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Friday, January 18, 2013

DUNG BEETLE

DUNG BEETLE

By Wanyua Mary

Dung bettle is a soil organism that is visible to humans and very beneficial to the soil's health. The beetle live and eats animal dung.  Mostly, the beetle is brown or black in colour.

The beetle is able to move a dung ball twice or even thrice its size with ease. Due to its activities in the cowpat, the beetle is a valiable soil restoration tool as it increases water infiltration, organic matters, aerates the soils, removes non point source pollution, and helps to control pest insects.

Some beetles are very swift in dim light while others in broad day light hence they have corresponding changes in their eyes to suit different light niches.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

We need to ask for more


WE NEED TO ASK FOR MORE
 By Wanyua Mary
Every time I glimpse at the news headlines I am completely disappointed. It’s amazing how politicians are convincing Kenyan by making empty promises. We need to learn from our past and decide to vote for political leader who will make Kenya admired by the world. We have to vote for leaders who will move Kenya from being a third world to a developed country. It’s time we believed in ourselves and took the initiative to make Kenya a legacy to our generations.
It’s high time we started caring about what is happening in Kenya and more so believe that we have the power to change our current situation. Giving up is not the solution. We need to stand up strong and vote for leaders with integrity and who have shown before that they have faith in Kenya and more so in themselves to bring the change we hope for.
Most politicians are promising to end unemployment, insecurity, road carnage, our still so low life expectancy, poor housing among others.  Amazingly, we believe that they will do all that.  Haven’t we had the same song before? Its time dear Kenyans that we started asking our politicians how they intend to change our nation as they say.
Let us not vote for the most charismatic family or the one we share the most genetic ties with. Judge an individual’s policies before voting them in or be prepared to live with the repercussions.




Monday, January 7, 2013

Amazingly productive maize plant in Aberdare highlands. PHOTO: Wanyua Mary