Who says the Harambee Stars are down and out? asks an indignant John Githinji Gichua. Football is a matter of luck, sometimes, he explains. After all, who would have said in the English Premier League that Manchester United could have been thrashed 5-0 by Chelsea in their first match only to be beaten 3-2 in their second? Also, stop accusing the coach of not doing his job, says John. As someone once said (was it Jimmy Greaves?) "Football is a funny old game.

Conditions at the City Mortuary are truly appalling, says Ms Robin Anderson. She knows a man whose two-month-old daughter died and was taken to the mortuary off Ngong Road. Because the man was unable to produce the fees and TKK required, the baby's body was put on a pile of decomposing bodies.

When Ms Anderson found some money for the man, he returned to the mortuary with his brother and they then had to search through the pile of bodies, physically lifting them aside, until they could find that of their baby.

Eventually, extremely distressed by the experience, they found the body and were able to provide a decent burial. Surely, Kenyans deserve better than this?

Mrs Hering Stewart, a UNHCR volunteer, took some of her friends out to the Zanze Bar in Kenya Cinema building. "From a manager who murmurs, and a restaurant supervisor who appears to have little knowledge of food to waiters who ask for tips before even serving guests ... what a club!" she writes.

The road leading to Kenya Airways office at Embakasi is full of dangerous pot holes. "When will it be repaired?" asks C. Shah.

The SDA are spreading the Word with songs and preaching both late into the night and early in the morning, at Kebirigo, Nyamira District, reports Michael Sterner. "They are turning sweet dreams into nightmares. Starting at 5am and carrying on until sunrise they preach at 80db with huge amplifiers that throw you out of bed," he says.

Congratulations to Robert who lives in the State House area for commenting on the vagaries of city council garbage collectors, who seem to respond only to TKK. "It helps top explain what happens on Mamlaka Road where the vans cruise one side of the street but will not touch our rubbish," says Mrs F.W. Brown.