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Kabila za waswahili na mbari zao

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SWAHILI: Hati hii ni mukhtasari wa makabila ya Waswahili na familia mashuhuri katika ukanda wa pwani ya Afrika Mashariki. Iliandikwa na mwanazuoni maarufu wa pwani Sheikh Ahmed Nabhani, ambaye alitoka Lamu.<br>ENGLISH: This document is an overview of Swahili ethnic groups and prominent families along the coastal region of East Africa. It was written by famous coastal scholar Sheikh Ahmed Nabhani, who was from Lamu.
Date:
March 24, 2000
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kabila za waswahili na mbari zao

Kutayarisha Siasa za Uchaguzi kwa Kiswahili: Uchunguzi wa Mahmoud Abdulkadir

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SWAHILI: Haya ni makala ya kitaaluma yaliyoandikwa na Profesa Rayya Timammy, msomi mashuhuri na Dean Msaidizi wa zamani wa Chuo Kikuu cha Nairobi. Makala haya yamechapishwa katika kitabu cha ''Nyimbo na Siasa katika Afrika Mashariki'', chenye insha mbalimbali za nyimbo na siasa kutoka eneo hilo. Profesa Rayya Timammy alimtumia Ustadh Mau na kazi yake kama kielelezo cha kuonyesha uhusiano kati ya serikali ya jadi, siasa na hotuba. Anafanya hivyo kwa kuchunguza jinsi siasa inavyodhamiriwa katika tamthilia iliyoandikwa na mshairi.<br>ENGLISH: This is an academic article written by Professor Rayya Timammy, a well-known academic and previous Associate Dean of the University of Nairobi. This article was published in the book ''Songs and Politics in Eastern Africa'', containing various essays on songs and politics from the region. Professor Rayya Timammy used Ustadh Mau and his work as a case study to portray the connection between the traditional state, politics and orature. She does this by examining how politics is thematised in the epic written by the poet.
Date:
circa 2007
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kutayarisha Siasa za Uchaguzi kwa Kiswahili: Uchunguzi wa Mahmoud Abdulkadir

Mama musimlaumu + Mwalimu + Kiswahili

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SWAHILI: Waraka huu uko na mashairi manne tofauti: Mama musimlaumu ni shairi kuhusu mwanamke aliyetupa binti yake mchanga vichakani. Mtoto huyo aliokolewa na mbwa na jambo hili lilizua tafaruku katika jamii. Ustadh Mau aliandika shairi hili kupitia kwa muonekano wa yule binti aliyetupwa na mamake akiambia jamii isimhukumu mamake. Mwalimu ni shairi linalopendekeza kuwahusisha walimu katika mambo ya kijamii kwani wao ndio wenye kufunza jamii ijayo, wajibu wa walimu katika elimu na jamii lazima ieleweke na isisitizwe. Shairi pia linazungumzia umuhimu wa elimu na kupeleka watoto mashuleni. Kiswahili ni shairi lililoandikwa kwa mtindo wa ubinafsishaji. Mama kiSwahili analalamika jinsi wanae (waswahili halisi) walivyo kipuuza kiSwahili mpaka kunakiliwa na kuekwa viwango kwa kiSwahili kumetawaliwa na wageni wasiokuwa waswahili. KiSwahili kinaita wanawae wawe ni wenye kukiwajibikia na kukitilia juhudi kama zamani. Shairi hili limechapishwa. Yamechapishwa kwenye: In this Fragile World: Swahili poetry of commitment by Ustadh Mahmoud Mau. Leiden; Boston: Brill [2023], uk. 329-354.<br>ENGLISH: This manuscript contains Three different poems : Mama musimlamu (page 1-2); Mwalimu (page 3-4); Kiswahili (page 5-6). Mama musimlaumu is a poem regarding a woman who threw out her newborn daughter in the bushes, meaning to abandon her there. The newborn was saved by a dog and it caused a big spark of rage across the nation. Ustadh Mau's poem is written from the perspective of the daughter, telling the nation not to criticize her mother. Mwalimu, touches on how teachers should be involved in the community as they are teaching the next generation of kids. The role of teachers in both education and the larger community should be well recognized and emphasized. The poem also mentions the importance of education and schooling for children. and Kiswahili the poem is written from the perspective of a personified Swahili. ''Mother Swahili'' criticizes the way her children (native Swahili speakers of the coast) have long neglected the language and that the documentation and standardization of Swahili has been dominated by foreigners instead. It calls on her children to make an active effort for Kiswahili again. Published in: In this Fragile World: Swahili poetry of commitment by Ustadh Mahmoud Mau. Leiden; Boston: Brill [2023], pp. 329-354.
Date:
2006, 2005, 2003
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Mama musimlaumu + Mwalimu + Kiswahili

