40 subjects will be offered to students in Grade 10 in the year 2026. They will be required to pick seven subjects. These shall comprise four compulsory learning areas and three learning areas opted for by the learner according to their chosen Pathway. COMPULSORY SUBJECTS FOR ALL STUDENTS They include English, Kiswahili, Community Service Learning […]

PARLIAMENT OF OWLS ESSAYS. 1. Misuse of power is a common phenomenon in most African countries. Using examples from Parliament of Owls, show the truthfulness of this statement. 20 marks. 2. Life has a way of paying back our actions whether good or bad. Validate  this statement using illustrations from Parliament of Owls. 3. Bad

1. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Using The Samaritan, justify the truthfulness of this assertion. 20 marks. 2. Justice Jaden is not as innocent as he appears. Justify the truthfulness of this statement using The Samaritan. 20 marks. 3. Immoral people try to hide their misdeeds but when the truth comes out, they face

SUCCESSFUL CABINET SECRETARIES AFTER VETTING Kithure Kindiki (Interior), Soipan Tuya (Defence), Aden Duale (Environment), Davis Chirchir (Transport), Kipchumba Murkomen (Sports), Rebecca Miano (Tourism), Alfred Mutua (Labour), Justin Muturi (Public Service), Hassan Ali Joho (Mining and Blue Economy) John Mbadi (Treasury). Opiyo Wandayi (Energy), Wycliffe Oparanya (Cooperatives and MSMEs), Eric Muuga (Water), Alice Wahome (Lands), Debra

MOOD  Mood is the state of mind of the speaker in a poem. State of mind meaning–the nature of feelings that are evident in the persona as heexpresses himself in the poem. Mood also refers to the atmosphere surrounding a poem. n/b.The mood of a poem is determined by the tone and vice versa.

TONE  Tone refers to the quality of voice behind the speaking voice. A poem contains a voice and like any voice itcan project a certain tone that gives thelistener(or reader)certain messages. Tone is the voice with which a poet says what he says,we observe how he says it cozhow something is said affects the

ATTITUDE  Attitude refers to the nature of thoughts,views and feelings of the persona and alsothat of the poet Attitude establishes the relationship between the speaker and the object addressed. At times attitude may vary from one stanza to another such that a poem may have amixed attitude.We are not concerned with our thoughts and

                                                          THE PRESS So what is the mountain deal? About the minister’s ailing son That makes boiling news? How come it was not whispered? When Tina’s hospital bed was crawled with maggots And her eyes oozed pus Because the doctors lacked gloves? What about Kasajja’s only child Who died because the man with  the key

THE FACE OF HUNGER I counted the ribs on his concert in a chestBones protruding as if chiselledBy a sculptor’s hand off a mineHe looked with glazed pupilsSeeing only a bun on some sky-high shelfThe skin was pale and tautLike the glove of a doctor’s handHis tongue darted in and outLike a chameleon’sSnatching a confetti

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow: THEY RAN OUT OF MUD There is a little hut 1Built across from here;They’ve mudded two wallsAnd the rest stand unmade…For they ran out of mud. 5There is a deep gullyRunning a long the road;They have filled it halfwayAnd the rest is still gaping…For they