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Facing the World from Gusii A Memoir
0A Memoir, is a personal account of growing up in Gusii, and specifically living along the common border between Abagusii and the Maasai. The author captures information and events as he saw them happen as an observer and participant. These include ethnic clashes with the Maasai, tracking stolen livestock, hunting and gathering expeditions, and activities of growing up with others in community spaces. Of interest is the community security group, termed chinkororo that was once proscribed by government.
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Factors that Determine Entrepreneurial Behaviour in Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Kenya.
0Entrepreneurship is critical to economic development of any nation. Entrepreneurs continually innovate and invent, and as they commercialize the innovations and inventions, they create goods and services. In the process they create new markets, services and products as well as employment.
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Inside the Presidency: The Trials & Tribulations of a Zambian Spin Doctor
0The book is a window into policy positions, international relations, government bureaucracy and political manoeuvers in high office. Several decisions, popular and unpopular, are laid bare as is their rationale and impact. It paints a picture of the fire-fighting between government positions and public perception and further shows the inter-play of all this with opposition parties and the press.
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Kwamboka’s Inquiry
0‘’It is a gripping story about murder, corruption, power, church politics, Colonisation and Chauvinism. The great drift of suspense in the text and the interwoven short stories make it a page turner. Well told and a must read.’’- Verah Omwocha, Book Editor.
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Malaika
0This is a story about the love and dedication of three women: a young, independent businesswoman, an older teacher, and her American friend. As political events swirl around these women, and as Kenya moves towards democracy and national cohesion, the reader is caught up in the struggle of the human spirit to realize the goal of justice for all people.
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Mwangi’s Adventure
0When Mwangi helped a distressed lady change a punctured car tyre one day, he thought it was just that. Little did he know that the token of appreciation that the lady gave him was a trigger that would set him off on an adventure of mixed fortunes.
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My Roots
0Set among the Abagusii of Kenya at the onset of independence in Africa, Jeremîré Araka’s My Roots is an extraordinary story of postcolonial migration and the characters’ struggle to negotiate their existence in the disparate cultures that assailed Africa during and after colonization.