The Journal KE July – August 2020
In the July’s Issue,
Nairobi Africa’s 5th most expensive city The very first edition of The Journal KE.
It’s all musical as we feature the all new Sauti Sol’s music album “Midnight Train” Page 10, for the book lovers
Page 14, #BlackLivesMatter
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SPECIAL FEATURE
COVER STORY
Nairobi 15th Most Expensive City in Africa
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travel food films & music gossips books books books tech health & fitness art sports special selection the journal ads whats on the next issue?
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20bn shilling building in Upper Hill Nairobi to be the highest tower in Africa
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Nairobi, Africa’s 5th Most Expensive City Nairobi, world’s 282nd most expensive city
airobi, popularly refered to as the green city in the sun comes fifth in the rank by the Data group Numbeo. The data group published the 2020 listing of the most expensive and cheapest cities to live in across the globe. South African Cities were found to be the most expensive cities in Africa taking the top 3 positions of the most expensive cities to live in with Pretoria being the most expensive city in Africa. Second comes Johannesburg and third being Cape Town. Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa and Cape Town being its Legislative capital hosting many banks,businesses and large corporations. Windhoek, the capital of Namibia and the largest city of the Republic of Namibia comes 4th .The city is the social, econonic, political and cultural center of the country. Nearly every Namibian national enterprise, governmental body, educational and cultural institution is headquartered there. Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the largest city in Kenya comes fifth in the ranking. Home to thousands of Kenyan businesses and over 100 major international companies and organizations, Nairobi is an established hub for business and culture. The city plays a critical role as the principal industrial center of the country, educational center, tourist center and residential center.
Durban (South Africa) comes 6th followed by Casablanca (Morocco), Tangier (Morocco), Rabat (Morocco) and Lagos (Nigeria) closing the top ten list. Tunis, the capital of Tunisia comes last in Africa, Egypt’s Alexandria comes second last, followed by Cairo (Egypt), Algiers (Algeria) and finally Agadir (Morocco) closing the bottom five list of the cheapest African cities. The survey examines over 400 cities throughout the world. This year’s ranking included index comparisons of the cost of living. New York being the reference city with an index score of 100 (100%). Zurich, Switzerland comes first in the world with a living index of 128.29. The index looks at relative costs across several categories, including rent, the cost of food, transport and entertainment. The index also takes the local purchasing power into account. Numbeo’s index assessed 440 cities in 2020, up from 433 in 2019. Cost of living is one of the many factors that influence a country or city’s ability to attract foreign investors and organizations. Others include growth opportunities, political stability and government policies including taxation and investor protection.
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Travel
Nairobi National Museum meaduva / photo modified
In this July issue we feature the Nairobi National Museum.
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he National Museum in Nairobi is an educational way to spend a few hours on a city stopover. The museum displays diverse cultural and natural history exhibits including more than 900 stuffed birds and mammals, fossils from Lake Turkana, ethnic displays from various Kenyan tribal groups, and exhibits of local art. In the Geology Gallery, you can explore an impressive collection of rocks and minerals and learn about tectonic plates and the life cycle of a volcano. The Hominid Vault contains a collection of prehistoric bones and fossils, including the preserved fossil of an elephant. At the museum, visitors can purchase combination tickets, which include entrance to the adjacent Snake Park with live specimens of Kenya's most common reptiles. Try your fun visiting once a while, you’ll have a great time here.
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Food In July’s food, we feature the Kenyan street sausage commonly known as “mutura”.
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hese are most common near butchers and local pubs in the estates. Mutura is a Kenyan sausage that is made with meat, spices and sometimes blood. It is roasted on a grill, with vendors preparing theirs in a variety of ways, to sell alongside bone soup, a favorite to many locals. The sausages are best enjoyed with some kachumbari (salsa) not forgetting the chilly. But watch out for some places where hygiene is an exception, you probably don’t want to get into some stomach trouble.
Recipe: Cook your minced meat Add your minced meat into the intestines Grill your mutura Serve it hot
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Mutura Fun Fact : Origin: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe ,France Main Ingredient: Ground Meat Other Names: Boerewors, Biltong, Potjekos, Droewors Kenyan name: Mutura
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Films & Music Movie Review
Title: Kati Kati Genre: Drama Rate: 7/10 Initial release: 10 September 2016 Director: Mbithi Masya Producers: Ginger Wilson, Sarika Hemi Lakhani, Marie Steinmann
Preview A young woman (Nyokabi Gethaiga), with no memory of her life or death, is helped with assimilation to the afterlife by a ghost (Elsaphan Njora).
