Ken Writings

 TECH TALES;EXPLORING THE WONDERS OF THE MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY ICT MUSEUM Offering a visually staggering narrative of the global journey of technological metamorphosis from the 1st industrial revolution of technology to the fifth industrial revolution of technology, The ICT museum Multimedia University of Kenya is a fascinating mingling of the old and recent technology. The technological artifact display in the museum offers a vista which is a beauty that is rare to find anywhere else in Kenya .I mean, where else can you get an artifact like a telegram machine to see how it works? On an interview with the manager of the ICT museum Samuel Odoyo Nyiendo, he explained that the ICT museum was a product of the changes made during the deregulation which affected Universities and other institutions back in 1997,2005,2007.These changes included people switching from the manual communication switching, to the digital communication switching which was wireless. By 2004, people had run awa...

  HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ADVANCEMENT SPELLS POTENTIAL JOB LOSSES BY 2030, WITH WOMEN AT DISPROPORTIONATE RISK. Artificial intelligence s a tide that is unnoticeably rising fast in the modern day world and has a powerful capability in shuttering human intervention in a gigundous scale in the jobs markets. What is Artificial intelligence? This is the first question that strikes many peoples head when they discern and meditate on the term artificial intelligence. According to Bill gates, the term artificial intelligence refers to a model created to solve a specific problem or provide a particular service. The inauguration of sophisticated Artificial intelligence powered systems such as chat GPT in the job markets, spells out a downfall of human labour in majority of jobs by 2030 specifically writing related and the most endangered individuals being women.  According to a report by the MC Kinsey Global institute, clearly spotlights that women are overrepresented in job indust...

  ELECTRIC DREAMS;THE RISING TIDE OF ELECTRIC CARS IN KENYA                                        Kenya is still making clear strides on revolutionizing   it’s transport system by a step by step shape shifting process from the traditional fossil fuel powered vehicles, to the modern electric powered vehicles. In recent months, the fuel prices have sky rocketed prompting   many commercial and private vehicle owners to turn their focus from the diesel and petrol powered vehicles to electric vehicles. Though making 0.1% of ownership in the country ,in recent days, electric vehicles in Kenya have been a tide that is slowly spiraling to a Tsunami that will probably counter balance or overtake the fossil fuel powered vehicles. According to   NTSA data, the   number of registered electrical vehicles in Kenya is 671 in which;324 are motorcycles, 105 are three whee...

 TURBULENCES WHICH SHORT STATURE VICTIMS GO THROUGH IN KENYA Dwarfism, is a condition that is defined by science as short stature that results from a genetic or medical conditions. There being over 400 types of dwarfism referred to as in a common term skeletal dysplasia, the most common type of dwarfism is known as Achondroplasia which is genetic, where an adult ranges 4 feets 10 inches(147 cm) which is far much shorter than an average normal adult, having short arms and legs, with particularly short upper arms and upper legs. As of October 2021, The Kenya national bureau of statistics indicate that about 3000 Kenyans are affected by the condition Which is termed as a disability. It is natural that we are not equal in terms of physique, since our creator created us in a unique way. Many people never reflect the same thoughts and often make fun of other people’s physical appearances. Many people who are affected by dwarfism I n Kenya face sharp stigma from the rest of the society si...

  HOW KENYA CAN REFLECT SWITZERLAND’S MEDICAL POWER IN AFRICA When you think about medical giants you probably would think of Germany, USA, most probably India but all these countries don’t even come near to the medical mega which is Switzerland a country which many may not put a lot of attention on on the perspective of medical supremacy. But many may ask what is the secret recipe of the Switzerland medical superiority. Commonly known as the health valley, Switzerland started prioritizing the need of technology in their medical sector in the early 1970 this is according to the Swiss Med tech. The use of medical technology was a very new innovation back then and many countries didn’t pay much emphasy on it. Since then the medical power of Switzerland has sprinted over the years challenging nations which have more financial prowness than Switzerland. On a report released on September 25,2018 by a blog site known as Monterail, Switzerland has over 1600 medical companies which are maj...

  IS IT AN END OF AN ERA FOR THE NOTHERN WHITE RHINO OR IS THERE STILL A GRIMPSE OF HOPE   In the Nothern part of Kenya, Laikipia county, lies the 90000 acre Ol Pejeta conservancy which holds one of the most critically endangered species of animals in the world.  The Ceratotherium simu cottini, commonly known as the Nothern white rhino are amongst the most endangered sub-species of the rhino family. The cause of the massive white rhino killings was alleged killings by poachers who were after their horns. bAccording to rhino rest, the price of a rhino horn in the illegal market, is estimated to be about $usd 400,000 for an Asian rhino and $usd 20,000 for an African rhino per kg. According to KWS, Najin and Fatin are the only female white rhinos left all over the world . In the early 2015, health assessments by veterinarians from KWS  and the Czech republic revealed that neither of the females was capable of natural reproduction and Sudan’s sperm count was low...

 HOW CHINA IS USING AI AS A MASTERKEY TO REVOLUTIONALIZE IT’S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR Since ancient times China has been an agricultural oriented country with a wide production range of agricultural products. But according to figures from the world bank and the national bureau of statistics, in 2016,china’s cultivated land area was more than 135 million hectares thus accounting to mora than 8% of the global total cultivated land. Moreover the county’s population is is more than 1.38billion thus accounting to 19% of the world’s total population thus reducing the farmland quality. Moreover china has always been often affected by natural disasters thus causing annual crop damage of nearly 20000 hectares and grain production losses of 30-40 billion kilograms. Due to these circumstances, china has been motivated over the years to develop some of the most sophisticated technological methods to avoid it’s agricultural sector from falling to it’s knees. Though the AI is still in it’s early sta...