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Equality in Kenya’s 2010 Consti...
Brief Summary
"This book asks whether there is a coherent conception of equality in Kenya's 2010 Constitution and explores how competing and interrelated ideas of equality in it should be conceptualized, interpreted and applied. Making a significant contribution to the ongoing global conversations on the various understandings of equality, the book illuminates the many ways in which diverse equality guarantees clash, or are interrelated.
It also sets out principled approaches on how they can be coherently interpreted to address the myriad inequalities in Kenya. Taking a comparative approach, the book considers how other jurisdictions including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, India and Botswana have approached the conceptualization, interpretation and application of various equality concepts.
The book focuses on important issues such as: - transformative constitutionalism in relation to the interpretation of Kenya's 2010 Constitution; - expanding the list of enumerated grounds for non-discrimination; - affirmative action; - accommodating religious and cultural diversity versus gender equality; - the interrelation between socio-economic rights and status-based equality"--
Diary of a Clueless Farmer by Karen N...
Brief Summary
Discontented with the daily hustle of city life, twenty-eight-year-old Rosalyn Chege completely goes off the grid and buys a farm in the rustic village of Mukuyu in a bid to slow down and find her life’s purpose. The naive Rosalyn erroneously assumes that the village folk are a warm-hearted lot, unadulterated by the world’s vices unlike their city counterparts.
The quirky and sometimes laughable characters such as the alcohol imbibing farmhand Njaramba or the envious teacher Millicent Mwendwa often prove her wrong.Rosalyn quickly finds out that life in the village is anything but tranquil and undisturbed. In between playing midwife, a brief teaching and getting shot in the leg by a new found arch-rival, Rosalyn often finds hers hands full with everything but farming.
The dashing Dr Ezra Mchana, Mukuyu’s self proclaimed most eligible bachelor has his eyes set on Rosalyn. Their riveting romance is often faced with turbulent challenges but eventually love conquers all and after much soul searching, loss and triumph, Rosalyn finally finds her place not just in Mukuyu but in the world as a whole. Written in journal form, Diary Of A Clueless Farmer is a quintessential Kenyan story. The characters are a true reflection of Kenya’s society and its current trends. It is a classic story, laced with satire and good-natured humor where good triumphs and evil fails. It is a story of family, faith and hope.
What Does a Man Want? by Muthoni Liki...
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In this book, author Muthoni Gacharija Likimani explores with feeling the continuing struggle of women to come to grips with the demands of their men. Men are mysterious and inaccessible. Their irrepressible egoism drives the women to total despair and apathy. What should a woman do to understand her man?
Worldreader proudly presents this ebook in a new series of children's and young adult books from Sub-Saharan Africa. Worldreader is a non-profit organization committed to delivering digital books to children and families in the developing world using e-book technology.
By purchasing this book you directly contribute to this effort by helping fund school literacy programs, and promote the writing and publication of great books from local authors everywhere.
Fighting Without Ceasing by Muthoni L...
Brief Summary
This is the autobiography of one of Kenya's foremost public figures and women role models, Muthoni Likimani. The subject has been a broadcaster, politician, teacher, actress and activist. Muthoni is also notable for having established Noni's Publicity, one of the first indigenously owned public relations firms in Africa. The narrative emphasizes the author's overriding concerns throughout her life with gender and race equality, human rights, religious faith and politics. An introduction is provided by Muthoni Wanyeki, Executive Director of the African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET).
My Name is Toni by Waithîra Francis
Brief Summary
My name is Toni is the story of a young Kenyan girl from the city of Nairobi, who travels to the French town of Toulouse, to pursue her studies.
The book traces the difficulties Toni faces as an immigrant student, trying to integrate into France. We see the role of religion and the impact it has on Toni and the decisions she has to make about her life, as well as her transformation from an innocent girl to a sexually active woman.
WHISPER: The voice within by Fatma Mo...
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WHISPER is an inspirational self help book which gives a voice to our deepest unpleasant emotions like fear, despair and disappointment cocktailed in stories from the writer's personal life.
The writer addresses our inner turmoil and gives a voice to our deep seated scars in an attempt to help us understand ourselves better and start our journey to healing.
