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Coca Cola in pact to eliminate fluorosis in Naivasha
Coca-Cola and Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) alongside a host of local organisations in Naivasha, have commissioned the second phase of a Sh42.5 million two-year initiative to provide residents of Naivasha with access to de-fluorinated water. The project was motivated by the fact that the low income residents of Naivasha’s peri-urban settlements […]
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Kenya: Hope for Nakuru Residents Over Stained Teeth
The problem of teeth becoming a stained brown is a common problem among Nakuru residents/MUTHONI NJUKI NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 26 – Fifteen year-old Kevin Muriithi was only seven years when his teeth started discolouring. He lives in Kaptembwa estate in Nakuru. His parents thought his teeth were turning brown as a result of eating a […]
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Why smiling in some counties is very rare
It is Mother Teresa who said, “Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person and a beautiful thing.” Steve Maraboli also noted that it only takes a split second to smile and forget, yet for someone who needed it, it can last a lifetime. Despite the […]
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Kenya: Hundreds Jobless As Fluorspar Firm Shuts Down
A multi-billion shilling mining company has been forced to suspend production and lay off hundreds of employees. Kenya Fluorspar Company, with assets valued at over Sh5 billion, becomes the second company after Webuye- based Pan African Paper Mills to halt operations due to a financial crisis. Company managing director, Nico Spangenberg, attributed the closure to […]
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Fishing in Lake Baringo’s takes a dip
Once a thriving fishing village, Kampi Ya Samaki Township on the shores of Lake Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley province is a pale shadow of its former self. Its name loosely translates to a fishing camp – an indication of its repute of yesteryears. But today, a different scenario exists. Thorny Prosopis juliflora trees, known […]
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I smell a rat whenever experts endorse commercial products
Remember Carl Marx? Let me get to him in a roundabout way. There’s this TV ad that trumpets the merits of Pampers, a brand of baby diapers that have replaced the rather messy nappies many of us were reared on. What catches my attention, though is not the superior quality claimed by Pampers, but the […]
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Fighting excessive fluoride in drinking water in Rift Valley
A joke that does the rounds in Nakuru district is that besides the national identity card, you can easily identify a local by their brown teeth, the result of very high concentration of fluoride in the water. Doctors are now raising the alarm over the fluoride levels. On Monday last week, the Kenya Dentists Association […]
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