Turkana, Mrima and The Simpsons
15 years ago ask any typical Kenyan what minerals Kenya had and the only three minerals that popped up were soda ash, diatomite and fluorspar. Blame it on KIE syllabus and our geography teachers. Fast forward to 2012 and Turkana oil will be the first…
Geology of Africa’s second highest mountain
Ludwig Krapf, was the 1st European to see Mt Kenya. It was on the 3rd day of December in the year of the lord 1849 A.D. together with Another European Rebmann, was also the first to see Mt Kilimanjaro , they went back to Europe…
This fire has been burning for over 50 years
There is a fire that has been burning for 50 years straight! According to Thinking Blog in May 1962, Centralia Town, Pennsylvania, United States, the town council sends some volunteer firemen to an abandoned mine pit to clear the towns landfill. The firemen did what…
CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION
One of my former lecturers once told me that the Constitution was arranged in order of importance and I tended to agree with him. “Chapter one: sovereignty of the people and supremacy of this constitution’’ being the most important chapter in the constitution, as this…
Religeology
RELIGEOLOGY People have always said “Prostitution is the oldest profession in the world” I beg to differ. Geology was in essence the oldest profession because God was our very 1stgeologist. He even transferred some of this knowledge to our forefathers and most used rocks to…
Rocks not Stones!
Geology is one of the most misunderstood professions in the world not in Kenya alone. When I tell people am a Geologists their mind immediately thinks….. “Geography” and a friend of mine even thinks I study “Meteorology” how that came to be am not even…