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STANDARD DIGITAL -- Warning for Kenya in USA’s grim struggle against virus
BY TARA HEIDGER (FGJ ‘20) -- The United States has surpassed 300,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases. On Tuesday last week, President Donald Trump addressed the nation with even more sobering news from the White House. READ MORE.
Kenyans love for meat is only muted by lack of money.
STANDARD DIGITAL -- How our minds have been tenderized 100 years on
BY XN IRAKI (FGJ ‘15) -- Kenyans love for meat is only muted by lack of money. The setting up of a Brazilian steak house recently was a realisation that we love being carnivorous. Few visitors to Kenya bypass Carnivore restaurant for the same reason. From traditional to modern society, meat has been central to our lives. It is not just life-giving but central to most ceremonies. Its derivative, blood is even more popular with ceremonies, both good and evil. READ MORE.
STANDARD DIGITAL – Why love should be the 5th factor of production
BY XN IRAKI (FGJ ‘15)
Economists are the self declared high priests of social sciences. They are known for their obsession with graphs and esoteric equations. That has alienated them from vast majority of citizens who find their language complex and unintelligible. READ MORE.
STANDARD DIGITAL -- Why buying Greenland by US makes economic sense
BY XN IRAKI (FGJ ‘15) -- The proposal by the US President Donald Trump (pictured) to buy Greenland, the world’s biggest island is not a laughing matter.But does it make economic sense, politics and national pride aside? Trump will not be the first president to buy land and expand his country. There are precedences. READ MORE.
STANDARD DIGITAL -- Discovery: Outer space holds endless possibilities
BY XN IRAKI (FGJ ‘15) -- We need to revive some traditions like showing visitors your old photo albums. We loved that as undergraduates, which gave one a glimpse into one’s past and personality. Instagram is more about your present only. Recently I was going through my old photos which I have never had time to digitise. One photo caught my attention, taken on the penultimate year to my graduation. Standing next to a group of my classmates and I was a mzungu, taller and more confident than all of us. His name was Charles Duke. Why would the photo matter now? READ MORE.