The writer also provides us with a guide to help in our endeavors in seeking our goals, skills like critical thinking, resilience, focus and several others she learnt throughout medical school.
Rafiki Man Guitar by Meja Mwangi
Brief Summary
Rafiki, an out-of-luck musician, turned bounty hunter and debt collector, volunteers to help a failing shopkeeper find his debtors and collect the money they owe him.
However, the mile long list of loan defaulters comprises of the town’s poorest residents, many of whom have changed their residences, their names and identities and gone underground.
Others will not part with the goods they got on credit, and will defend them with their lives. Moreover, Rafiki’s friends, and relatives are on the list, and so is the Chief, and he has the power to arrest and detain Rafiki without trial.
Mountain of Bones by Meja Mwangi
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The junior readers series has been designed to encourage reading for pleasure among upper primary school children. Wide and repeated reading of books in the series should enable pupils to automatically improve their written and spoken English.
Jimi the dog goes missing and Kariuki does not know where to look for him. Is it really safe to go to Majengo to look for him? Join Kariuki and Nigel in this exciting journey to the mountain of bones.
The Price of Living by Yusuf K Dawood
Brief Summary
'For those who make it to We top, there is the joy of good living.. There is also a price.
In his world of cut-throat competition and un-ethical dealings, Maina Karanja can judge success in two units only money and power. Power to live and love in style, and money to sustain that power. But then there are things also that no money can buy and no power can obtain. This Maina learns the hard way.
From Simple to Complex: The journey o...
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An autobiography of one of Kenya’s foremost scholars and medical researches, one time Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi and a key figure in the search for a viable solution to HIV/AIDS in Kenya and Africa more widely.
He tells his account against the background of events and developments in Kenya’s history covering his early life and rural up bringing, his time as a medical practitioner and educator in the Kenyatta period, and his later role as an administrator in public life.
Son of Woman by Charles Mangua
An instant success and bestseller in Kenya, which ran into 6 reprints, this prize-winning novel marked the beginning of popular literature in Kenya. Mangua's novel is a fictional, autobiographical account of the son of a prostitute.
The male narrator describes his life as the orphan of a prostitute in the slums of Nairobi, a young man frequenting bars and brothels, a student, corrupt civil servant and seasonal convict.
His is a humorous and cynical account revealing much about the unsavoury aspects of a world experiencing rapid social change. Charles Mangua is a prolific writer of popular literature, and author of three other novels, Son of Woman in Mombasa (the sequel to Son of Woman), A Tail in the Mouth, and Kanina and I.
Alternative Dispute Resolution in the...
Brief Summary
The book has powerfully underpinned the need for awareness creation and the building of a new ADR culture.
The author has persuasively argued that courts are firefighting backlogs, but the actual fire is out there in the wider society. The real challenge is to stem the flow of disputes into the court system.
The book has been written in an easily accessible style and this makes it suitable for all readers who are not familiar with ADR including, students in schools, colleges and universities, administrators, judiciary, policy makers, corporates and practitioners of ADR among many possible users of the book.
Economic Systems and the breaking of ...
The Environment and Noah’s ark by J.G...
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The environment action plans and the resources must have a moral dimension for environmental challenges to be fully met. The author concludes by comparing the Noah’s flood waters with the new era waters of baptism both of which depict the righteous and moral dimension of the environment.
First and Last word by J G Nyamu
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It has covered fifteen other powerful statesmen and ordinary people who stepped into higher levels of achievement and excellence through the use of words History of the last century and the first decade of this century would be awfully incomplete without the great destiny-making story of the big trio which relegated communism to the ash heap of history- Reagan, Thatcher and Saint Pope Paul II.
Marry Me a co wife and other poems by...
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Marry Me a co wife and other poems is a collection of poems that seek to speak to the reader about delicate social fabric that is in danger of being torn. The Poems in this anthology call on us to debate some issues that we sometimes regard as backward yet the same issues help shape and guide our interactions in the society.
Invisible Inventories: Questioning Ke...
How can Kenyan cultural objects that are in the possession of cultural institutions in Europe and the US be made accessible in Kenya? This question is being investigated by the exhibition series Invisible Inventories, which opens on the 18th of March at the National Museums of Kenya in Nairobi—in the absence of said historical objects.
