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Roberto Mancini: I built current Manchester City team Former Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini says he has played his part in the team's success this season. Current boss Manuel Pellegrini has been credited with making City - who have scored 106 goals already this season - more attacking. But Galatasaray coach Mancini, who left City last summer, says it is the players he bought who are responsible."I'm happy that Manchester City is one of the best teams in England because I built this team," Mancini, 49, said."The players that score the goals are players that I bought - Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, Yaya Toure, David Silva and Samir Nasri. "After Mancini's departure, City recruited the likes of midfielder Fernandinho and striker Alvaro Negredo, who has already scored 23 goals in his first season.Pellegrini is targeting an unprecedented quadruple of Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Capital One Cup. The Chilean boss has...

By Henry Onyango The re-introduction of a special device to help avert drunk driving and consequently reduce accidents in Kenyan roads is already bearing fruits and must be lauded. The heinous road accidents in Kenya are majorly according to police caused by careless driving by drivers who believe that they can still do it better behind the wheels after taking a bottle or two of the brain –shackling alcoholic substances.  The success in curbing road accidents in the country is majorly as a result of the drunk-driving awareness campaign, which led to the re-introduction of the Alcoblow breathalyzers over the festive season in 2013. Kenya’s Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau said that the reintroduction of the gadget had already saved many lives from the horror of road accidents as result of careless driving. The CS intimated that 141 people had perished in accidents between January 1 and 14 in 2013 compared to 203 within the same period in 2012. “...

  Mathew Karungu, 29 has gone miles ahead to prove his point right that disability is not inability. His mantle to achieve in life despite being physically challenged is taking him places writes Henry Onyango.   When Mathew Karungu Wamuyu  was born 29 years ago many  from his family probably watched in disbelief little did they knew that a real genius was in the making.  Karungu has been a true blessing to the family and his mother Ms Wangari Kamuyu and his sister Gathoni Kamuyu have been his true inspirations. “I thank God for our family, they have always been there for me," says delighted Karungu He was diagnosed of Cerebral palsy (CP) soon after he had been born since then his life has tremendously changed despite the anomaly. The soft speaking Karungu-a bachelor in Entrepreneurship and small Business management graduate at the TACEL college an affiliate of DALC Education Trust in Nairobi says that he is always motiv...

  Looking at the infrastructures and improved communication system in one of my recent company trip to the far south Asia in Thailand, Kenya has a long way to go to attain its envisaged goals as entitled in the vision 2030 plans. The state of roads and the rail system is far much outstretched with modern rail system and effective police service.  In a nut shell everything modern even though the nation capital, Bangkok is still struggling with floods and lately political unrest. The City remains adorable. Tourism sector, one of the highly valued foreign exchange earners second to rice farming is highly valued both within the capital city and all other surrounding centers and towns. For security reasons, all taxis in the city have been marked and painted either green or red with the drivers’ particulars and photo coupled with the car registration details displayed inside the car. In Chiang Mai the far North of the country that is renowned for elephants v...

Sergio Aguero: Man City boss Pellegrini hails striker's return Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini stressed the importance of Sergio Aguero after the striker scored on his return from a calf injury to help beat Blackburn in their FA Cup replay. The 25-year-old Argentine has been out since 14 December but came off the bench to score as City won 5-0 to book a fourth-round tie at home to Watford. Pellegrini said: "It's important that Sergio came back and scored, which he did with his first touch. "We have so many games at this stage." The Chilean boss added: "Also to play 25 minutes will be important for him because he is fit after injury but he must be working on his fitness again." City face a crucial three weeks in the Premier League and domestic cup competitions as Pellegrini is setting to pursue a quadruple in England this season. ...

No more Hustling, Vows Former Members of Outlawed Sect By Henry Onyango The current unemployment rate in Kenya and most of the third world countries is alarming. The most affected quarter of the population is the youth, that which commands the greatest number. Several plans by the leaders to respond to the unending crisis have so far been a battle in futility as the number increases daily, monthly and annually probably due to the increased birth rate and bad governance in these lowly developed nations. Kenya’s infamous 2007-2008 post poll chaos where over one thousand people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands misplaced is a clear indicator of the phenomenon.   The idle youth were used by some politicians and the rich to loot, kill and injure those they considered their rivals for their own political good and supremacy. Any group of youth during this time that seemed united was easily brought into these rather shoddy deals that would later lead to criminal...

The Otonglo narrator: Will this talent go to waste? By Henry Onyango   President Kenyatta with the Otonglo  narrator and his family when he visted him at Statehouse last year During the National drama festival held in Mombasa in April 2013, a young man, Daniel Owira surprised many after he evoked the emotions of both President Uhuru Kenyatta and first lady Margaret Kenyatta. The 23 year -old student was simply amazing. After intense lobbying by the media that attracted a handful of sponsors to see the boy finish his education and to assist his family from abject poverty in Nairobi’s Fuata Nyayo slums in South B,   President Kenyatta finally came to the rescue of the now popular ‘Otonglo’ narrator. President Kenyatta promised to pay school fee for Daniel Owira till university. Consequently Otonglo boy even got endorsements from Naivas supermarket. He was reportedly paid Ksh 200,000 for the ‘Back to school Naivas advert that was aired across major loca...