/Features/-/1190/1190/-/7202tz/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Surprises+and+horrors+in+human+bodies++/-/1214/1324874/-/3jodw8/-/index.html The very interesting article by Kamau Mutunga in the DN2 of January 15 titled “The strange things found in human bodies” inspired me to look at my own surgical archive for similar cases. 2012-02-11T15:53:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Yunia+must+go+back+to+her+husband+/-/1214/1324864/-/11ph4wfz/-/index.html When my sister Yunia arrived home last November, I thought that she had brought her three children for December holidays, and would return to her husband within a few days. 2012-02-11T15:47:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Evolution+of+the+nail+industry+/-/1214/1324856/-/qr1h6t/-/index.html It is an interesting thing when you realise that just when you think fashion has thought of every conceivable way to make itself indispensable, it will come up with something new. 2012-02-11T15:40:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Our+soldiers+portray+real+Kenyan+heroes+/-/1214/1324854/-/vark9pz/-/index.html It may not seem like it, but this country is at war against forces that would threaten our freedom and security. 2012-02-11T15:36:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Valentines+Be+naughty+/-/1214/1324846/-/8mkjqlz/-/index.html Tuesday’s St Valentine’s Day! And I don’t know if it’s just me, but do you get the feeling that no one’s really interested this year? 2012-02-11T15:31:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Juba+and+a+tale+of+two+cities+/-/1214/1324832/-/rgj7ei/-/index.html Surrounded by tall Dinka men at the airport in Juba, I felt something like Gulliver must have felt in Brobdingnag, the land of giants. 2012-02-11T15:21:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Single+or+not+enjoy+Valentines+/-/1214/1324822/-/o8nerkz/-/index.html I know someone whose wife slapped his face with a bunch of flowers seconds after he pressed the elaborate red bouquet in her hands. 2012-02-11T15:11:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Nothing+puts+this+man+down/-/1214/1324812/-/9mjhrx/-/index.html Rolf Schmid has surmounted many barriers in life but a diagnosis of throat cancer came as a terrible blow to the prominent chef. 2012-02-11T14:52:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/CAN+2012+The+Final/-/441236/1324802/-/dibne7/-/index.html The worst thing a sports tournament can do is to go as expected. 2012-02-11T14:30:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/The+West+is+shopping+for+stars+in+Africa+/-/441236/1324778/-/grl0ey/-/index.html It was without a doubt a shocker when word went round that Nigerian rapper D’Banj was doing a collobo with Hip Hop legend Snoop Doggy Dogg. 2012-02-11T14:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Dear+artiste+heres+why+you+are+ever+struggling+/-/441236/1324794/-/g1mo9vz/-/index.html One of the discussion in the industry right now has got to be about one of its biggest names, Jua Cali. 2012-02-11T14:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/WIZKID+Taking+on+Africa+and+the+world/-/441236/1324736/-/ppnrp7/-/index.html Balogun Ayodeji or Wizkid if you please, is one of the latest sensations on the continental entertainment scene. 2012-02-11T14:30:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Prepare+for+pregnancy+/-/1216/1324072/-/f1crin/-/index.html 1. Schedule a pre-conception visit: Your doctor will review your health and any medication you’re taking. 2012-02-10T11:26:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Reclaim+your+love++this+Valentine/-/1216/1324070/-/8upj6lz/-/index.html The best way a couple can show their children love is to be a loving couple themselves. 2012-02-10T11:26:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/How+about+some+education+incentives/-/1216/1324068/-/waoppsz/-/index.html It’s on everyone’s minds, isn’t it? How do you produce a generation that can compete 2012-02-10T11:26:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Fight+your+battles+wisely+/-/1216/1324066/-/12o6amtz/-/index.html Two people are never the same, and disagreements are bound to happen 2012-02-10T11:26:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/A+school+for+wives+/-/1216/1324064/-/1mavahz/-/index.html A creative Nairobian has come up with a school to teach women to be better spouses. 2012-02-10T11:26:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Go+ahead+and+make+a+fuss+/-/1216/1324062/-/oq8bpb/-/index.html It is that time of year again when Cupid and Valentine cast their spell on men and women alike. 2012-02-10T11:26:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Can+Valentine+s+Day+save+your+relationship/-/1216/1324060/-/fco5esz/-/index.html When James Nzau was dating the woman who is now his wife, he never missed a chance to mark Valentine’s Day. 2012-02-10T11:26:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Beginning+of+the+end/-/957860/1323368/-/cnsh48/-/index.html A few years ago, a US body predicted that Nigeria would disintegrate and cease to be one country by 2015. 