Category Archives: Entertainment
What Was Wrong With Okonkwo? A Psychologist Explores the Tragic Hero of “Things Fall Apart”
Jul 28, 2025 at 03:51 PM
By Nyang’au Araka Okonkwo remains one of literature’s most iconic and complex characters. As the protagonist in Chinua Achebe’s seminal novel Things Fall Apart, Okonkwo’s life unfolds as a gripping tale of strength, pride, trauma, and cultural disintegration. Now, decades after the book’s publication, a Kenyan scholar is offering a fresh perspective: a psychological profile […]
Mokua-Led Team Wins KCB East Africa Golf Tour at Kisii
Jul 28, 2025 at 01:01 PM
By KPC Sports Reporter The four-ball team of Dismas Mokua, Peter Mogendi, Zachary Bichage, and Andrew Nyanusi delivered a stellar performance at the par-70 Kisii Golf Club, returning a combined score of 99 points to win the latest leg of the KCB East Africa Golf Tour. Their victory earned them a place in the tour’s […]
Karanga Clinches NCBA Kenya Amateur Matchplay Title in Sudden Death Thriller
Jul 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
By KPC Sports Reporter Michael Karanga of Kiambu Golf Club emerged victorious in the 2025 NCBA Kenya Amateur Matchplay Championship, defeating South Africa’s Prannay Kapur in a dramatic final that went to sudden death at Sigona Golf Club. The championship match unfolded over 36 regulation holes; 18 in the morning and 18 in the afternoon, […]
Kenya Commercial Bank Triumphs Over Strathmore in Driftwood Sevens Final
Jul 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
By KPC Sports Reporter The Kenya Commercial Bank Rugby Football Club (KCB RFC) delivered a masterclass in power and precision to claim the Driftwood Sevens crown. As a result, they edged out a resilient Strathmore Leos side 15-14 in a pulsating final at the Mombasa Sports Club. The bankers stamped their authority early, racing to […]
POETIC TURN: School Girl
Jul 28, 2025 at 07:51 AM
By Shem Onderi She is growing fast—Faster than the years would wish her to.Her body outpaces her age,Nothing about her remains the same—Not even the way she walks.The class teacher defines her by her looks,By how she speaks. The village boy admires her changing form.The school bus driver insists on dropping her last.The posho mill […]
POETIC TURN: Steal Our Money, Not Our Education
Jul 26, 2025 at 06:13 AM
By Nanganetvoices go on then — steal the coffers dry, build your marble statues to your swelling pride, fly first-class to conferences on poverty you’ve never felt, pocket your per diems and fat allowances, feed your bellies, line your nests — but leave our classrooms whole. we see you — lions in tailored suits, bellowing […]
POETIC TURN: Not Today
Jul 24, 2025 at 08:59 PM
By Chipanga Daniel “Not today,”My dancing master would always say,In his prime old age—Clinging to the hope of time yet to live. He rose with his walking stick,As if nature still bowed to his will,A smile carved on his wrinkled face,Recalling the golden days gone by. When the sun began to set,He’d step out to […]
POETIC TURN: My Other Half
Jul 24, 2025 at 08:54 PM
By Obaigwa Alex Heaven has called you home today,Leaving so much I still wanted to say.But now it’s too late—your time has come,And words unsaid weigh down everyone. You taught me more than I can show,Revealed so much I didn’t know.But you forgot the final thing—To teach me how to let you go. There may […]
Teen Scientists in Kisii Build Models, Confidence, and Career Dreams
Jul 21, 2025 at 01:18 PM
Text and pictures by Stanley Ongwae As Kenya prepares for the inaugural Grade Nine Competence-Based Education (CBE) national assessments set for October, learners are filled with excitement and confidence. At Kisii Campus Comprehensive School in Kisii County, students have stepped forward to celebrate CBE, praising the academic depth and skills they’ve acquired over the past […]
Saluting a Legacy as Lee Njiru Visits Tanzania’s Founding General
Jul 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
By KPC Reporter As the curtain fell on the second edition of the Pan African Media Councils Summit last week in Arusha, something spectacular happened a few kilometres away. It was all about friendship between Lee Njiru, a veteran journalist and long-serving aide to Kenya’s presidency and Tanzania’s retired General Mirisho Sarakikya, now in his […]