Actor Profile:
Name: Edi MĹŤe Gathegi Born: March 10, 1979, Nairobi, Kenya TV show: The Blacklist: Redemption, Justified, ... Film: Crank, The Fifth Patient, Gone Baby Gone, ... Profession: Actor Awards: Obie Award for Performance, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Lead Performance, Drama Desk Special Award
Edi MĹŤe Gathegi is a Kenyan American actor. He appeared as recurring character Dr. Jeffrey Cole in the television series House, as Cheese in the 2007 film Gone Baby Gone, as Laurent in the films Twilight and its sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon, as Darwin in X-Men: First Class, as Ronald Dacey in Startup, as Solomon in Blacklist Redemption and many other series and tv shows.
Series Review Title: Lies That Bind First episode date: 24 November 2011 Number of episodes: 118 Genre: Soap opera Created by: Dorothy Ghettuba Language: Swahili, English
Preview Lies that Bind is a Kenyan television soap opera that premiered on November 2011 on the network KTN. It mainly features themes like polygamy, greed, lust, power and contemporary issues that affect families
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Midnight Train Album Art | switchtv.ke
In this months issue we feature the all new Sauti Sol’s music album “Midnight Train” eing the 5th studio album of the African Afro Pop band, Sauti Sol has received so many international nominations and accolades(among them being the only East African artists to get a BET Award nomination in 2015). The award winning band released the fifth studio album under their first major label, Universal Music Africa. The group has already released four singles from the 13-track album. The new album takes you through the journey of life, first to be released being Suzanna, then Brighter Days, Disco Matanga featuring Sho Madjozi and Black Motion. Starting with the all new rhythmic Midnight Train to Insecure,Feel My Love, Brighter Days(feat Soweto Gospel Choir), Nenda Lote, Suzanna, Set Me Free (Interlude), My Everything (feat India.Arie), Wake Up (feat. Mortimer), Sober, Rhumba Japani(feat. Bensoul, Xenia, Nviiri the Storyteller, Okello Max & nhp) and finally Disco Matanga (Yambakhana) [feat. Sho Madjozi & Black Motion). The title Midnight Train was produced by Andre Harris (producer of Justine Bieber, Kanye West, Jill Scott), and is a representation of their never say die attitude. If you have’nt checked this album out yet, you surely are missing out a lot.
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Gossips Atwoli’s Colombian chef he internet was ablaze after a photo of a caucasian woman believed to be the ‘househelp’ of the Trade Unionist Francis Atwoli went viral. Currently serving as the Secretary General of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU); he has taken to twitter to respond to some of the reactions by Kenyans.
Above | Madam Pavic washes Mary Kilobi’s hands
In his defence Atwoli dispelt claims of her being a househelp, he said she is “an advisor on home management” . Being Kenyans, most didn’t buy that, claiming he was only using a better word for ‘a househelp’. Her name is Madam Pavic, she’s a Colombian chef who has worked for COTU boss for over five years now.
‘There is no bad blood between me and Dennis Okari’ – Betty Kyallo’s sister Mercy opens up Betty Kyallo’s sister, Mercy has opened up about her relationship with her ex-brother-in-law, Dennis Okari Mercy has been on the forefront of calling out Okari over being an absentee dad. In an exclusive interview, Mercy said,
“I’’M NOT ONE TO MINCE MY WORDS ESPECIALLY WHEN I FEEL A TY OF WAY. I WILL ALWAYS PROTECT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I WAS GIVING IT STRAIGHT AT THE TIME. AND IT IS NOT PERSONAL.” She was referring to defending Betty Kyallo from Ken Mijungu’s claims that she prevented Okari from seeing his sick child. Mercy went on to say that since that very public debacle, things have been resolved between the warring parties. Okari and Betty seem to be in good terms and are co-parenting. He recently attended Ivanna’s 6th birthday party.
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Book Reviews
Title: Aminata Goodreads 3.5/5 Author: Francis D. Imbugua Language: English Pages: 81
Book Preview: Aminata is a play written by Francis Imbuga. It stars Aminata as the main character with Jumba as her uncle who are the main antagonist and protagonist. It all talks about women emancipation and change in society due to modernisation.
Title: The Cockroach Dance Genre: Fiction Goodreads 3.9/5 Author: Meja Mwangi Language: English Originaly Published: 1979 Pages: 192
Book Preview: The story of one man's resistance to a system and society run by faceless ones. Dusman Gonzaga lives in a squalid tenement building overrun with cockroaches and inhabited by strange characters. His is a world of poverty, fights, bar women and visits to a doctor who doesn't understand him.
