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Vitabu vya Nyota

Vitabu vya Nyota vimetungwa kwa lengo la kuwawezesha wanafunzi katika Afrika Mashariki kujifunza lugha ya Kiswahili. Lugha iliyotumiwa ni ile yenye kuvutia na hadithi zenyewe ni za kuburudisha.

Sayari Series

Vitabu vya Sayari vimetungwa kwa lengo la kuwawezesha wanafunzi katika Afrika Mashariki kujifunza lugha ya Kiswahili. Lugha iliyotumiwa ni ile yenye kuvutia na hadithi zenyewe ni za kuburudisha

Kipepeo Amnusuru Binadamu (Butterfly saves Man)

Man finds himself in trouble when all types of insects gang up against him. The insects have vowed to punish him for killing one of their own. Butterfly however distances himself from them and offers to help man to fight in the war waged against him. Read this interesting book and find out how Butterfly saved human beings from his fellow insects.

Kisa cha Kuku na Mwewe (Tale of the hen and the kite)

A long time ago, Kite and Hen were great friends. One day, however, their friendship came to a sudden halt and the two became great enemies. This captivating reader unravels the mystery behind the two animals' enemity.It also gives the reader invaluable lessons on everyday life.

Simba Kutoka Serengeti (The Lion from Serengeti)

Ajira (Employment)

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The Junior Readers Series has been specifically designed to encourage reading for pleasure and to satisfy the supplementary reading needs of children in Upper Primary School . Wide and repeated reading of books in the Series should help improve both their written and spoken English automatically.

TALES FROM BLUE FOREST

Once upon a time, there was a huge forest. The trees in the forest were so many and this made the forest to look dark. From a distance, the forest looked as if it had a blue colour. This made it to be called the Blue forest. In this forest, Many interesting things used to happen. Animals tricked each other and engaged in all sorts of contests. This book brings to the reader some of the intriguing things that used to happen in the Blue Forest .

THE WONDERFUL BALL

While playing with his dazzling ball, George finds himself in a strange place. Being his first time to leave their house alone, he learns very many things. By the time he leaves this strange place, he has changed a lot.

The story is interesting and very educative. You will enjoy it.

THE BLACK HAND GANG GROW UP

After several years, the members of The Black Hand Gang catch up. But this time, they have really changed. They look back to their past and sometimes marvel at the things that the younger ones do, which they also cherished doing. A great deal has changed. They have chosen different career paths and they individually prepare to face adult life in different ways.

SUNDIATA

A hunter's prophecy has it that the king will marry an ugly hunchbacked foreigner. The ugly woman would then sire a strong son who would come to rule the kingdom of Mali . Blending historical facts and fiction from myths that have been handed down from one generation to the other, Sundiata is a story of conquest and astounding heroism. It is told powerfully and in a style that will move the reader.

The E.A.E.P. Secondary Readers Series has been deliberately developed to meet the supplementary reading needs of students in Lower Secondary School . Students are encouraged to read repeatedly and widely the books in the series for advancement of both their written and spoken English. Emphasis should at this stage be placed on reading for enjoyment. Elaborate study of the text is not necessary, although teachers of English will find the books suitable for class readers. These readers should provide groundwork for more elaborate study of literature in later classes.

TOKO AND THE DRUG DEALERS

Toko and her dog Lucky find themselves in yet another adventure. This time, with the drug dealers. How does Toko and her dog Lucky expose the drugs dealers in their village?

Read this beautiful story and find out.

Death Has Forgotten Him and Other Stories

a collection of sixteen short stories. They explore issues that touch on social, economic and political aspects of life. Quite apart from the relevance of the stories to the happenings in the contemporary society, the reader will find the humorous and moving style of narration quite refreshing.

THE BOY GIFT

After fathering nine daughters, all Toma Tomei wanted was to get a son. That way he would be made the Chief Councillor and leader of his people. But Old Jonah is dead set against it. Old Jonah even consults Muti the witchdoctor to make sure that Toma Tomei would never get a son. Luckily, Toma's wife, Grace, comes out of hospital with a baby boy. But there is a problem. The baby boy does not look one bit like Toma... The story's twists and turns will leave you breathless.

BABY TROUBLE

For Jogob, trouble begins when Mr. Ousman Ndow kidnaps her and forces her to live with him and his baby, Mam. Mr. Ndow mistreats Jogob at every turn and will not listen to her when she swears that she is not the mother of his baby. In her attempt to run away from the abusive life in Mr. Ndow's house, she discovers a lot about Mr. Ndow's past, and her own. The pieces of the jigsaw puzzle that is her life are eventually brought together in a very captivating way.

PEAK LIBRARY

A NOSE FOR MONEY

Francis B. Nyamnjoh was born in 1961 in Bum , Cameroon . He attended the University of Yaounde where he read Sociology. He holds a Ph.D in the Sociology of Communication from the Centre for Mass Communication Research (CMCR), University of Leicester , UK . He is author of two novels — Mind Searching (1991) and The Disillusioned African (1995); a play — The Convert (2003) and also of several scholarly publications and studies. He is currently Head of Publications and Dissemination with the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar , Senegal . He is married with children.

Set in the fictional and reluctantly bilingual land of Mimbo in contemporary Africa , A Nose for Money revolves around the tragedy of Prospère, a semi-literate Mimbolander searching for the finer things in life. It offers a graphic depiction of the inevitable frustration of a society that places wealth above love. The author interweaves traditional African culture and modern politics to capture the urban African psyche in a compelling and heart-rending style. This cautionary tale may shock the reader, but the haunting character of Prospère is a masterpiece.