2012-02-09T12:37:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Boko+Haram+Nigeria+nightmare++/-/957860/1323346/-/109fv88z/-/index.html How the Jihadist terror group has ended up in the hands of politicians with devastating consequences 2012-02-09T12:14:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Fresh+training+for+investment+advisers+and+stock+traders/-/435440/1322600/-/2wkmumz/-/index.html When it comes to investing, you cannot afford to make mistakes. Making money decisions to earn 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Repaying+mortgage+in+these+hard+times/-/957860/1322584/-/24hnalz/-/index.html After successfully acquiring a mortgage, it is not always smooth sailing thereafter, as many 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Green+as+a+statement+of+style/-/957860/1322580/-/3wayeh/-/index.html Since environmental awareness became a mainstream social issue, being eco-conscious 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/When+the+going+gets+tough+move+houses/-/957860/1322570/-/vh42f5/-/index.html Eric Mudamba was a happy man a year ago. His accountancy job at a multi-national company 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/The+lengths+people+can+go+to+celebrate+Valentines/-/435440/1322592/-/omuhyw/-/index.html It is February again and the deluge of red hearts, pink teddy bears and paper cupids is about 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Live+large+in+a+small+room/-/957860/1322586/-/562xf9z/-/index.html It may be your first abode, having recently moved out of your parents’ house, or you are 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/A+knack+for+top+class+living+rooms/-/435440/1322606/-/ynnclxz/-/index.html A dawn encounter with a local authority’s bulldozers is perhaps what any roadside trader 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Take+feedback+correct+your+course/-/435440/1322608/-/veciilz/-/index.html In “Wealth comes through faith and action” we discussed the place of action in reaching your 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/How+mobile+banking+has+changed+lives/-/435440/1322604/-/mtiqu3/-/index.html Long queues and journeys to the bank for payment of salary is a thing of the past for 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/My+dad+is+my+mother+my+brother+my+sister+my+everything/-/957860/1321848/-/rqo9poz/-/index.html That haunted afternoon found us on our way to the Sarova Shaba, where we had been booked 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/A+standing+ovation+for+Puddngs+development/-/1218/1321874/-/x0tnlk/-/index.html There’s a TV ad for a margarine and its gist is to show how the nation’s children have 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Taking+emotional+care+of+each+other/-/1218/1321882/-/gm3qml/-/index.html According to Lawrence Crabb, one of my favourite authors on marriage, individuals 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/A+4WD+car+doesnt+automatically+make+you+an+off+road+hotshot/-/957860/1321854/-/155f6x2/-/index.html I have a Toyota Prado, model KZJ95, which I love as it is a lot of fun to ride in. However, I have two 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/My+journey+back+home+after+10+years+as+a+missing+child/-/1218/1321858/-/wc4shiz/-/index.html When Rose Mueni’s family woke up one morning in late 2001 to find her missing 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Im+working+on+being+less+of+a+drama+queen+this+year/-/1218/1321864/-/k5psq8/-/index.html Drama queen. I’m sure that’s the phrase that kept replaying – like a broken record 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/The+triggers+of+irritable+bowel+syndrome/-/1218/1321866/-/jbjudo/-/index.html Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a collection of symptoms characterised by abdominal pain 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/What+it+means+to+eat+right+when+breastfeeding/-/1218/1321862/-/fmceo7/-/index.html Next week is Valentine’s Day, and like most new mothers, I think it’ll barely registered 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/-/1218/1321868/-/syuox2/-/index.html I grew up a hopeless romantic weaned on a diet of novels that portrayed love as 2012-02-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Cheap+imports+dim+the+light+for+Eveready+/-/1226/1321384/-/o0nmjz/-/index.html Eveready East Africa, the only battery making firm in the region, teeters on the brink of collapse in a market soaked with cheaper batteries 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Bringing+romance+back+to+the+office+/-/1226/1321398/-/cggss4/-/index.html There are many types of family businesses, as I was reminded when Virgin Money recently acquired the British bank Northern Rock 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Erosion+of+trust+hits+the+core+of+Somali+businesses+/-/1226/1321374/-/jpiqmtz/-/index.html In May 2009, Mr Abdikani Abukar took a decision that changed his life forever. After receiving a share of his inheritance following the death of his father 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Giant+milk+firm+to+be+built+in+Gatundu+/-/1226/1321388/-/fnpr6yz/-/index.html A multi-million milk processing firm will take shape in Gatundu soon, handing dairy farming in the zone a new lease of life and heightening competition for milk in the area. 