-/q5c8ok/-/index.html One of the things I like about being single is that you learn how to perform your chores exhaustively. 2012-04-23T11:36:43Z