WELFARE

POSH means is classy elegant or fashionable. Posh is mainly used when talking about a setting like a restaurant. Posh can also be describing a woman. There other meanings but the general one is something luxurious furnished or sumptuously. (Dictionary,2012) 

1. The official retirement age in Kenya for men and women is the similar and the legal retirement age is 60.
2. In Kenya the system of pensioning is a bit different if compared to other countries because as it is seen    if a person is too old to work he/she is pensioned by the company they worked for and they payed monthly.
3. Unemployed people in Kenya do not get any benefits however the youth have groups that are established by the government  for them to study some new technical activities  which they will use to serve the country later in life.
4. In Kenya the only benefits that are rendered to citizens are housing benefits but this is mostly rendered by companies to their members. In addition there are maternity benefits where women are paid before they give birth.
5. In Kenya there are different social workers who work in public institutions for example, the street cleaners who work for the Municipal Council which is a public service.
6. There are very many charities in Kenya some of them are for helping the disabled, the poor,orphans and many more. The collect money in form of during rallies such as a game of car racing, also banks do hold functions where people are charged some fees to attend the function. 
7. Citizens Advice Bureau in Kenya has not been implemented yet but the government is working on it  however in Kenya the substitute of this bureau are the offices of chiefs or their county representatives.
8. NHS National Health Services in Kenya is growing since now there are more services however some of the difficulties they face are insufficient funds and equipment in other words the health facilities are poorly designed.
9. Family doctors are mostly hired by the private or rich families most of the citizens there they go to public hospitals were the doctors hired there work for the government.

(Charity, 2012)

References

DICTIONARY (2012) Posh. Available at: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/posh?s=t (Accessed: 14 December 2012).

CHARITY (2010)  Charities in Kenya [Online]. Available at: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cancer+run+in+kenya&hl=en&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=flDLUJ-gHMaM0AXxiYD4AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAA&biw=1366&bih=667#hl=en&tbo=d&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=charities+in+kenya&oq=charities+in+kenya&gs_l=img.12..0i24.6463.13203.0.15345.37.20.1.5.5.3.284.1110.15j1j1.17.0...0.0...1c.1.uV0nbTrC5lU&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355325884,d.d2k&fp=a3a99c07857410c1&bpcl=39967673&biw=1366&bih=667(Accessed: 13 Dec 2012).

QUALITY OF LIFE

My lifestyle has changed from the day I travelled from Kenya to UK. The standard of life has risen and more dependency is needed. Below are some of  the factors that have changed or affected the quality of life in University of Glamorgan.
Firstly, the climate here is one of the main factors affecting me. In Kenya the weather has never been below 18 Celsius meaning it is warm back at home however, in the UK the weather always ranges between 10 Celsius to as low as -7 Celsius. This drastic change of climate has given me a had time to adapt also I cannot wait to experience the real winter  life.


Secondly, for the first month in the University I rarely ate much since the types of meals sold around were different also the way of cooking was different  thus made me  loose weight. Later I discovered some of the Asians shops  sell some of Kenyan local food stuff  such as beans, Kenyan rice and many more this made me happy since from that day I usually cook my Kenyan meals.

Thirdly, the mode of dressing has changed in Kenya I used to wear light clothes because it was always sunny here even though it is sunny it is still cold so the new trend of dressing is wearing warm clothes and wearing many clothes to avoid getting cold. Also when in Kenya I loved wearing sandals but when I came in the UK the cold here cannot let one wear them rather it is warmer when one wears boot and other warm shoes.

 Fourthly, When in Kenya I loved speaking Swahili most of the times but after I came in the UK, I had to speak English more often since most of the people are whites and international students from other countries.

My sleeping patterns too has changed since nowadays i sleep late because of the home-works given or maybe am out partying because when i was in Kenya, it was hard to  go partying till morning because my parents were strict.

PRESENTATIONS

Presentations about the London riots were presented on 23rd of November. As we listened to the different presentations and writing down the main points it was noticed that the theme in all the presentations was the cause and consequences of London riots. There were five groups in total and here is a summary of what all the groups discussed about.
The first presentation was made by Timmy and Ayo and below are short notes on what they discussed about.

• Riots started on 6th August 2011
• £200 million worth of property damage was incurred ,3100 people were arrested.
• Politician were told to intervene to condemn the riots.
• After three days of rioting it spread to other cities

Reference

GUARDIAN (2012) 'UK riots 2011'. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/london.riots (Accessed: 23 November 2012).


