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- Voter registration is not compulsory? You bet all those non-registrants will complain about the results.
- Nairobi became a cold city? Next thing it will be snowing in July; if you can explain it let us know the reason!
- Nairobians furrow their eyebrows or look stone-faced once they arrive in CBD?
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- Location: 1°16?S 36°48?E
- named after Maasai water source - 'Eyaso Nyirobi'
- approximately 3 million residents
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Wednesday: 12-24°C; light showers
Thursday: 13-25°C; sunny
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You know the brands - the "fat" is snow white, and one leading brand has the nerve to claim that "your food won't taste good without it" using images or voices of children. They also claim that their tubs contain "pure vegetable fat." That is very irresponsible of them, given that the "fat" is not pure vegetable oil, it is highly saturated (compared to unsaturated fats like Olive oil) and, worse still, those fats are hydrogenated.
What is hydrogenated fat? Have you ever reused oil to deep fry chips to the point where the oil solidified into whitish fat when it cooled? That is due to a chemical change in the composition of the oil. That's what happens industrially - they pump hydrogen bubbles into vegetable oil. It becomes what is known as 'transfat'.
These transfats are the cause of much controversy in other countries, and in some they are about to be banned because of their capacity to clog arteries (far more than is done by ordinary saturated fats like those from animals). The negative effects of those transfats on human health are not fully known, and so it's like consumers are guinea pigs. They may not be digested in the same way that 'natural' fats are digested, and thus their effects on arteries and fat deposits are not clear.
Countries cracking down on transfats are ordering food manufacturers to clearly state the transfat content in their food, so that consumers can make a decision as to whether they want to take the risk.
You may wonder why the makers of these "vegetable fats" claim that the tubs contain "pure vegetable oil" - when that is clearly not the case. Which vegetable produces snow white fat! That's why the tubs costs so much less than a comparable weight of pure vegetable oil. You should also wonder why those manufacturers claim the opposite of what is true - that their fats are "good" for you. If you fry, bake and stew everything you eat using those fats, you are endagering your health without knowing it.
Nairobians.Com wants the government to force the manufacturers of those fats to declare them as hydrogenated fats, to indicate the known risks of those fats (such as clogged arteries and heart disease, obesity), to state their saturated fat content per 100g of weight, and to stop claiming that they are "good for you." They should also stop using images or voices of children in their adverts.
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1 Aluminum oz. = 93.096KSh
1 China Yuan = 9.023 KSh
1 Egypt Pound = 12.56 Sh
1 Euro = 92.230 KSh
1 Ghana Cedi = 0.008 KSh
1 Gold Ounce = 47138 KSh
1 S.Africa Rand = 11.1 KSh
1 Silver Ounce = 917.92KSh
1 Tanzania Sh. = 0.058KSh
1 Uganda Sh. = 0.039 KSh
1 UK £ = 134.650 KSh
1 US $ = 72.420 KSh
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1. Ketepa "Export Quality" Teabags: Why we Kenyans shouldn't get the best quality tea is bizarre, seeing as it is our tea! Ketepa's 'Export Quality' tea bags are very good. The only problem is that those wanting strong tea have to use at least 2 tea bags per cup.
2. Red Onions: Every Kenyan has eaten and/or cooked the national stew - which always begins with frying red onions in fat. They may make your eyes water, but they turn any stew into something extraordinary.
3. Vim bathroom cleaner: good old Vim has been around for years, if not decades. It is a powder with bleaching and bacteria-killing qualities. It smells lemon-like, and did you know you can use it on surfaces around the house, provided they are bleach-resistant.
4. Red Mullet: This is a beautiful fish with red flesh that turns white when you cook it. One fish serves one portion, and you need only fry it or grill it whole in very little oil. If you don't particularly like fish, this one tastes like chicken, and it has the bonus of Omega oils.
5. Khangas: Khangas have come a long way since the days when they all had one look that the women of 'Vituko' particularly liked. Nowadays, a Khanga can look like Kitenge fabric, it can be tye & dye, and it can be worn by ladies with a smart blouse or folded by men and worn as a scarf. Get to CBD and have a look at the amazing variety of khangas there.
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Latest news includes:
• Buruburu: A man claimed that police protected/shielded his landlord when the latter confiscated goods from his salon.
• Central Business District: A man was pounced upon by robbers on Moi Avenue at around 7pm, leaving him wounded.
• Central Business District: KSh 200,000 was stolen from a man’s socks, as he went to bank it, by gangsters who fired into the air.
• Doonholm: 4 gangsters were lynched by a mob that beat them to death after the gangsters broke into a house and stole several items.
• Kikuyu: Thugs stole Telkom cables and paralysed phone/internet use in 6 districts across the country.
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A man squeezing his forehead zit using his car side mirror in town - kwa hivyo zit popping zits is not just for the ladies!
Sales people offering free socks outside a particular supermarket - kwani are they trying to hint something about the customers' feet?!!
And this is unbelievable!! A C&G ad selling equipment called "Poker Vibrators." Eh heh?! Ps:- they promise " excellent performance"!!!
Travellers' Paranoia (which can be based on the reality of 'Nairobbery') "We arrived at the Airport to find that our expected transfer was nowhere to be seen, after being harassed by touts, thieves, murderers and god knows who else, all of whom were there to take us to our hotel" source
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