A new mobile money transfer platform targeting Kenyans in the diaspora has been launched. The new system involves Heart of the City, a Christian organisation, in partnership with yu. The payment service dubbed Ushindi Mobile Money runs on the web and WAP through java and GPRS capable phones and is also available as a software download.

Tennis ace Serena Williams is stepping up her charitable efforts in Kenya - she is planning to build a third school for underprivileged children. The 28 year old tennis champion became involved in a school-building mission in Matooni, a three-hour drive from the capital of Nairobi, after she rose to fame - and now she calls the project "the best thing" she's ever done.

She has already built two schools in the area - where civilians don't have access to running water - and Williams has vowed to build another learning establishment by next year (11).

She tells America's Hamptons magazine, "It was the best thing I've ever done. I always said winning all those Grand Slams was a dream, but when I opened my school in Kenya, that was the best feeling in the world because I was helping people who had almost nothing."

What happened to the good old days of old-fashioned love? This is a question that many women ponder today. Back in the 70’s and 80’s, the dating game was played very differently. Roles in relationships were very clearly defined, and it was unheard of for a woman to pay a man’s way - in whatever form. But all this has changed now, and more and more women are paying bills for their men. Some men are very comfortable with this, and are not about to change their cosy arrangements. They feel nothing about having a girlfriend or wife supporting them.

Police in Kisumu are looking for a man who hacked to death his wife and three children, two boys and a girl, on Saturday night at Nyalenda Slums. Neighbours said that the man, James Ochieng, a boda-boda operator, had been living with the woman, Pamela Orawo, whom he inherited from a deceased relative six years ago. “We woke up in the morning and spotted blood spots at the door step of the house and when.......

Handling your own ex or your girlfriend’s ex as we saw in last week’s article, can be a tricky affair, but handling your man’s ex is even more complicated and unnerving. Even when you know that things are officially over between your man and his ex, sometimes you can’t help but feel just a little bit threatened in her presence. This is the main reason why, in this part of the rules of sisterhood, I bring you up to speed with the unspoken rules that govern your interactions with your man’s ex.

Kenyans living in the Diaspora have hailed the promulgation of the new constitution saying it will be beneficial to beneficial to them. In the United Kingdom, Kenyans resident there ushered in the new constitution with song and dance and promised to take greater initiative in building the nation. Kenya's mission in the UK hosted the Promulgation party with the High Commissioner Ephraim Ngare ringing praises to those in the Diaspora for its contribution to Kenya's Economy.