Nation DN2: Slap-stick farces, frivolous, escapist entertainment?
18 May 2012 - Asking whether there has been resurgence in Kenyan theatre in the last few years (or even months)

Nation Money: No permanent health insurance yet, but there is hope
17 May 2012 - Q. I lived in the UK for some time, where they have what is called permanent health insurance

Nation Money: Farmer reaps big from Rwandese bean variety
17 May 2012 - Many Kenyans are grappling with food insecurity due to recurrent drought and shrinking farms

Nation Money: Fish sausage investor eyes EA market
17 May 2012 - At just the age of 28, this mother-of-two is causing ripples in Uganda with her ingenious business.

Nation Money: Make money from the stock market
17 May 2012 - The recent price rally on some of the counters at the Nairobi Securities Exchange is a call to investors, both retail and institutional, who hope to make good returns to put in their money.

Nation DN2: Bring your favourite restaurant home
17 May 2012 - 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.

Nation DN2: To buy or to build?
17 May 2012 - Which is better, buying a ready-made house or building one from scratch? This is a decision every potential home owner has to make.

Nation DN2: Finding the perfect sofa
17 May 2012 - Sofas are arguably the most essential pieces of furniture in the living room.

Nation DN2: Good law, but shall we respect it?
17 May 2012 - Mr Goodluck Mbaga, a resident of Kijipwa Settlement Scheme in Kikambala, Kilifi, gets emotional when he talks about the land problem at the Coast.

Nation DN2: The allure of Northern Kenya
16 May 2012 - The driver of the 2NK shuttle that I boarded at 4.30pm to Nyahururu, then onward to Northern Kenya

Nation Living: My son’s first day at school
16 May 2012 - The countdown had started. Six more days to go. I felt sick in the stomach and my head hurt when

Nation Living: I found my father
16 May 2012 - First, I want to sincerely thank everyone who wrote to me and wished me success in my

Nation Living: Oh! The little gems that Pudd’ng comes up with
16 May 2012 - The other day when Tenderoni and Pudd’ng were going out, baby girl insisted that they should

Nation Living: This Sunday, I light a candle for Karlina
16 May 2012 - This Sunday, the Candlelight Memorial Day, I want to remember Karlina*. Sadly, I remember

Nation Living: It’s time to confront your past
16 May 2012 - Last week, we discussed some of the challenges that people face in relationships, and which may

Nation Living: Just how effective is camel milk in managing autism?
16 May 2012 - I am always on the look-out for new developments in treating various ailments. However, I am sceptical

Nation Living: Haemorrhoids: It’s a pain, but can be prevented
16 May 2012 - Haemorrhoids are normal clusters of vascular tissue around the anus and rectum that assist with

Nation DN2: Driver madness is the problem, not the cars
16 May 2012 - Let me state from the get go that I’m an irredeemable petrolhead through and through

Nation Living: This man doesn’t deserve my wife’s property
16 May 2012 - My wife, who had been ill for some time, died a few months ago. Then my children and I found

Nation Smart Company: Cloud computing and the ordinary web user
15 May 2012 - Cloud computing technology was in yester-years considered the next big thing in the IT sphere.

Nation Smart Company: Work cut out for new Mumias sugar CEO
15 May 2012 - The incoming Mumias Sugar Company managing director, Mr Peter Kebati, takes over the miller

Nation Smart Company: Faulu takes on ambitious venture
15 May 2012 - Faulu Kenya may be among the least celebrated microfinance institutions

Nation Smart Company: Tough Bill targets pyramid schemes
15 May 2012 - There are more painful days ahead for those engaged in pyramid schemes, if a Bill tabled in Parliament last week sees the light of day.

Nation Smart Company: South African property firm sets up operations in Nairobi
15 May 2012 - The entry of a new company into the Kenyan property market is expected to stir up competition.

Nation Smart Company: Who is setting the agenda at EAC?
15 May 2012 - Donors have funded 71 per cent of the 2012/2013 East African Community budget, raising questions

Nation Smart Company: Will Safaricom answer its billion-shilling calling?
15 May 2012 - Falling revenue from the voice segment and stiff rivalry points to a challenging industry going forward

Nation DN2: When the bleeding just won’t stop
15 May 2012 - The world Haemophilia Day was marked on the 17th of April this year.

Nation DN2: Stay focused
15 May 2012 - One of the key tenets of my personal fitness philosophy is that quality beats quantity every time.

Nation DN2: Thika road watch: Unpleasant updates
15 May 2012 - Did we ever notice that the Thika “superhighway” did not have drains to channel flood waters off the main thoroughfare?

Nation DN2: It didn’t start with the NHIF looting
15 May 2012 - 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

Nation DN2: It was like a mosquito bite
15 May 2012 - 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.

Nation DN2: You need to roll up sleeves
14 May 2012 - Standing in front of more than a dozen people can be a nerve-wracking experience. Many people would rather avoid such a situation.

Nation DN2: This ‘me too’ innovation mania won’t take us far
14 May 2012 - In the Western world, technologies are innovated in university laboratories and at home in the bedroom or garage.

Nation DN2: Who is afraid of rivalry?
14 May 2012 - 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.

Nation DN2: Environment envoy brings new ideas to conservation
14 May 2012 - How can life blossom on such an intoxicated ground?” Ruth Sego recalls wondering to herself about a castor plant