Featured Author: Ken Walibora is a cherished Kiswahili author to many. His career as a writer and poet has seen him win lots of awards, among them The Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize thrice with his Swahili texts, Ndoto ya Amerika in 2003 and Kisasi Hapana in 2009 and Nasikia Sauti ya Mama in 2015. His unfortunate death took many with surprise. We shall surely miss Walibora and his great work. He has surely left a large gap in our hearts. Advertise with us thejournalkenya@gmail.com
Name: Ken Walibora Born: 6th January 1964 Profession: Author Books: Siku Njema, Kidagaa Kimemwozea, Damu Nyeusi, Kufa Kuzikana, Ndoto ya Amerika, Ndoto ya Almasi, Innocence Long Lost among other fantastic books
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Tech
Hey, Siri, I'm getting pulled over. How your iPhone can auto record your police encounter
A Siri shortcut can share your location and create a video with a simple command.
Image source: smartliving.tv
he protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have brought to the forefront the way that videos and livestreams of interactions with police officers can form public opinion. As videos depicting police brutality are captured on smartphones and shared on social media, another consideration comes into focus. What if you don't have the time or forethought to pick up your phone, text someone to let them know where you are and what's happening and begin recording a video. If you have an iPhone, however, it's possible to use Apple's Shortcuts app and a Shortcut created by Reddit user RobertAPeterson to send a message with your location to a friend or family member and automatically begin recording a video with nothing more than a simple command, "Hey Siri, I'm getting pulled over." Setting it up is simple and only takes a couple of minutes.
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What happens when you run the Shortcut? In the future, if you're getting pulled over or want to trigger the Shortcut, you'll need to unlock your iPhone, then summon Siri by holding in the side button on an iPhone with Face ID, or by holding in the home button if your iPhone has one and saying "I'm getting pulled over." The Shortcut will then pause your music, turn down the volume, dim your screen, turn on Do Not Disturb, and automatically send a message with your location the contacts you entered during setup. The frontfacing camera will then open and automatically begin recording For set up steps visit: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/hey-siri-i m-getting-pulled-over-how-your-ipho ne-can-auto-record-your-police-encou nter/
Due to limitations in iOS, you'll need to interact with your phone in order to send the video in a message. Stop recording by pressing the volume-up button on your phone, or tapping the stop button on your screen. Next, tap Use Video which will create a message addressed to the contacts you added during setup, then tap Send.. Finally, you'll be asked if you want to upload the video to iCloud Drive, Dropbox or do not upload
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Health & Fitness ome people swear by a 6 a.m. jog to get their hearts racing and get them psyched up for the day. Others wouldn't dream of breaking a sweat before noon, preferring a walk around the neighborhood after dinner. But is any one time of day the best time to exercise? The truth is that there's no reliable evidence to suggest that calories are burned more efficiently at certain times of day. But the time of day can influence how you feel when exercising.The most important thing, experts say, is to choose a time of day you can stick with, so that exercise becomes a habit.
Body Clock Your body's circadian rhythm determines whether you're a night owl or an early bird, and there's not much you can do to alter it. Circadian rhythm is governed by the 24-hour pattern of the earth’s rotation. These rhythms influence body functions such as blood pressure, body temperature, hormone levels, and heart rate, all of which play a role in your body's readiness for exercise. Using your body clock as a guide to when to go for a walk or hit the gym might seem like a good idea. But, of course, there are other important considerations, such as family and work schedules, or a friend's availability to walk with you.
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What’s the best time to exercise?
Source | washingtonpost.com
The Perks of Morning Exercise If you have trouble with consistency, morning may be your best time to exercise, experts say. "Research suggests in terms of performing a consistent exercise habit, individuals who exercise in the morning tend to do better," says Cedric Bryant, PhD, chief science officer with the American Council on Exercise in San Diego. " The thinking is that they get their exercise in before other time pressures interfere," Bryant says. "I usually exercise at 6 a.m., because no matter how well-intentioned I am, if I don't exercise in the morning, other things will squeeze it out." He recommends that if you exercise in the morning, when body temperature is lower, you should allow more time to warm up than you would later in the day.
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Art
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Never stop working, keep grinding meet Ian Banjar (pictured), an artist of simple art but loud impression
On this issue we had an interesting chat with Ian Banjar; an amazing artist from Namba nane(Kibira), here’s the interview we had with him. TJK: Ian Banjar, right? How long have you been doing this(art)? Ian: Yes, a couple of years now, say five years. TJK: And how has the experience been so far? Ian: It’s been great. I got to learn many different styles and techniques painting, which is one of my greatest experiences.