Kwa heri ya kuonana

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SWAHILI: Shairi hili lililoandikwa na Ustadh Mau lilitolewa kwa wanafunzi wa Taasisi ya Rift Valley waliokuwa wamefika Lamu kama sehemu ya mpango wa kimasomo. Iliandikwa ili kusema kwaheri kwa kikundi hicho la walimu na wanafunzi na kuwashukuru kwa kuchagua kuja Lamu.<br>ENGLISH: This poem written by Ustadh Mau was dedicated to students of the Rift Valley Institute who had come to Lamu as part of an exchange program. It was written in order to say farewell to this group of teachers and students and to thank the team for choosing to come to Lamu.
Date:
June 6, 2014
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kwa heri ya kuonana

Wanafundi kwaherini

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SWAHILI: Shairi hili lilitungwa kwa ajili ya wanafunzi wa RISSEA kuwaaga baada ya kumaliza mafunzo yao. Katika shairi Ustadh Mau anawashukuru kwa jinsi walivyoshirikiana kwenye masomo na kuwa na tabia njema. Anawatakia heri na kuwakaribisha kutembelea tena Lamu.<br>ENGLISH: This poem was composed for the students of RISSEA ("Research Institute of Swahili Studies of Eastern Africa") to say goodbye to them after the completion of their training. In the poem Ustadh Mau appreciates them for how they have cooperated and behaved well. He wishes the farewell and welcomes them to visit Lamu again.
Date:
December 14, 2010
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Wanafundi kwaherini

Karibuni watukufu

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SWAHILI: Shairi hili liliandikwa kwa ajili ya kundi la wanafunzi wa Marekani kutoka Cincinatti waliofika Lamu. Tafsiri ya Kiingereza, iliyochapishwa kwenye hati hiyo hiyo, ilifanywa na Karama. Ustadh Mau anakishukuru kikundi hicho kwa kuja na kutembea Lamu.<br>ENGLISH: This poem was written for a group of American students from Cincinatti who came to Lamu. The English translation, printed on the same manuscript, was done by Mohamed Karama. Ustadh Mau thanks the group for coming and visiting Lamu all the way from the States. He notes that the group is welcomed with open arms and that everyone is delighted to have them here. He thanks the group for establishing a foundation of friendship and hopes that the group visits again in the future.
Date:
April 6, 2011
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Karibuni watukufu

Kwa heri yakuonana

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SWAHILI: Shairi hili liliandikwa na Ustadh Mau kwa ajili ya kundi la walimu na wanafunzi waliofika na kutembelea Lamu. Anawashukuru na kuwaambia watembelee tena Lamu na kuongea vyema kuhusu Lamu katika maeneo ambayo huenda wakafuata ili watu wengine wapate kukaribishwa vyema na watu wa Lamu pia, kwani watu wa Lamu wanajulikana kwa ukarimu na wema wao. Shairi hili lilitafsiriwa kwa Kiingereza na Karama.<br>ENGLISH: This poem was written by Ustadh Mau for a group of teachers and students who came and visited Lamu. He thanks them and tells them to visit Lamu again and to speak well of Lamu in the places they might go to next so that other people may be warmly welcomed by the people of Lamu too, as the people of Lamu are known for their hospitality and kindness. This poem was translated into English by Mohamed Karama.
Date:
April 6, 2010
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kwa heri yakuonana

Kuhifadhi Utamaduni: Mashairi ya Waswahili

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SWAHILI: Karatasi hii ni maelezo ya mkutano kuhusu mashairi ya kiSwahili ambapo Ustadh Mau alikua mmoja wa walioalikwa na kuhudhuria. Mkutano huu ulifanywa kwenye ukumbi wa Mwanarafa, Lamu.<br>ENGLISH: This document is a production concept for a workshop about Swahili poetry which Ustadh Mau was invited to teach at. This event took place at Mwana Arafa in Lamu.
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Kuhifadhi Utamaduni: Mashairi ya Waswahili