The second presentation was made by Amal and Joy and this were some of the points they discussed about

• Death of Mark Duggan
• Spread of the riots to other cities
• Economic and political issues
• Use of visual images to show the effects of the riots
• Harassment by the police

Reference
BBC (2011) Causes of riots. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/ (Accessed: 23 November 2012).

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Happiness & James were the third group to present. Below are the main points they discussed

• Riots claimed to start on 6th August in Tottenham
• Use of pictures to illustrate the places of riots
• Mark Duggan (29years)
• Shot by police
• Economic situation
• Spread to other cities(BBC,2012)

Reference

BBC (2011) . Available at: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/59851000/jpg/_59851787_012618269-1.jpg
(Accessed: 22 November 2012).

Fejiro & Ishan were the fourth group to present they discussed the following points

Causes of riots in UK

• Lack of fathers
• Social exclusion
• Weak policing
• Racism
• Opportunism

Reference

BBC (2012) ' The competing arguments used to explain the riots'. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14483149 (Accessed:23 November 2012).


Praygod and Nimesh  discussed on the following point

some cause of the riots were (Muir, 2012)

• Death of  Mark Duggan
• Police pushed Stafford Scott (Community)
• Unemployment

Effects of the riots

• Death of people
• People living in fear
• Use of mobile phones

Reference

Muir, H. (2012) 'Tottenham riots : misssteps in the dance of police and frustrated community', The Guardian , 5 September[Online]. Available at : http://www.gurdian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/05/tottenham-riots-police-community  (Accessed: 22 November 2012).

Below is a picture of all the people that presented and the presentations were held in that same room where the picture was taken. The photographer was our Lecturer  Miss, Gaby.

(Gaby,2012)

BRITISH NEWSPAPER.

	Heavy rain and strong wind cross UK. Guardian newspaper.	Great western canal runs dry after embankment collapse in torrential rain and fierce winds. Daily Mail.
Language	Formal language is used such as Workers were stabilising a historic Devon Canal. Motor and rail passengers were enduring yet another day of misery.	Use of informal language for example ·        Schools stranded by encircling flood waters. ·         It was a miracle nobody got hurt. ·         The front bringing similar weather.
Reporter`s view point	The reporter`s view of point is objective. He has used cautious language eg. It is predicted.	The reporter`s voice is subjective in other words, some information given was one sided.
Content details	Detailed: The author has given a summary of the whole story without emitting the basic information.	Less detailed: This article is just full of pictures and the conversations between the reporters and the affected people thus not covering every aspect.
References	Reliable and credible. The author has used some reference from authoritative fields such as, from the Environment Agency flood risk manager, the spokeswoman from the Met Office and many more.(Morris, 2012).	Has many references but from unreliable sources since the author is just using people`s ideas and views such as, `One court worker said: 'It was mayhem, the wind was smashing into the building and suddenly the glass just shattered, it was a miracle no one was seriously hurt.' Such references are irrelevant (Levy et al. 2012).
Visual	One minimal sized picture.	Use of large pictures The number of pictures is seventy two.

References

Morris, S. (2012) 'Heavy rain and strong winds across UK', The Guardian, 3 November[Online]. Available at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/nov/22/heavy-rain-strong-winds-uk (Accessed: 17 November 2012).



Levy, A., Duell, M., Mcdermott, N., Oliver, A., and keld,L. (2012) 'Great Western Canal runs DRY after one side collapses in torrential rain (and 90mph gales are on the way for the weekend)',
Daily Mail, 18 November[Online]. Available at:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2235946/Great-Western-Canal-runs-DRY-embankment-collapses-torrential-rain-fierce-winds.html  (Accessed: 18 November 2012).

LANGUAGE.

(italianjobs, 2012)

Italian is a commonly known language worldwide. I love it because it is as similar as spanish which is my best foreign language.It is claimed that italian meals are very delicious seconded by french cuisine.I was amazed to discover that a large number of countries speak italian.

Italian is spoken by around 70 million people globally.It is an official language in Italy,Switzerland,San Marino,Slovenia,Vatican city,and the Istra county of Croatia.It is ranked among the top official languages of the European Union.As i said earlier it is very similar with latin or spanish.It is also spoken in other countries such as Australia,Argentina,Brazil,Canada.

