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POLICE TO ENFORCE ECONOMIC INJUSTICE IN MOMBASA

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STORY BY : CLINTON ODINO Businesses have been ordered to close down at likoni this morning to allow for fumigation of premises. The police officers have said once closed ,the premises will only start operations tomorrow.This directive comes with no prior notice. Some business owners have protested not to close down claiming they were never informed in advance. The business owners have vowed to stay put saying they have already suffered enough economically and are no longer going to honor undocumented risks. When a food vendors asked the police officer what she would do with the food she has already prepared for daily sales, the police officer angrily responded saying that she could either eat all of it or pour it out. Some are now asking the essence of the curfew since that is the perfect time such fumigation actions can be conducted without interference just as it has in recent times been done in Nairobi. Our team is still at the sight waiting to see how this will be enforce...

YOUR PET COULD SOON INFECT YOU WITH THE COVID-19

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STORY BY : CLINTON ODINO A Man walking with his pet in the streets of U.S.A. PHOTO:Courtesy of Latimes.com Scientists disembarked on a test research to ascertain the probability of various animals contracting and spreading the corona virus. The findings could be a game changer especially on how we interact with animals within our compounds especially dogs and cats. With human beings so much fond of spending lonely moments with their pets whose movements in the neighborhood is almost uncontrollable, possibility of them contracting infections contractible to humans are high. In their statement to media outlets, the New York Bronx Zoo Conservation Society said that following the tests conducted, A Four year old Malayan tiger named Nadia along with her sister Azul, two Amur tigers and three African lions all developed dry coughs and are expected to fully recover. The Institution stated that the animals may have contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic at the time...
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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...

TERRIFYING COVID-19 STATISTICS

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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...

CAMPUS EXPERIENCE UNCENSORED

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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...
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THE GHOSTS SURROUNDING CAMPUS ROMANCE Story By: Clinton Odino Date       : 23Rd February 2020 Image of Campus students in a library. PHOTO: Courtesy of The Guardian. It is a stage with no particular scientific name, a stage where the urge for relationships exceeds observance of ethics and respect to human dignity. Campus relationships as it is normally reffered to has in the recent past caused serius headache to parents and University administrators particularly in Kenya. There has been a series of nerve wrecking instances of murder among University students all pointing to failed relationship proposals, love triangles while others remain misterius relationship related murders. Image of the late Ivy Wangeci, a lady murdered by her boyfriend at Moi Teaching and Refferal Hospital,Eldoret in April 2019. PHOTO: Courtesy of Daily Nation. One major instance that left tongues wagging and threads of social media complaints is that of Ivy Wangeci, an Eldor...

KENYAN RAPPER FLASHES CASH IN A LIVE TV INTERVIEW

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KENYAN RAPPER FLASHES CASH IN A LIVE TV INTERVIEW Story by : Clinton Odino Date       : 16th February 2020   left grid is Lamaz Span flashing money during interview at K24 tv Kenyan rapper Lamaz Span who is  the elder brother to renowned Hip pop artist Khaligraph jones became the center of discussion among the netizens after making real the dare to produce a whooping kshs. 200,000 on the wake of this weekend. during the interview, the  K24 tv Journalist Isabella Kituri dared Lamaz to prove that he is indeed heavily loaded with cash. "Remove your wallet, you've just said you make more than KSh 100,000 a day, let us see," Isabella asked. "You want me to do that for sure? My PA is just over there and he has the cash, I can ask for it," Lamaz said before instructing his aide to hand him the money.  Lamaz who is a C.E.O of a car dealership company never hesitated to prove his worth when he instructed his pers...