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HOMEPAGE

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Welcome To MulembeVibes.Its more about the the western part of Kenya converging on Isukha and Idakho. Kakamega is a natural resource one stop shop for Kenya.Its all about the location,culture,norms,natural resources and the people of Kakamega and Kenyans. Mulembe, Ikolomani Khalwale must remain or must go? Ikolomani decides, may the voters use their wisdom to cast that vote wisely. Infrastructural development is of significance for sustainable economic development in the constituency.
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Why Social Sciences are preferred by Students in Kenyan Universities

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Recently, I came across a very interesting read in one of the dailies about how preference for humanities among out university student population is stifling efforts for talented work force. For me that was a very genuine concern, only in one sense; that we need to invest a lot more in science and technology than we are doing now. Overall, we need to invest more in education in a more objective and focused way than we are doing now. It is astonishing policy mandarins keep talking expanding the economy to ensure economic growth and job creation. And they keep talking without looking for ways of investing not only creatively but also looking at some of the “forgotten” frontiers. Granted, investments in science and technology could could be the building blocks for long-term economic growth of the country. And none other than former US President Obama acknowledged this in one of the debates. I am no economist, however, the little time I have spent around books learning a
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Terrorism is Rooted in Masculinity and Aggressive Competion Among Men.

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The bombing in London has again added embers to the incessant discourse on the causes and consequences of terrorism in the global arena. What many of us fail to ask ourselves is; who is a terrorist? Who is most likely to be the target of terrorist attack? Who responds to terrorism? Who decides what qualifies as a terrorist attack? Mostly, the answer to all these questions is: men. Just as men have the most to gain by using terror for the acquisition of political power and control, it is men who define terrorism. Yet most important, why are most terrorists men? Have we ever thought through the image of the terrorist portrayed in the media? Terrorist manifestos, media representations of terrorists and current policy debates over the causes and consequences of terrorism all typically de-gender terrorism. So nearly exclusive is the connection between gender and terrorism that it goes unmentioned except when terrorists are women, who are then explicitly named, as in ‘female suicide bombe
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