Historically the first group of italian to arrive in  UK was around 19th century and settled in different parts of the country this encouraged more settlers who were looking for  jobs too, thats why there is a large population of italians in UK and USA.

In the UK a large population of italians live in Chelsea,Islington,Stpancras,Westminister,Kensington,Lambeth and year after year the are spreading more and more around the nation and contributing in the development of UK. Most people nowadays are very addicted to italian meals you will find them in italians restaurant meaning the coming of italians has led to introduction of new meals in UK. There is this interesting story was told by my uncle the Italian frag is green ,red and white which are also Christmas colours meaning that maybe Christmas originated from Italy ha. Here are some Italian words such as hi-ciao, Grazier- thanks and many more.


REFERENCE.
BBC (2007) Italian. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/voices/multilingual/italian.shtml (Accessed:13 November 2012).


British-Italian (2012) Italians in London. Available at: http://www.italiansinlondon.co.uk/italiansinlondon/index.htm (Accessed:13 November 2012).


Italianjobs.co.uk (2012) Italian Job Restaurant and takeaway. Available at: http://www.italianjobs.co.uk/restaurant.html (Accessed: 13 November 2012).



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FEEDBACK ON MY PRESENTATION

When one is giving  an oral presentation  there some simple  rules one should consider so as to earn good marks and comments from the tutors.I gave an oral presentation and i got  a feedback from my tutor and this were some of my weakness and strengths.

Firstly let us look at the general tips one should follow when giving a presentation.

• Formal language should be used.
• Engage the audience in an interesting way.
• Ensure the eye contact between you and the audience is active.
• Should have proper body language which include the body posture it has no specific rules just that use the appropriate posture.
• Should be audible.
• Avoid long texts.

The tips above  are some of them one can use for a presentation. Now let me list down some strengths and weakness that i got from as a feedback from my presentation 

• Professional start setting up.
• In text reference needed on slides  with information from other source.
• Sympathy for level of knowledge.
• Signal language used.
• Personal motivation to  study law.
• Eye contact to all.
• Well projected , interesting voice.
• Gestures/body language.
• Elaborated on slides points.
• Enthusiastic.
• Well timing.
• Well organised.

Here are some of the mistakes that were found in my presentation

• Spelling mistakes.
• Reference must be full.
• Conclusion.
• Learn to write a reference of  a referenced book.

Having known my  strengths and weaknesses i will improve next time to get a good feedback on my presentation.

SUMMARY OF THE WELSH GOVERNMENT

 (www.guardian.co.uk,2012)

        I was happy to learn that Wales had it`s own government that's good since it creates the sense of independence  making their own rules  also citizens get the freedom to air their views since their leaders are near them or  with them. The people of the wales wanted  more powers implemented in Wales for the National Assembly to make    more laws.This was approved after the 'yes' vote won on the referendum this was on 3rd March 2011.This gave them the authority to implement their own law without consulting the UK parliament.Members of the House of commons and House of Lords were not part of the law making committee instead the Welsh Government and the National Assembly`s role.They have the authority to implement law on all the 20 Fields.

  New terms were also introduced for instance, Assembly Law was changed to Assembly measures, proposed law was called Bills and enacted law called Acts.The National Assembly can make law for wales in the following areas affecting life.

01Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and rural development
02 Ancient monuments and historic buildings
03 Culture
04 Economic development
05 Education and training
06 Environment
07 Fire and rescue services and promotion of fire safety
08 Food
09 Health and health services
10 Highways and transport
11 Housing
12 Local government
13 National Assembly for Wales
14 Public administration
15 Social welfare
16 Sport and recreation
17 Tourism
18 Town and country planning
19 Water and flood defence
20 Welsh language(Assembly of wales,2011)


www.guardian.co.uk.(2012). National Assembly.Available at: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=welsh+assembly++photos&view=detail&id=2B46386284B793985B8101B2F5682994F5D51F3F&first=61&FORM=IDFRIRNational Assembly of wales.(2011) Referendum. Available at: http://www.assemblywales.org/newhome/press-area/new-mediapack.htm
  (Accessed :31 October 2012)

TIME MANAGEMENT

"Time = Life; Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, (Lakein,2012)



 Time management is the utilisation of time in an way that is efficient and logical. Most people think that the  important time to manage is the current period one is doing a task but note  every minute spent even during one`s leisure time should be managed  appropriately because it develops one`s skills and productivity in his or her job. However a number of people too are very poor in managing their time and that's why most are confused and in a hurry or at the wrong place at the wrong time.

