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HOW STANDARD GAUGE RAILWAY MONOPOLY IS KILLING THE ECONOMY OF MOMBASA Story By: Clinton Odino Image of S.G.R train duringfirst launch by president uhurukenyatta in nairobi PHOTO: NATION MEDIA Summary The construction of the standard gauge railway was termed by many as a game changer in the transport industry. many waited impatiently for the long purportedly standard modern train to start its operations.  one major instance that the major counties that were yearning for the rail line to pass through are the serious negative economic impacts it would have on their premier sources of finance.The local communities have now became theminority owners of business empires in their own town with the Chinese taking controlof the transport sector, the youth who wereearlier working as casuals are forcedtoturnto Mogoka tradewhich has since been banned by the County Government. IMPACT  ON TRANSPORT AND SECURITY   Owing to limited job opportunities, majority of citiz...

Story By: Clinton Odino Graphic of persons wearing masks to protect themselves against the spread of Covid-19. PHOTO: Getty Images December 2019, the first case of Corona virus reported at Wuhan state, China. Since then , laboratory  confirmed infections have beeen reported in over 100 countries as of 9th March 2020. The streets have been cordoned off, self quarantine has became a familiar verb,fear instilled in the public, stigmatization of victims especially Asians abroad has became more dangerous than the virus itself and the world has geared itself on high alert to combat an attack whose antidote is yet to be established. Some have expressed discomfort with possibilities of the virus being used as a deadly tool by the terror groups such as the Al Qaeda in crowded places. Health Unions warn that if not controlled in time, this may result in loss and thus shortage of health personnel who may die due to long exposure. In fact, the first medic to have died of the deadly vi...

Story By: Clinton Odino Date       : 2nd March 2020 Spending time with my campus friends at the roof top of M-Block in the Technical University of Mombasa. PHOTO:Courtesy of Pascal Einstein I was never that genius back in high school, almost every subject made me sweat up, one thing I knew for sure is that l had to get to campus, rumours of how luxurious life is there always got me working hard beyond what l could call a standard sacrifice.    Saying that l managed to join University would be an understatement, a man from Nyanza, the land of men who operate complicated gadgets managed to majestically make his way through the green,white and black designed Gates of the Technical University of Mombasa , an institution with tall historical buildings sorrounded by oceanic waters that l got a glimpse of for the first time.here l was finally getting into the land of adults with 360% freedom from the petty high school overrated regulations. A ph...