Shukrani kwa ziara

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SWAHILI: Shairi hili liliandikwa kwa ajili ya Richard Peck, rafiki wa muda mrefu wa Ustadh Mau kutoka Marekani. Katika shairi hilo anamshukuru sana Richard kwa kuchukua safari ndefu na ngumu ya kufika Lamu na kwa kuhakikisha urafiki wao unaendelea. Ustadh Mau anaandika kwamba urafiki wao ni wa nguvu na wenye mizizi na hauwezi kukatika kwa urahisi. Zaidi ya hayo, anabainisha kuwa Richard na kampuni yake ni wageni waheshimiwa Lamu na kwamba Ustadh Mau anafuraha kuwa na Richard katika mji wake tena.<br>ENGLISH: This poem was written for Richard Peck, a long-time friend to Ustadh Mau from the United States. In the poem he thanks Richard deeply for taking on the long and difficult journey to Lamu and for making sure their friendship continues. Ustadh Mau writes that their friendship is strong and rooted and cannot be easily cut. Furthermore, he notes that Richard and his company are esteemed guests in Lamu and that Ustadh Mau is delighted to have Richard in his hometown again.
Date:
August 30, 2010
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Shukrani kwa ziara

Khatti

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SWAHILI: Karatasi hii ni ya maelewano ya kununua ardhi mwaka wa 1920 iliyofamhusu babu yake Ustadh Mau, anayeitwa Abdulkadir bin Abdullatif Al-Hindy aliyenunua kipande cha ardi kilichokua kimejengwa kutoka kwa mwanamke anayeitwa Fatma bint Akid kwa rupia mia mbili na hamsini.<br>ENGLISH: This document is a sales agreement produced in 1920 by Ustadh Mau's grandfather, Abdulkadir bin Abdullatif Al-Hindy, who bought a piece of land and the house on that property from a woman named Fatma bint Akid for 250 rupees.
Date:
July 19, 1920
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
Ustadh Mau Digital Archive (UMADA)
Khatti

Sunday Post 1961 no. 1336

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ENGLISH: Sunday Post newspaper of May 14, 1961, issue no. 1336: Attack on Kenya schools by India's representative on a UN committee. The Colonial Development Corporation to lend Tanganyika £3 million for an electricity expansion project. E.A.A say traffic continues to increase and there is a steady improvement in domestic traffic.
Date:
May 14, 1961
Mei 14, 1961
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1961 no. 1336

Sunday Post 1961 no. 1318

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ENGLISH: Sunday Post newspaper of January 08, 1961, issue no. 1318: Security concern in Nyanza. Gang attacks an elderly retired Royal Navy officer in Machakos. Police use guns to quell Liege riots in Brussels. 40, 000 unemployed in UK car industry.
Date:
January 8, 1961
Januari 8, 1961
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1961 no. 1318

Sunday Post 1972 no. 1894

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ENGLISH: Sunday Post newspaper of January 23, 1972, issue no. 1894: Prime Minister for China, Mr. Chou, ready to sign a treaty with Japan banning the use of nuclear weapons. Violent protests by Africans in Rhodesia spread to the Midlands town of Que Que. Scientists in Tanzania set up breeding ponds to raise snails to curb bilharzia.
Date:
January 23, 1972
Januari 23, 1972
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1972 no. 1894

Sunday Post 1960 no. 1298

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ENGLISH: Sunday Post newspaper of August 21, 1960, issue no. 1298: Two Kenya Police operations in Turkana country resulted in the recovery of 216 rifles. India expresses deep regret over manhandling of the Indian crew of the UN aircraft by Congolese troops. Clash on Somaliland-Ethiopia border. Russia's space dogs Strelka and Belka, in satisfactory condition as the space ship continues to orbit the earth. New look plan for Nairobi Game Park.
Date:
Agosti 21, 1960
August 21, 1960
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1960 no. 1298

