Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappI remember when my daughter “graduated” from her pp2 class. We had to part with ksh 6,000 for her gown, food and drinks and what have you. A gown that came complete with the “hat” like someone that was graduating her masters. As if the 6,000 was not […]
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappAnytime I have alerted my mom to free cancer screenings, her answer has always been constant. For one, she worries about how free is free – if you know what I mean. “Will it really be free?” secondly; and this has always been her biggest worry, she would
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappHave you ever heard of the dead cat tactic? The dead cat strategy or dead cat tactic is a PR maneuver that’s often used to divert public attention from a scandal. Imagine there’s a heated dinner conversation going badly for you and everyone is turning against you. You
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappBaba,Our baba, the enigma, he who single handedly fought governments and won,Raila Amolo Odinga, scratch that, the Raila Amolo Odinga, is dead. Ohh the fickleness of life…. I was searching you up a few minutes ago, and it wasn’t even the news of your death being shared on
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappA sweater trended recently because of its familiarity. Alikiba, the Tanzanian artist wearing it, could honestly have pulled it straight out of any of our grandmother’s wardrobe. And I am dead serious when I say that. It is even crazier that the colour he had it in, was
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappIn the past few months, Kenya has found itself in the middle of a quiet revolution happening in laboratories. The rise of DNA testing, something that was once a rare affair, has now become a public spectacle. It is all fun and games until the issue lands in
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappOne of life’s biggest ironies is that the same man who shouts from the top of his lungs about not caring for a woman’s level of education will lose sleep just to make sure his daughter never misses a class. This same man will be typing furiously on
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappThe dawa is a humble-looking concoction that delivers magic. Translated to English it means medicine, and just one sip in you will understand why it is more than just a cocktail. Gradually, it has become a ritual plus remedy, and in many ways, a reflection of Kenya itself.
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappI met a friend the other day for lunch and in the middle of our conversation she received a message. It was the hustler fund reminding her to clear her debt, which had accumulated some interest since receiving it almost a year ago. Why not just pay? I
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappNairobi is a special city, the type where innovation isn’t confined to Silicon Valley clones. Innovation is unique here, living in matatus fitted with charging ports and in community WhatsApp groups that were slowly turned into marketplaces. Whether or not it is still the Silicon Savannah, a nickname
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappOn paper, 22-year old John Tingoi is an ordinary masai guy trying his best at Chuka University, just another eager student chasing a dream. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. Standing on the world stage as one of the top three finalists in the International Quant
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappA bunch of hypocrites, that is who we are as a nation. We need to stop pretending and acting like Kenya is corrupt because our leaders are evil. Kenya is corrupt because we all are. We are always bribing our way into one thing or the other. If
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappDear Form Fours, It is exactly 28 days until KCSE officially begins on Monday, November 3, 2025. Or, if we are going into details, 672 hours – but who is counting? 🙂 This is that season, the season of sleepless nights and the smell of fresh exam timetables.
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappThere is this disease that has been eating on us Africans for a while. That of trying to copy everything the west does. Recently, Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei urged the government to consider limiting families to two children. That is, no family should have more than two children.
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappIf you are Kenyan, you have probably heard of Collins Jumaisi, the man accused of killing around 42 women and discarding their remains in a Nairobi quarry. The suspected serial killer’s first alleged victim was his wife, whom he strangled and dismembered then disposed of the remains. This
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappI recently came across a post on X talking about an international school in Kenya that does not admit children that come from single parent homes. I am not sure how I felt about the post, all I know is that somewhere in between the rollercoaster of emotions
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappDid you know that In 2023, more than 30 million people were displaced by conflict and climate-related disasters in Africa? International aid, as expected, rushed in to provide tangible basics like food, shelter and medicine. But where was the much needed attention given to the psychological toll? According
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram Whatsapp The U.S. government has really been pushing for a sale of TikTok that is meant to restructure who controls the platform. Apparently, the new ownership plan is designed to let TikTok continue operating legally and that means your account should remain intact (for now…) The catch however,
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappRemember when a HIV diagnosis carried heavy stigma and a majority could not tell the difference between HIV and AIDS? Back in the 80’s and even 90’s, being diagnosed with it was like a judge handing you a death sentence. We have made steady progress, and today the
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappI recently found myself in a funeral right in the middle of Muranga, in support of a friend who had lost the woman that took care of her when her mom passed on. It was my second time in central Kenya and first time attending a kikuyu funeral.