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“It’s very easy to post nice quotes on mental health awareness. But we often forget to practice compassion and empathy” – Activist Lucia Ayiela shares her struggle with depression
Lucia Ayiela, the straight-talking activist on Tuesday shared a personal story of how she has in recent times struggled with suicidal thoughts. The below is taken verbatim from her Twitter page. THE FACE OF DEPRESSION. Most people wonder how or what anxiety depression looks like. This picture is a clear face of what depression looks […]
Book Review – Retirement Planning: A Holistic guide to a satisfying season by Rose Wakiria
This book gives wide-ranging advice on what to do to live a life full of satisfaction in retirement. But first, one has to plan for it. It is timely as it exposes us to these tenets during one of the hardest times on earth brought about by Covid-19. In fact, the author Rose Wakiria comments […]
BOOK REVIEW – Nairobi 5453: Photographic Slices and Personal Musings by Susan Wakhungu-Githuku & Natalie Githuku
This is not just another book about Nairobi. It is a modern look about the city that grew from a swamp in 1899 to become one full of culture, love, and contradictions. Susan and Natalie Githuku share their stories in the glossy-covered coffee table book. It is two books in one, the first is titled […]
Reincarnation? Not me
You’ve always heard about humans being sojourners, they return to earth as the spirit enters a body form to make a person. They return for the experience they longed for as they were departing a previous life. But why would one be so embraced and attacked to the human experience; something that is largely not […]
Raila Odinga’s vision for a modern Civil Service
MODERN CIVIL SERVICE FOR A MODERN NATION: I regard the Civil Service as the foundation of nation building and national development. Nations begin to fail when the civil service begins to fail. Over the years, Kenya has maintained a comparatively functional civil service. But there remains tremendous room for improvement. I envisage a civil service […]
Book Review: Beyond Politics: A conversation with Kiraitu Murungi by Njeri Rugene
For me this book introduces Kiraitu Murungi as an easy going politician who had been misunderstood sometimes. The interview-like book asks the politicians perspective from his times as a 5-year-old during independence, to date. It also tackles hard subjects such as his relationship with fellow politicians such as President Mwai Kibaki and the 2007/2008 election […]
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- “It’s very easy to post nice quotes on mental health awareness. But we often forget to practice compassion and empathy” – Activist Lucia Ayiela shares her struggle with depression
July 28, 2021 - Book Review – Retirement Planning: A Holistic guide to a satisfying season by Rose Wakiria
July 27, 2021 - BOOK REVIEW – Nairobi 5453: Photographic Slices and Personal Musings by Susan Wakhungu-Githuku & Natalie Githuku
July 26, 2021 - Reincarnation? Not me
July 26, 2021 - Raila Odinga’s vision for a modern Civil Service
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