Masses turned out last Wednesday 4 August to vote for or against a new constitution that is supposed to reshape the political landscape in Kenya. - The proposed Constitution contains several fundamental changes that will have a long lasting impact in the way the country is governed. Kenyans have high hopes with this new Constitution. The referendum is set to change the direction which Kenya will take. There is no doubt that change is in the air from the research I conducted Kenyans want change.

As the world was commemorating the international day of the African child on 16th June, Kenyan children took the floor and requested loud that their rights be respected. - ‘Yes we have dreams but we cant achieve them because we haven't been taught the right direction to life’, this was said by Haleb who is a pupil from Mary Happy School. In Nairobi.

The main thrust of this year budget will be to consolidate the economy recovery gains made so far and put the economy back in foundation of high and sustainable growth path. - Gikomba is the biggest open air market in East Africa where all the second hand goods which are being imported in Kenya are being sold and With hard times facing many Kenyans second hand but affordable goods that satisfy one need will do for them to satisfy their needs. ‘I do sell this second hand clothes because they are durable and their quality is good compared to new clothes bought in shops and are too expensive’, this was said by Hassan Swaleh who deals with imported second hand goods. Many Kenya…

Peter Kamau, a successful cobbler specializing in sandal making in Nairobi, Kenya, is considering to extend his business to make it even more competitive, by involving women - ‘Our future plan is to make our job more competitive and to introduce more women into this job so that they can get their earnings through it’, he said. He added: ‘I realized that this job can feed us and instead of staying in the slums or looking for a job, I came to realize that I can make sandals apart from staying at home’.

Kenya is among the countries which will watch the upcoming World Cup in South Africa on DSTV mobile phones. Others are Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria. This became possible after Telecom operator Safaricom partnered with digital mobile television companies. - ‘The reason why I bought this DSTV mobile is because I travel a lot and during this world cup season I don't want to miss any match and with this phone I will watch all the matches’, said Michael Anyika who is a fan of Christiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Mobile phone users are currently estimated to spend between 30-40 minutes watching television on their phones. The most popular programmes are the news, sports, and…

Miraa normally known as Khat is grown in Kenya place called Meru and the Meru people use this crop as their cash crop to feed their families. In Kenya Miraa business is being controlled by the Somali's because they are their major clients of the Meru people which then the Somali transport this Khat to Holland and United Kingdom for consumption. - ‘Our client in Nairobi are the Somali people because they bought khat in large quantities which they transport it overseas i.e. Holland and United Kingdom for consumption’, this was said by Erik who is a Miraa dealer. Apart from being transported to Europe as a cash crop miraa has side effect both positive and negative to Miraa e…

Earlier this month, 2010 Kenya Red Cross Nairobi branch was doing environmental clean up in Majengo so as to make sure that every Majengo residents are entitled to clean environment. - "We have come in Majengo today to do clean up because Kenya Red Cross Volunteers under our youth program have a program to do clean up to make sure that the residents of Majengo are entitled to clean environment", this was said by Dorcas who is the Kenya Red Cross Nairobi branch youth officer. Apart from cleaning the environment they were also passing the message on how to prevent the spreading of Influenza, a disease which is caused by pigs and is airborne transmitted. "I have been taught…

As the title suggest if you want to see real life come to slums and see how people struggle to survive to make there life better it is a place where every body is for himself and God for us all' this was said by Mansour Kereka who is a residence in Pumwani slums. - In slums cases of prostitution,theft,drug and other major vises because of poverty and life must continue this things are nothing in every slums because most of the people are used to them.'' no one decide where to be born, but you can decide where you want to live this was said by Ismael Rashid who is a resident in Pumwani. ‘Most of the people sees slums as rude, thugs, useless people who does minor jobs, …

In most of the slums youths engage themselves in drugs and other criminal activities because of poverty and since Pumwani United was started in 2007 youths from Majengo slums have started to change their attitude by involving themselves in football, and in most of the slums football is the only way of gathering people and pass message of peace, love and unity among slums people. - ‘Our aim to start this team is to transform this youths to be responsible people in the society and for them to be drug free and not to waste their talent and for them to have bright future’ this was said by Zuberi Abdallah who is the head coach of Pumwani United. When Pumwani United was started play…

The interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) is mandated by the constitution of Kenya (amendment) act 2008 to carry out fresh registration of voters and creat a new registers of voters. - It is due to the 2007 post election violence that has led to fresh registration of voters countrywide, people were displaced and others died so the displaced people will register as new people in their new constituency. Kamukunji Constituency will be voting electronically because in the 2007 general elections their were a lot of rigging of votes.This method have been introduced to Kamukunji constituency only out of 210 constituency and this electronic system will minimize cases of candidates compl…