It is a habit to many people to waste time but  one can change that behaviour.  I have some weakness  when it comes to time management. For instance, if i have lets say an assignment due to submit  in two weeks i will start working on it when it is two days to submission  this is wrong because i waste  a lot of time i do not manage my time properly.So i should work on that factor.That is my major weakness by ensuring i complete my work on my assigned deadline.

Time is always limited ,we all have same hours per day but some will complain of lack of enough time in most of their work activities. For one to manage time well one should have goals  and should complete his/her  task in the set time. By doing this one will notice that their is time for essential things in life. This should always be your guiding quote "...Neither the rich nor the poor can store time. The quote of 24 hours is given to both the rich and the poor. The main difference between fame and failure lies in how one uses time skillfully. Hence, time management is all about wise usage of time"  (pillai,2012).

 So time management is a very important task it all a matter of  organising yourself and your tasks and it will help you in your daily social and working life.


Reference.
Pillai, M. (2012) Importance of time managementt. Available at: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/importance-of-time-management.html. (Accessed : 5 November 2012).

A NEW GOVERNMENT

After an election held on  6th May 2010 Britain formed a new government. The Conservative party emerged  as the winner with most of the votes(36%). The leader is a 43 year old David Cameron who is also the Prime Minister.  Conservatives needed support from another party to form the government. After an intense negotiations, on 11th May 2010 a coalition was formed between Liberal Democrats and Conservatives. It was the first time since 1974 that there was a hung parliament.The coalition replaced the Labour party which had been in power since 1997 with Tony Blair and the Gordon Brown as Prime Ministers.A contrast between Conservative and Labour was that Labour expressed commitment to greater social and economic equality and favoured larger role for government and public spending whereas Conservatives favoured free market,privatisation and low taxation.

Britain do not have proportional representation in other words, the seats a party has in the parliament is equal to the share of the national votes. In the British system there are 650 constituencies each with a representative in parliament.In an election either  Conservatives or Labour get most votes Lib Dem's comes second.
The Lib Dem argued that the electoral system is unfair. During the negotiations they demanded a change to much proportional system as condition to collaborate.Conservatives agreed that there would be  more proportional than the present system.(Insideout.net,2010)


Reference.
Insideout.net(2010) 'New Government', inside out.[Online] Available at: http://www.insideout.net/ (Accessed: 4 October 2012).

MERITS AND DEMERITS OF EU MEMBERS.

European union  is  an international organisation of European   countries formed after world war 2 to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among it`s members. It consists of 27 countries.

The countries include,Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom.

Being a member of the EU has its merits and demerits.One of   the advantage  is the establishment of a common market this leads to the cancellation of the border control hence there is free flow of goods and people and public contracts are open to bidders from any member and there is no tariffs or duties charged for buying a product from a company owned by a fellow member of EU.(Amadeo,2012). There is a list of advantages and disadvantages below of EU membership.



ADVANTAGES.

1. Political stability.
2. Increased Trade.
3. Increased competition.
4. Increased inward investment.
5. Social policy`s and subsidies.
6. Economic developments.
7. Progress toward greater harmonisation has been established.

DISADVANTAGES.

1. Cost; The EU costs the UK £6.4bn. (see UK government spending).
2. Inefficient policies;  Most spending goes on the common agriculture policy.
3. Problem of Euro; The EU is placing great emphasis on the single currency.
4. Net migration;Free movement of labour has caused overcrowding in UK cities.
5. More bureaucracy less democracy. (Pettinger,2012)

All in all, countries growth and unity is built up by most unions that's why there more than five unions worldwide that bring countries together and establish harmony.

References.
Amadeo, K.(2012)What is the European Union?Available at:
http://useconomy.about.com/od/worldeconomy/p/european_union.htm (Accessed:23 October 2012).
Pettinger,T.(2012)Economics Help. Available at: http://www.economicshelp.org/europe/disadvantages-eu.html (Accessed: 24 October 2012).
Pettinger,T.(2012)Economic Help. Available at: http://www.economicshelp.org/europe/benefits-eu.html
  (Accessed: 24 October 2012).

