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THE STANDARD By XN Iraki | January 31st 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Contractors working on a section of road in Murang a town. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] Something curious happened in Murang’a and Kiambu to some extent between 1930 and 1937. Hordes of men and women immigrated to Embu. They did not settle in the well-watered part of Embu like Runyenjes but arid areas towards Mbere. Why did men and women leave their well-watered and fertile ancestral land and settle in a worse place climatically? Most of them became squatters and never owned the land. Read More Some volunteered to fight for the British Empire in faraway lands such as Burma or Egypt. ....
Updated: January 21, 2021 10:03 IST He became the first to officially circumnavigate the globe in a gyrocopter in 2019. In 2023, he will sail the world with young ex-offenders in a bid to give them a second chance Share Article AAA James Ketchell flies past the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island on his gyrocopter | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT He became the first to officially circumnavigate the globe in a gyrocopter in 2019. In 2023, he will sail the world with young ex-offenders in a bid to give them a second chance James Ketchell has been mistaken for James Bond. And just like the famous spy, Ketchell’s tagline is ‘never say never’. ....
THE STANDARD By Boniface Gikandi | December 24th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 A section of the Kenol market in Murangá County, which is one of the fast growing shopping centres in Central Kenya. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard] Twenty years ago, Kenol in Murang a County was a jungle no one took interest in. Land prices were low. The lucrative option for enterprising locals was to sell land and resettle. However, the fortunes of the area have changed. It is now one of the fastest-growing commercial centres in Central Kenya. The market centre is where the late freedom fighter and former Kandara MP Bildad Kaggia operated a posho mill. ....