Court forbids schools from declining students living in a different Gemeinde as the school
A court in Düsseldorf recently ruled that where a child lives isn’t basis enough to decline their application to join a school. Usually in Germany Read More
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Job Vacancies reach all time Maximum
There were nearly 400,000 jobs waiting to be filled last year – more so than at any time over the past ten years. Some 385,951 Read More
Man’s corpse found after 3yrs
After 3yrs, a corpse of a man who died seated on a wooden chair in a basement in Munich, was found. The mummified corpse was Read More
Advantages of Horsemeat (Pferdefleisch) compared to others
After the whole horse meat in lasagnes saga in Europe, I know many of us are scared they might have eaten horse meat. So here Read More
African diaspora returns ‘home’ to claim its place at the top of the pile
This must be the most pessimistic article on this blog, but I’ll indulge you to share your thoughts on it. The continent may be rising Read More
The Woes of Africans in Germany!
The challenges facing the social, economic and political development and advancement of Africans in the Diaspora, particularly in Germany and the practical measures needed to address the lapses must Read More
Politics: the Kenyan politics in 2007 and now….
The countdown is on: the Kenyan general elections are around the corner. One would think that being abroad would make one ignorant of what is Read More
Kids from Nairobi in Austria to learn how to Ski
A group of 50 kids aged between 11 and 15 from Nairobi just landed in Wagrain (Pongau) Austria for their first ever winter holiday. Apparently Read More
Deciding which school your child joins after class 4.
As a parent to a child schooling in Germany, I bet many have found it tasking to figure out which school their children should go Read More
Making Children Repeat Classes is "Embarrassing and a Waste of Their Lifetime"
The new red-green coalition in Niedersachsen wants to do away with repetition of classes for students. According to current statistics more than 170,000 pupils repeat Read More
Optionszwang and dual citizenship in Germany
If you read this post, Dual Citizenship for Children with Immigrant Parents threatened, I’d like to clarify a few things. First of all, those against Optionszwang Read More
Simplified Naturalization (Einbürgerung) by the Linke Partei
The Linke Partei is quite busy in Berlin with some interesting ideas on naturalization of foreigners in Germany. Here are some of their proposals, I’d Read More
Kenyan Dual Citizenship – disaster in the making or blessing in disguise?
When KCA (Kenyan Community Abroad) was allowed to send representatives to the Bomas talks during the drafting of the constitution, most if not all diasporans Read More
Naskia Sauti toka Shariani
Meet Josphat Charo Nyiro originally from Shariani a small village 60km from Mombasa. Born in 1976, he went to Starehe Boys’ Centre and studied Psychology, Education and Read More
This is Germany – Speak German
Recently during the Berlinale, they showed the Palestinian movie Lamma Shoftak (When I saw you). Like in many other movies and documentaries shown at the Read More
60yr old man physically attacks and makes racial slurs at a 19month old baby
A man has been accused of racially abusing then physically assaulting a 19-month-old child on a flight to Atlanta last Friday.Joe Rickey Hundley, 60, allegedly Read More
Baby Francis’ Intestines tucked back in
I know many of you have followed this story closely with many of you calling Rose directly to know about progress and how you can Read More
Kenyan Pflegerin tries to suffocate a 91yr old Heimbewohner
Last Wednesday as most people were busy day dreaming about what they would get for Valentine’s, well a Kenyan geriatric nurse (Altenpflegerin) had gone to Read More
Hamburg becomes the third state to allow voting at 16 and changes the durations of a term to 5yrs
This past Wednesday saw the social democrats in Hamburg pass a law allowing children aged 16 to vote. Saying this was to allow “more democracy” in Read More