EDUCATION IN KENYA AND IN UNITED KINGDOM

Education is the process of impacting knowledge and skills. Education systems vary in different countries, but in other countries they are similar. For the past two centuries education has advanced due to the invention of technology. In Kenya we have some similarities with the United Kingdom`s education system. Like in our country, we have state funded schools and private schools as well as in Britain.


Age is one factor that differs in most countries. For instance, I started my primary school at the age of six. "Primary school in Kenya starts at six years of age and runs for eight years" (UNICEF, 2009).

COMPULSORY SCHOOL AGE Five years old: England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Malta, the Netherlands Six years old: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark (6-7), France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden (6-7) Seven years old: Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania (Coughlan, 2008)

Let's look at the table below and see in different countries what age children start primary education.  
 As we have seen from the research done there is a difference in the age children start their primary school in different countries. In Britain they start at the age of five.

Gender in secondary school varies in  the two countries. In Kenya most of the secondary schools are of single sex meaning there are separate boys and girls secondary. In Britain they have mixed sexes in their secondary schools. 
 
In Kenya the education system used is 8-4-4  whereas in Britain the education system used is 6-3-3-1-3.
These are some of the differences of the education system between Kenya and Britain.

References.
Coughlan, S.(2008)Is five too soon to start school?Available at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7234578.stm
(Accessed:14 October 2012).
UNICEF(2009) Primaryschoolyears.Available at: http://www.unicef.org/kenya/children_3795.html (Accessed:15 October 2012).

THE PEOPLE OF BRITAIN

UK is made up of four nations. Their official language  is English.I did not know that each  nation has his own government and even  their own flags here are some pictures of their flags. The Wales speak Welsh language. People in England  their official language is English. The Northern Ireland people speak Irish and the Scotland people speak Scottish. I know the Scotland people because of their famously known tartan a type of cloth like a skirt that men wear.In Kenya we call them "wazungu" which in English is white people.







Wales' flag (yaymicro.com 2012)

 

North Ireland`s flag (yaymicro.com 2012)



Scotland`s flag (media.photobucket.com 2012)

England`s flag (flag-wallpapers.com 2012)

Who are the Britain people? What is their origin and from where did they originate these are the questions I normally ask myself. According to ( James, 2011),

"Before Roman times 'Britain' was just a geographical entity, and had no political meaning, and no single cultural identity. Arguably this remained generally true until the 17th century, when James I of England and VI of Scotland sought to establish a pan-British monarchy.
Throughout recorded history the island has consisted of multiple cultural groups and identities."

but later after the interaction between the tribes they formed the English people( James,2011)

"In contrast to Gaul, where the Franks merged with an intact Gallo-Roman society to create Latin-based French culture, the new Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Britain, although melded from indigenous and immigrant populations, represented no such cultural continuity; they drew their cultural inspiration, and their dominant language, almost entirely from across the North Sea. Mixed natives and immigrants became the English.
Contrary to the traditional idea that Britain originally possessed a 'Celtic' uniformity, which first Roman, then Saxon and other invaders disrupted, in reality Britain has always been home to multiple peoples. While its population has shown strong biological continuity over millennial, the identities the islanders have chosen to adopt have undergone some remarkable changes. Many of these have been due to contacts and conflicts across the seas, not least as the result of episodic, but often very modest, arrivals of newcomers." That quote has explained the history and origin of the  Britain people.

References.
Flag-wallpapers.com.(2012)England`sflag. Available at: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=England+Flag&view=detail&id=DC9931EF0F02AB900058FE15CED06A50C21A055E&qpvt=England+Flag&FORM=IDFRIRA
(Accessed:30 September 2012).
James,S(2011)BBCHistory-AncientHistoryindepth:peopleofBritain. Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/peoples_01.shtml(Accessed:11 october 2012).
Photobucket.com(2012)Scotland`sflag. Available at: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=scotland%27s+flag&view=detail&id=313BEB24F7EF5410B41B8930F55A5B1DD9426C25&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR
 (Accessed: 30 September 2012).
 Yaymicro.com(2012)NorthernIreland`sflag. Available at: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Northern+Ireland+Flag+%28yaymicro%29&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=northern+ireland+flag+%28yaymicro%29&sc=0-23&sp=-1&sk= (Accessed:30 September 2012).
Yaymicro.com(2012)Wales`flag. Available at: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=wales%60+flag+&view=detail&id=20A07BA3B0633C732BD0625546E70B2F68821695&first=31&FORM=IDFRIR
(Accessed:30 September 2012).