AT THE CROSS ROADS
ICT Policy Making in East Africa

Florence Etta & Laurent Elder (eds)

Considering that information and communication technology (ICT) policy making, e-strategies, or indeed e-government implementations have a recent history in Africa , not many countries have fully developed working policies or extensive related experience. The short history of ICTs in Africa shows that in 2003 only about a third of the African countries had developed ICT policies. Those countries that have tell of a long, tedious and little-understood process. In Kenya , the process has had a long history. Some ICT historians and watchers of the sector assert, not without contention, that the first attempts at ICT policy making actually date back to the early 1990s. The process is still ongoing today. The maiden draft ICT policy was made public in November 2004.

This publication, focused on experiences in Kenya and on similar projects and initiatives in the region, captures elements of both the process and the outcomes of ICT policy making in Kenya and the East African region. Contributions are from ICT projects, ICT institutions and ICT spokespersons from Kenya , Uganda , Tanzania and Rwanda . It shows what worked and what did not as a possible guide for those countries and institutions that might be contemplating embarking on an ICT policy making exercise.

This is an invaluable book for researchers, educators and students in ICTs and development studies, history and comparative studies. Development professionals specialising in social policy issues and policy implementation should also find it useful. It also provides useful information for decision-makers and policy advisors in research and development organisations and in think tanks. Members of the general public who may be interested in policy making should also benefit from the contents of this book.

Murogi wa Kagogo (Wizard of the Crow)

NGUGI WA THIONG'O ni mwandiki wi ngumo thi yothe ni øndø wa wandiki wake wa ng'ano, ndungo na mathako ma ngerekano. Aciariirwo Limuru , Kenya , mwakaini wa 1938 na agithomera Yunibathiti ya Makerere ( Uganda ) na Yunibathiti ya Leeds (Kwa ngeretha). Ni andikite mabuku maingi na røthiomi rwa Kingeretha, ta: Weep Not, Child (1964), The River Between (1965), A Grain of Wheat (1967) na Petals of Blood (1977). Ithako ria ngerekano, Ngaahika Ndeenda,

riria andikire na røthiomi rwa Gigikuyu mena Ngugi wa Mirii, ni riatumire aikio Njera Nene ya Kamiti mwaka wa 1977. Ari njera, Ngugi ni atuire ati egucoka kwandika ng'ano ciake na ruthiomi rwa Gigikuyu ni getha akurie thiomi cia nduriri cia Abirika, na akiandika Caitaani Mutharabaini. Ni acokire akiuma Kenya ni kunyarirwo ni thirikari ya Moi. E Ruraya, ni andikire Matigari ma Njiruungi (1986). Ngugi ni andikite ng'ano ingi, mathako ma ngerekano, o hamwe na ndungo. Ni Burobetha wa Kingeretha na Kirira gia Kuringithania, ningi nowe Kiongo kia Giikaro Kinene kia Wandiki na Utauri thiinii wa Yunibathiti ya Karibonia, Irvine, Amerika.

Murogi wa Kagogo ni rugano ruheanitwo thiinii wa Mbuku Ithathatu. Ino ni Mbuku ya Gatatu. Ni tukuririkana ati thiinii wa Mbuku ya Mbere na ya Keri ni tuonire uria uhoro wa magegania wa Murogi wa Kagogo wahunjite na ukagegia andu a Njamuhuri ya Aburiria. Ningi tutingiriganirwo ni Mwathani Mutagatibu, Rayithi II wa Njamuhuri ya Aburiria, o hamwe na mawathiri ake aria maturaga mahitahitanaga ni guo o mundu onekane ati ni we mwega muno maitho-ini ma Mwathani.

Mbuku ino ya Gatatu ni yo iratuonia uria kihitahitano kiu giakinyire gacumbiri, o nginya Murogi wa Kagogo agatabarirwo rugendo rwa guthii Amerika guteithiriria njama ya Mwathani na mithaiga ya kuingihia mawara.

Withomere uigue uria cia Murogi wa Kagogo ihurithanitie andu mitwe, na igathii na mbere kurehe magegania ma kugagayia.

Murogi wa Kagogo (Wizard of the Crow)

Murogi wa Kagogo is a thought-provoking satirical novel that gives a surgical examination of the cult of dictatorship in Africa and the rest of the world.

Narrated in Six Volumes, the story of Murogi wa Kagogo is set in an imaginary country called Aburiria, which is under the leadership of His Excellency President the Second.

Like all autocrats, His Excellency wields so much absolute power that the power corrupts him absolutely. And, like all tyrants, His Excellency derives a lot of pleasure in being surrounded by sycophants. The most prominent among these sycophants are: Silver Sikiokuu, who has earned the dubious distinction of being His Excellency's Ear, thanks to his elephantine ears; and Markus Machokali, whose eyes are as big and as bright as an electric bulb. He therefore takes pride in being the Eye of His Excellency.

Reading Murogi wa Kagogo one is bound to get a whiff of Mobutu Sese Seko; a taste of Idi Amin; and an eerie feeling of Moism.

But, no dictatorship survives without resistance. Thus, this story is spiced with the bold manoeuvres of characters such as Nyawira and Kamiti, who are in the vanguard of leading a revolutionary movement.

Yet, the most intriguing question as you read the novel is: Who is Murogi wa Kagogo? Enjoy the reading, and discover for yourself.

Written in enthralling prose, Murogi wa Kagogo is as incisive as it is intriguing

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