Above | Banjar during his art sessions
TJK: Have you experienced any setback(if yes mention a few) and what was your most focal point throughout the journey? Ian: Yeah, I’ve encountered some difficulties one of them being, financial hiccups. For instance this pandemic has taken toll on us. It’s hard to find a client who will be able to buy your art.
TJK: What inspires your art? Ian: My inspirations are mainly from the current happenings. For instance, from this pandemic we were able to do an art to pass a message to the community (pictured), the mural displayed tends to enlighten the community on the need to wear face masks to protect themselves by simply putting it on. TJK: That’s impressive, simple but quite loud, meaning your work is subjective right? Ian: Exactly. However,sometimes I just paint anything I find interesting. TJK: So Banjar, what’s your underlying principle of art that makes your work unique?
Above | an art by Banjar and his group sensitizing locals on Covid-19
Ian: I don’t just paint for the sake of it. Most artists tend to specialize in one style. For instance, if you’re doing if you are doing landscape art, you simply concentrate and stick to that. I like diversity, I do a variety of painting using different techniques. Artists mostly know of brush art, for me I can use a pallet knife when painting to bring texture to the piece. I don’t like my work being just fine. I love something different bringing out a tinge of roughness to the piece. Continued page 13
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TJK: Do you follow any particular trend? like for instance, a cloth designer can choose a particular culture to create unique designs. Does that apply to you?
Ian: No, I prefer being original, sticking to my ideas. Though at times I get ideas from body art TJK: So Banjar, this is a bit personal, does your personal style and personality influence your design? Ian: (chuckles) not really. But I can say a little because I like unique right from dressing to painting. TJK: Taking this as a profession, how do you plan to grow, delving into a large circle of influence? Ian: This is actually my talent. I however plan on looking for a qualified manager with enough experience, in art field to guide me and market my art via exhibitions and stuff . TJK: Basing on your experience, any five words for upcoming artists?
Ian: “Never stop working, keep grinding.” Above | One of Banjar’s art collection
Some of Ian Banjar’s art,
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1, 2 & 3 above- some of the latest arts on Banjar’s collection
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Sports Archery rchery is the art, sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows. The word comes from the Latin arcus. Historically, archery has been used for hunting and combat. In modern times, it is mainly a competitive sport and recreational activity. A person who participates in archery is typically called an archer or a bowman, and a person who is fond of or an expert at archery is sometimes called a toxophilite. Shehzana Anwar is one of Kenya’s archer. She represented Kenya in The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. She was to represent Kenya again in the 2020 Olympics until the unfortunate postponement due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Source | www.groupon.com
The Modern Archery Modern competitive archery involves shooting arrows at a target for accuracy and precision from a set distance or distances. This is the most popular form of competitive archery worldwide and is called target archery. A form particularly popular in Europe and America is field archery, shot at targets generally set at various distances in a wooded setting. There are also several other lesser-known and historical forms, as well as archery novelty games. The World Archery Federation (WA, also and formerly known as FITA from the French Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc), composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, is the governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Various other large organizations exist with different rules.
Places in Kenya where you can play archery: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Nairobi Archery Club, Marula Ln, Nairobi Shela Houses, Lamu Beach Resort. GP Karting | Nairobi. Stardium, Arena & Sports Venue Olepolos Country Club, Olepolos Road Kiserian Nerkwo Bar & Restaurant, Athi River, Plainsview Rd, Nairobi Ngong Hills
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Special Selection
In this edition we feature May’s #1 trending on twitter and world wide #BlackLivesMatter.
Thousands took to the street after the death of George Floyd during his arrest, an African American (hip hop rapper and c religious community mentor) . This not being the first death of a Black American in police custody. Source | weforum.org
Image: REUTERS/Darren Ornitz
But this time seems different, with the response more sustained and widespread. There have been demonstrations across the US - in all 50 states and DC - including in cities and rural communities that are predominantly white. Local governments, sports and businesses appear readier to take a stand this time - most notably with the Minneapolis city council pledging to dismantle the police department. And the Black Lives Matter protests this time seem more racially diverse - with larger numbers of white protesters, and protesters from other ethnicities, standing with black activists. Floyd’s painting on remnants of Berlin Wall | newyoker.com
Escalations Across Africa Countries across Africa joined global protests in response to Gorge Floyd’s death calling for an end to police brutality across the continent. In South Africa, the movement resonates because of the county’s history of racism. Though much of the continent does not have the same experience with racism as the United States or South Africa’s history of apartheid, teenagers and people in their early 20s-the oldest members of the 21st century generation-are supporting the movement to.
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