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Home in a casket: the sad tale of migrant workers

TITLE: Jeneza Kutoka Saurabia AUTHOR: Kithaka wa Mberia PUBLISHER: Marimba Publications Limited REVIEWER: Mbugua Ngunjiri Kenya appears to be stumbling from one crisis to the other; such is the fatigue from these unfortunate occurrences that the people don’t seem to remember what we went through a month ago. Still, the crises follow each other like […]

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Kwenzi Gizani should be urgent reading for all

Title: Kwenzi Gizani Author: Prof. Kithaka wa Mberia Genre: Play (Tamthilia) Publisher: Marimba Publications Limited Reviewer: Kelvin J. Shachile Kwenzi Gizani is a Kiswahili play that follows the proceedings of the pursuit of justice by Chagi, whose daughter Kanevu has been sexually assaulted by her father Mkando. Chagi stands her ground to seek for clarity […]

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Prof Kithaka wa Mberia has occupied the same office for 41 years

Five little known facts about Prof Kithaka wa Mberia. 1. He teaches Linguistics at the University of Nairobi and not Kiswahili, as widely believed by many. One of the many Vice-Chancellors he has served under, at UoN, long held the belief that Prof Mberia taught Kiswahili. 2. His book Kwenzi Gizani, which won the Jomo […]