THIS IS ALL ABOUT TALENTED YOUTHS By Susan Wawira Way back in the earlier days, the wise men said that success is a journey and not a destination. They also gave some tips on how we can make success a process. They advised that in order to be able to face this risky business of …
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD By Susan Wawira “Neighbors wake up and help me, please neighbors, he wants to kill me, please mzee do not kill me! Don’t pick up that metal bar please, don’t harm me,” were the yells and wails of a woman in torment, a woman in danger, crying out for …
By Lydia Limbe. Last week, I had a meeting in the city. And having stayed home for two months now, I was hard-pressed to pick something to wear. I had now become used to wearing a pair of shorts or yoga pants, or running clothes. I found something that did not need ironing. When I …
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By Julie Mulongo It’s the 213th day since it hit my country, a country I fled to a few years ago in search of greener pastures. Just when everything started feeling right, you know ‘foreign dishes tastes homely, foreign language turns familiar, strange crowds feel accommodating, difficult streets no longer draining… that’s when the pandemic …
My wedding day as I dreamt of it By William Dekker On that material day I will arrive at the dais forty minutes later than the bride, as an advance payback for the forty million times she is going to delay my life’s progress in the marriage! The front-left row will be reserved for my …
Ambulance Driver By Julie Mulongo Today is my day off! ‘My kind’ rarely gets that, I can’t help but marvel at it. But I know it never lasts and honestly,I wish it doesn’t because normalcy freaks me out…but since I’ve not been summoned, I decide to take a stroll in town.Perhaps a walk by the …
We are what we eat By Pricilla Kona Perceive an athlete in his/her motion ; the human body is a master piece! Cell, tissue, organ, and twelve organ systems all interconnected in physiological harmony. To think it all begins at conception with a balanced and adequate diet. Again visualize yourself at 70 years vibrant and …
Deaths, destruction as The Nzoia River bursts. By Pricilla Kona If you lived in Bunyala South area , of Busia county, chances of drowning would be 1/365 in every thunderclap season. After a lull of 7 years and with a spectacular swirl of her brown waters, the 237km long Nzoia River has done it …
Brutality Clothed as Power By Lydia Limbe Have you noticed how there’s a vicious battle of ideas lately? The existence of different ideology, beliefs and thoughts are not new, but what is glaring at the moment is how intolerance is a deeply rooted way of being for global citizens. Perhaps this explains why there was …
WHO CREATED THE CORONA VIRUS? By Pricilla Kona In December 2019, the tide suddenly turned. Winds of change blasting from the Wuhan province of China, started sweeping through states with disturbing news in their wings. It is now hell on earth,the Covid 19 disease is an immediate clear and future threat to humanity. Death, hunger, …
Was Devolution only a leeway for looting of Public Resources? By Emmanuel Otieno Obwanga Imara Fellow ~Kisumu August 2010 remains the Hallmark in Kenya history when Kenyans adopted a new constitution.The 2010 constitution was hailed by many people including those in the academia and Kenyans believed that through the adoption of the new constitution the …
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YOUR HEALTH IS YOUR WEALTH By Pricilla Kona The first 1000 days present 1000 forests of health opportunity. Hands up every working mother who breast fed her infant for six months! Bravo! And now pregnant mothers are facing the knife ,mandatory voluntary counselling and testing for HIV: a clear sign that the interests of their …
