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I am a young Kenyan with a deep passion for inspiring others to become the best they can be. I work mainly in the area of entrepreneurship by helping business and social organizations get the right kind of knowledge they need to succeed and also participate

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Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Living with the past: 3 of 204
It is sad to say that some of us are held back from what the future has for us by our past. It is so ironical that something that could have happened even 20 years back still haunts us and makes us live in constant fear that it can happen again. To me this is what I call living in the past -something that we must get rid of.S... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Funerals: Not for everyone: 7 of 42
Agreed, There are truly not for everyone. Can you imagine that in Kenya there are some who have made attending funerals their favourite pastime and even get paid to attend the same. This is a situation to be which I truly call absurd but I cannot judge it since such a practice falls in the realm of culture which is neither su... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values 10 things I hate about the world we live in: 68 of 273
This world that we live in is a world full of many things that we would love to change but we are not in a position to. However, we have the right to speak against these things and hope that in the process a solution can be found and shared amongst all mankind. So as I state the ten things I hate about this world, I hope that... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Cultures (Other) Differences in traditions of hospitality and politeness between cultures and countries: 2 of 8
One thing about Kenya that really displeases me is the level of courtesy the people have. Kenya is one country where you can be walking on the street and someone just hits you and walks on, it's a country where cars never give way for the other driver leading to senseless accidents. It is a country where when you enter a rest... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) The perfect world: 11 of 40
Can a perfect really exist? can we have a world in which every one is happy,satisfied and fulfilled? I think that can only happen if we cease to be human and instead become gods. Firstly because for some, they derive their happiness from the failure of others. This means that they will do everything in their power to cause ot... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Subcultures What happened with "being yourself"?: 15 of 46
In a world that we face a lot of pressure to be what people want us to be, is it really possible to be yourself? I have grappled with that question all through my adult life and it seems that the more the years pass on the more I cannot be anything else. I have grown up as a musician, an actor, a tour guide, a pastor, a skill... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Influencing others: 4 of 11
Of all the things that I have seen to be important in life, I have found influence to top in my list. Surprisingly, its not money or fame that gives us extreme joy, our joy comes when we see our children behaving like us. They do so because we have influenced there very genes so that they can be like us. As they grow up, they... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African & Middle Eastern Culture Poverty and prostitution in Kenya: 1 of 1
s I walk along Nairobi streets on my way to take a bus home, sometimes I wonder how these beautiful girls can ever fall out of this trap that entangles them so tightly. Sometimes I wonder if their customers really care about what these girls have to face and go through everyday-the shame, the hopelessness, the stress and the ... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African & Middle Eastern Culture Life on the streets: Cleanliness the Kenyan street way: 1 of 1
hey say Cleanliness is next to Godliness even on the streets where dirt used to be a tool of trade.This is a real and peculiar phenomenon in Kenya a country where it is mandatory to have a bath regularly. In fact, the use of colognes is more than a fashion statement rather than a way to contain a smell. I hear that colognes w... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Honesty is the best policy: 70 of 133
My mum once told me, when you do good, you to it to yourself and I did not realize the weight of that statement until many years later. Some of us think that we can do some things and get away with them but we are very mistaken. What goes round comes around that things that we do and say eventually get back to us. This relate... More..