Sunday Post 1960 no. 1292

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ENGLISH: Sunday Post newspaper of July 10, 1960, issue no. 1292: Belgium faced with tragic dilemma to do nothing as many of her 80, 000 nationals face danger in the Congo or act swiftly to protect them. First refugees from Congo republic begin to trickle into Kenya as situation worsens. Britain's dilemma on whether to get into the challenging business of space rocketry or stay out of it.
Date:
July 10, 1960
Julai 10, 1960
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1960 no. 1292

Sunday Post 1960 no. 1300

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ENGLISH: Sunday Post newspaper of September 4, 1960, issue no. 1300: Three British journalists arrested in Bakwanga. 60 musicians from 20 nations try to detect the musical qualities of the roar of Niagara Falls but fail to agree. 100 million years old fossils have been found by a post office worker at Oakley, near Bedford.
Date:
Septemba 4, 1960
September 4, 1960
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1960 no. 1300

Sunday Post 1972 no. 1895

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ENGLISH: Sunday Post newspaper of January 30, 1972, issue no. 1895: Newly born baby found dead in a ditch in Mathare valley. A Trans World Airlines Airlines boeing 707 hijacked in a flight from Los Angeles to New York by a man who claimed to be armed with a bomb.
Date:
January 30, 1972
Januari 30, 1972
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1972 no. 1895

Kenya Weekly News 1954 no. 1421

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ENGLISH: Kenya Weekly News 1954 no. 1421 April 23rd'' The South Africa's 80 Years Old Prime Minister , Doctor Daniel Francois Malan Introduced Into Parliament Motion For Return Of Three British Protectorates, Bechuanaland , Swaziland And Basutoland.''
Date:
Aprili 23, 1954
April 23, 1954
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Kenya Weekly News 1954 no. 1421

Rock 1963 no. 62

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ENGLISH: The Rock newspaper January 1963, issue no. 62. Final preparations for two great pan-African gatherings, Princess Alexandra meets with Levienne Euba in the international hostel of the youth Womens Christian association at Hampstead, london.
Date:
January 1963
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Rock 1963 no. 62

Rock 1962 no. 58

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ENGLISH: In September of 1962, The Rock , Issue no. 58 published the following: In addition to Dr. Nkrumah's prohibition on bishops, there was a Talk of Marriage, which outlined the issues faced by women in cities and appealed for additional legal protection in order to build a firm marriage bond.
Date:
September 1962
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Rock 1962 no. 58

Rock 1962 no. 55

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ENGLISH: In the June 1962 issue no. 55 of the Rock, there was an item about press freedom in independent countries, and in May, the first seminar for African women in Kenya was held at the Limuru Conference Centre.
Date:
June 1962
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Rock 1962 no. 55

Sunday Post 1973 no. 1971

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ENGLISH: The Sunday Post newspaper of July 15, 1973 included news about the end of free university education in Kenya, the threat of Lake Victoria's water level rising and destroying homes and livelihoods, how Iraq is harnessing wealth for its people through development, how processed exports are a more stable source of foreign exchange and record breaker Ben Jipcho is welcomed home after breaking the 3, 000 metres steeplechase twice.
Date:
July 15, 1973
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1973 no. 1971

The Sunday Post 1965 May 16th

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ENGLISH: The Sunday Post 1965 May 16th ''Kenya Wants Her Own Ideology, The Vice- President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Told The Mass In A Rally At Nyamira In Kisii District That Kenya Rejects Eastern And Western Ideologies And Will Accept Nothing That Is Not Kenya In Its Own.'' ''China Rejoiced At Having Exploded Her Second Nuclear Device , But Japan Called It A Betrayal Of Mankind's desire For Peace.''
Date:
May 16, 1965
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
The Sunday Post 1965 May 16th

Sunday Post 1973 no. 1970

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ENGLISH: The Sunday Post newspaper of July 8, 1973 included news about loss of jobs at the East African Posts and Telecommunication Corporation, how the press have less freedom in post independence Africa, "How tribalism has rocked Zambia", what influences the architectural style of Kenya and how Impala rugby club made their third win in a row.
Date:
July 8, 1973
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Post 1973 no. 1970

