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Lifestyle, Must Reads May 31, 2016

Another Political Drama? How Long will this Continue?

The last few weeks has seen Kenya experience demos from the opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord). The demos which have been happening every Monday were however suspended with opposition looking forward to have…

Lifestyle, Must Reads May 24, 2016

Watch Jicho Pevu Here If You Missed It : Was It Right For Jicho Pevu To Expose Cheryl Kitonga?

Yesterday’s Mohamed Ali’s Jicho Pevu exposé had many Kenyans draw conclusions on social media on what really happened to the late businessman Jacob Juma. The exposé sought to look into Juma’s last twelve hours of…

Lifestyle, Must Reads May 4, 2016

Kenyans

It’s so bad when Kenyans want to set their lifestyle according to their political views. Once upon a time Ruto supported Raila. When Raila and Uhuru meet, they shake hands and call each other brothers….

Must Reads, Social Media, Youth May 3, 2016

Social Media Impact On Children

It’s so unfortunate that a young pretty productive girl killed herself because of a Facebook rich tycoon. This is among many incidences that occur on a daily basis where through social media girls are lured…

Must Reads, Startups, Youth April 27, 2016

70,000 Kenyan Youths To Benefit From KSH 230 Million Barclays Bank Kitty

Just recently, KCB Foundation launched the 2jiajiri program in which Kenyan youth entrepreneurs aged 18-34 would benefit from a five year empowerment program of ksh 50 billion. Yesterday, the Barclays Bank of Kenya launched a…

Lifestyle, Must Reads April 26, 2016

Will The Resetting Of National Exams Guarantee Credibility?

According to the recently ended retreat by the new KNEC officials in Naivasha, the new KNEC body will set new exams to curb the exam cheating menace experienced last year. The body is preparing to…

Lifestyle, Must Reads April 23, 2016

Nairobians To Get 20% Off Their Uber Rides This Weekend

Anytime you tell a customer that they can save money, you’re likely to get their attention; And Uber Kenya has just helped Nairobians save money with their discounted rides this weekend. Uber is all about…

Lifestyle, Must Reads, Social Media, Youth April 19, 2016

Using Social Media To Combat Corruption In Kenya

In February 2015, Kenya was ranked the third most corrupt country in the world. That was according to a survey on prevalence of economic crimes released in Nairobi by audit firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The audit…

Must Reads, Technology, Youth April 15, 2016

200,000 Kenyan Youth To Benefit From Google Digital Training

Youth unemployment in Kenya is estimated at almost 17%. Many times we think vocational training is the last resort to “help bring young people back” when the basic education system has failed, or as a…

Lifestyle, Must Reads April 15, 2016

What Failure Has Taught Me In Life

Do you know that Edison made 10,000 attempts until he could finally create the light bulb? And remember a few years back, mostly in primary school, pupils were asked to repeat a class if they…

Lifestyle, Must Reads, Social Media, Youth April 12, 2016

Is Smashing Your “Disobedient” Teenager’s Phone The Optimal Punishment?

There are images I could not get out of my mind after going through an article on how a mother punished her children by blasting their iPhone with a rifle and crushing it with a…

Lifestyle, Must Reads April 11, 2016

Review: Are Parents Killing The Marriage Institution?

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then. Today’s column by Mkala Mwaghesha in the Standard Newspaper on parents apparently…

Lifestyle, Must Reads April 7, 2016

Post Election Violence Victims Are Tired Of Waiting For Justice

So the other day we woke up to the news of the mighty International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling that the suspects who were alleged to have played a key role in post-election violence, Mr.Joshua Arap…