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Taming+growing+excesses+of++the+Church+in+the+21st+Century+/-/957860/1321312/-/fv5almz/-/index.html A group has filed a case at The Hague against alleged improprieties by the Catholic Church. That’s a call to examine prevailing doctrines and dogmas 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Shifting+car+gears++/-/957860/1321352/-/rgxiwk/-/index.html Last week’s article outlined the basic reason behind installing a gear mechanism in a motor vehicle. 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Dealing+with+excess+calories+/-/957860/1321344/-/12xjv9d/-/index.html This week, in continuing with our series on nutrition, we will dwell on measures that we can take to deal with the issue of excess calories that lead to weight gain. 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/AIDS+prevention+drives+new++ways+to+make+the+cut+easier+/-/957860/1321346/-/nhe4at/-/index.html With the ongoing mass drives to have men in sub-Saharan Africa circumcised to reduce HIV infection rates, a number of devices to make the process easier and faster are being tested 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Muscles+Bundles+of+fibre+that+you+shouldnt+ignore+/-/957860/1321342/-/982xsi/-/index.html Did you know that the human body contains over 650 individual muscles? In fact in a healthy and physically fit adult 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/When+Kibaki+weeps+they+all+follow+in+his+footsteps+/-/957860/1321334/-/79laivz/-/index.html ‘He wept’ should have been the headline for the lead story in last Thursday’s newspapers about President Mwai Kibaki 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Smart+phone+users+spoilt+for+choice+with+entry+of+iPhone+4s+/-/1226/1321408/-/102y6wfz/-/index.html Apple’s latest smart phone, the iPhone 4s, is now available in Orange shops in both Kenya and Uganda. 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/New+dye+to+lower+textile+costs+by+Sh18m+/-/1226/1321406/-/3hgt28z/-/index.html A newly invented natural dye is expected to reduce the cost of textile production in the country. 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/To+attract+young+people+know+their+driving+force+/-/1226/1321402/-/o4r9jtz/-/index.html Young people; what’s on their mind? Often, you ask them and get the reply: “nothing?” 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Bee+keeping+start+up+thrives+but+poor+market+stifles+growth++/-/1226/1321394/-/pdvclez/-/index.html Traditional beehives, lack of modern facilities to process wax, and rampant exploitation by middlemen are some of the weigh-downs bedevilling small-scale bee-keeping in the country 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/smartcompany/Bitter+beer+wars+help+keep+advertising+revenues+high++/-/1226/1321392/-/4n0n01z/-/index.html The intensity of beer wars in the country is vividly captured by the increased spending in advertising revenue last year. 2012-02-06T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/MUGANDA+Empty+rhetoric+wont+bring+back+our+cricket+/-/960656/1320758/-/opwuqmz/-/index.html So India pulled one back and put a smile on the faces of the fans all over the world? 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Kenya+scent+more+points+in+Las+Vegas+/-/960656/1320744/-/r8h70mz/-/index.html The Wellington and Las Vegas legs of the International Rugby Board (IRB) World Sevens Series have always been good hunting and recovery grounds for Kenya’s sevens team. 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Asbel+to+seek+harvest+of+blessings+at+London+Games+/-/960656/1320732/-/107iw5l/-/index.html He is the most talented middle distance runner ever on grass, with nearly all global 1,500 metres jewels safely tucked under his belt.  2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/My+brothers+kidney+keeps+me+alive+/-/957860/1320668/-/6i5qlr/-/index.html Forget lofty phrases, poetry even. Nothing manifests love like an act of sacrifice — that gesture of putting your life on the line for someone else. 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Appointment+to+staff+committees+is+a+chance+to+learn+skills+/-/957860/1320722/-/uwspty/-/index.html This is my first job, and two weeks into employment, I have been appointed to a committee that organises staff parties. 