The Sunday Post 1965 April 25th

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ENGLISH: The Sunday Post 1965 April 25th ''With Independence Of India And Pakistan In 1947 The Old British Empire Began To Disappear And The New Concept Of Common Wealth Was Born As Grown As The Countries Previously Ruled From London Have Gained Independence.''
Date:
April 25, 1965
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
The Sunday Post 1965 April 25th

Sunday Times no. 259

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ENGLISH: On February 21, 1993 the Sunday Times Newspaper published the following stories: President Moi said that The chairman of the Green Belt Movement, Professor wangari Maathai as one of those engineering the clashes in The Rift Vallet between the Kikuyu and Kalenjin saying that she has been distributing inflammatory leaflets in Eldoret, Secondly, Washington, Saturday Alleged sexual misconduct by priests has shaken the US Roman Catholic Church's faith ful as well as its finances, with damages payments totalling hundreds of millions of dollars
Date:
February 21, 1993
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Times no. 259

Sunday Times no. 258

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ENGLISH: On February 14, 1993 the Sunday Times Newspaper published the following stories: Calm has been resrored to Uasin Gishu following the netting of 68 suspects in the fresh tribal clashes which rocked Ya Mumbi, Langas and Huruma farms on the Outskirts of Eldoret town on Wednesday and Thursday, Secondly, Members of Parliament from Uasin Gishu District yesterday said they took seriously a statement by Mr.Kiilu Chomba of Ford-Asili as the satement was tantamoutn to declaring war between Kalenjins and Kikuyu
Date:
February 14, 1993
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Times no. 258

Sunday Times no. 822

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ENGLISH: Sunday Times newspaper November 25, 2001, issue no. 822, A story on how cholera outbreak killed 600 people in Nigeria. An article about Africa trade week which was marked in Nairobi. A story about Uruguay apologising to australian soccer association for fans' unfriendly behaviour.
Date:
November 25, 2001
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Times no. 822

Sunday Times no. 260

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ENGLISH: On February 28, 1993 the Sunday Times Newspaper published the following stories: Due to paching and human beings encroaching into forests, the African elephant is now an endangered species.Secondly, African Family is a really fascinating 280 page photo book of Kenyan wildlife was published in Japan recently
Date:
February 28, 1993
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Times no. 260

Sunday Times no. 823

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ENGLISH: Sunday Times newspaper December 2, 2001. issue no 823, Fight on HIV/AIDS in Kenya. An article about US helping to end the fierce conflict in Sudan. An article on why law court rulings has to be paramount and respected.
Date:
December 2, 2001
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Times no. 823

Sunday Times no. 269

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ENGLISH: On May 2, 1993 the Sunday Times Newspaper published the following stories; Sri Lankan President Ranasighe Premadasa died of Injuries sustained in a bomb blast during a May Day procession , Secondly , ICIPE launches revolutionary new concept-the mbu cloth-tackle the escalating menace of the anopheles mosquito
Date:
May 2, 1993
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Times no. 269

Sunday Times no. 218

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ENGLISH: The Sunday Times Newspaper of May 10, had stories and headlines including; "My Father Is Wrong - Raila."- Raila differs sharply with his father, Odinga Oginga on the method to be used in electing Ford Party president.
Date:
May 10, 1992
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
Sunday Times no. 218

The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 42

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ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 18 January, 1957 had headlines and stories including; "Boarding places in Kenya Secondary Schools"- Kenya Taxpayers were denied the opportunity to let their children go to boarding school while other territories, natives were allowed to take their kids to boarding school. 'The Place occupied by children from other territories should be made available to Kenya children too.'
Date:
January 18, 1957
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 42

The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 49

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ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 1 March, 1957 had headlines and stories including; "Independence."- The creation of independent state of Ghana is being treated everywhere as a matter of world importance which, indeed, it is."Minimum Wages."- Tanganyika Innovation, a dispatch says that for the first time a statutory minimum wage rate has been established.
Date:
March 8, 1957
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 49

The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 51

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ENGLISH: The Weekly Comment Newspaper of 22 March, 1957 had headlines and stories including; "African Elected Members Statement."- 'We shall fight to build a Government and society in which all enjoy equal rights and opportunities and no one enjoys privileges or a privileged position.'
Date:
March 22, 1957
Resource Type:
text
Collection:
McMillan Memorial Library Newspaper Collection
The Nairobi Comment 1957 no. 51