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Will+Githae+get+full+pay+while+on+honeymoon/-/957860/1320698/-/gudofoz/-/index.html In his book — I have forgotten the title and I cannot find it online — Aly Khan Satchu tells of the time when, while working at Sumitomo 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Tame+the+foul++gambler+in+you+/-/957860/1320716/-/s85b3h/-/index.html I once gambled all my pocket money — a whooping Sh50 — and was devastated. I cannot have been 16 years old then 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/To+avoid+injuries+focus+on+habits+and+not+diets+/-/960656/1320814/-/ls091oz/-/index.html Over the past eight weeks we have been focusing on how to get our immune system in top-notch shape for the New Year. 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Will+those+speaky+supporters+please+keep+the+noise+down+/-/960656/1320772/-/uyrcc4/-/index.html Some years ago I transited through Cairo Airport en route from Nairobi to Athens. As the airport announcer boomed out some instructions to waiting passengers 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Chips+and+apps+on+tap+for+Super+Bowl+++/-/960656/1320822/-/q733b5/-/index.html The recently formed steering committee to spillions of American football fans were expected to watch the Super Bowl on television 2012-02-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Tough+road+but+it+pays+off+/-/957860/1321110/-/ba9ap2z/-/index.html Anyone aspiring to be an agricultural scientist must be well prepared to walk a rough road, but which eventually pays off. 2012-02-05T19:25:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/I+fear+I+may+hurt+my+family/-/957860/1320792/-/tykrk7z/-/index.html When a marriage is on the rocks, it is important that one of the partners in the marriage drive the healing process. Being a little more attentive rather than trying to find fault is a good place to start 2012-02-05T15:45:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/DN2/Persecuted+at+home++African+homosexuals+seek+refuge+in+Kenya/-/957860/1320550/-/quk928/-/index.html Until a new anti-homosexuality bill caused a wave of homophobia in Uganda, John and Paul 2012-02-05T06:22:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/When+cowboys+came+singing+/-/1214/1320274/-/j37ys6z/-/index.html Kenya is not used to international country music bands performing live on stage. 2012-02-04T15:04:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Furore+over+KCPE+pre+trial+exam+/-/1214/1320268/-/1g3ad4z/-/index.html As the whole country knows, the performance of our school in last year’s KCPE examination was neither exceptional nor alarming. 2012-02-04T14:58:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Giving+our+children+the+space+to+grow+up+/-/1214/1320262/-/4flqa8/-/index.html My teenage daughter left home last week. 2012-02-04T14:55:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/The+science+behind+weight+loss+/-/1214/1320244/-/l0hs9p/-/index.html Most of us diet sometime or other – and we want fast results. 2012-02-04T14:50:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Legally+the+mounds+on+roads+are+not+speed+bumps+/-/1214/1320234/-/3tb5ifz/-/index.html It is time to correct two widely held misconceptions. 2012-02-04T14:44:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/The+final+leg+into+South+Africa+/-/1214/1320226/-/rkonpq/-/index.html It turned out to be the last long day of our drive from Kenya to South Africa. 2012-02-04T14:36:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Two+annoying+things+I+would+rather+do+without+this+year+/-/1214/1320206/-/15bsx3s/-/index.html We’re only in the second month of the year, so I can get away with writing about the two things I would rather do without this year. 2012-02-04T14:12:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/I+can+make+you+a+wife+for+life+/-/1214/1320190/-/tdccrvz/-/index.html Rosalyn Muthiora takes her marriage very serisouly. 2012-02-04T13:59:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/CAN+2012+the+home+stretch+/-/441236/1320138/-/56u55b/-/index.html The first cull is done. 2012-02-04T13:23:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Why+I+cant+stand+football+experts/-/441236/1320134/-/128hwtyz/-/index.html It’s one of the few times in the year when I have to sit back and painfully watch a team of local “experts” discussing football and the goings-on at the Africa Cup of Nations. 2012-02-04T13:19:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/Revolutionary+tunes+You+cant+stop+the+music++/-/441236/1320126/-/b20n0n/-/index.html Nothing drives a revolution’s point home better than music. 2012-02-04T13:16:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/buzz/BAMZIGI+/-/441236/1320058/-/kqsf2n/-/index.html Despite numerous twists and turns, Harrison Munio aka Bamzigi has weathered the storm to become a trendsetter in the local entertainment scene. 2012-02-04T13:08:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/When+mothers+wont+let+their+adult+sons+grow+/-/1216/1319714/-/4hpbo7z/-/index.html Sometime last year, Heidi Withers paid a visit to her future mother-in-law in the company of her fiancé. 2012-02-03T16:16:39Z