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Is There a Property Bubble in Kenya?

So, here is the big question; is there a property bubble in Kenya? This query has popped up repeatedly, especially in local property market fora. And according to Mr. George Wachiuri, the CEO of one of the leading pro…

May 25, 2017

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Before Hosting Someone in the USA...

Yes. Your relative finally got the long awaited foreign travel visa. Whether for school, visitors or green card, you find your self excited. The dream is big because its an opportunity to finally come to the land of o…

Apr 30, 2017

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Kenyans Decide 2017: The Warnings the Party Nomination Process Portend

Kenya’s General Elections are less than three months away on August 8, 2017 and while the presidency is the main prize, competition for the other down-ballot elected offices are also in full swing and I’d argue even m…

Apr 24, 2017

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What Is It With All These Divorces Abroad?

I will say this as blunt as possible, mwenda kumena mumene! What is it this with all these divorces going around? The last time I checked, the Good Book says, whatever God has put together, no man should put asunder…

Apr 4, 2017

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Today is World Autism Awareness Day

Today marks the ninth annual World Autism Awareness Day. Every year, individuals and organizations around the world come together to celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness-raising events. Today, many…

Apr 2, 2017

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Free Advice to Kenyan Men Abroad

I do not know how I will put this across. But I will try. So help me God. Kenyan men, hear me out, and hear me good. When you board that plane at JKIA and land in any city in the USA, life as you know it changes in al…

Mar 18, 2017

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Confessions of a Married But Available (MBA) Diasporan

I will not keep this to myself anymore. So let me get it out of my chest. A psychologist once told me that after you hear something, you can’t “unhear” it. So brace yourself. Be warned that this might be explosive. Yo…

Mar 14, 2017

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Nineteen Months Later, A Diasporan's Tale!

Basking from my little ragged lawn, standing on dusty terrains Mercilessly barbered with slashers and machetes I watch the horizon with a sense of nolstagia Over a cascade of overgrown acacia, an aroma of leleshwa Tin…

Feb 4, 2017

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Nairobi Must Abandon Current Administration

A random walk through the poor estates of Nairobi reveals nothing more than rot, decay and mountains of garbage that appears to have gone unattended for years. An insinuation or thought of what it is like to live in…

Jan 27, 2017

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Diaspora Voting Does Nothing for Kenya; Please Stop the Noise

In the many years I have lived abroad, specifically the USA, I have witnessed the birth of several organizations and their respective deaths in infancy. Yes, very few survive their 3rd year of life. And in almost all…

Jan 17, 2017

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I Come Here to Question Dr. Fred Matiang'i Before I Praise Him

Looks like in Dr. Fred Matiang’i, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has found the silver bullet to use in its fight against the ministry’s atrocious record of wholesale sale of exam papers, cheating du…

Dec 31, 2016

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Why UhuRuto Could Be a One Term Presidency

In December 2002, then Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta found himself in the most unenviable position of having to read a concession speech after a painful electoral loss to NARC’s Mwai Kibaki. And predictably in…

Dec 18, 2016

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Give Diaspora Right to Vote in 2017

The path to Kenya’s nationhood has been riddled with the marginalisation of communities that now include the Kenyan diaspora. Marginalisation does not only imply communities under economic distress, but also those who…

Dec 15, 2016

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Normalizing Insensitivity and Hubris: Equating America's Post-Election Violence with Kenya's

Even by President Uhuru Kenyatta's usual less-than-presidential displays of flippancy and bonhomie, this latest attempt at being "real" was pretty insensitive and in poor taste: Released video footage showed Mr. Kenya…

Dec 6, 2016

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The Forgotten Kenyan – Diaspora Citizens

We begin by asking: “Can an election that structurally and deliberately disenfranchises 15% of eligible voters be ‘free and fair’ under any circumstance?” Over the past 1 month, we have been asking this question on di…

Dec 1, 2016

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Besides Nursing, There Are Other Jobs in the USA, Believe Me!

“Over my dead body!” I exclaimed when my host informed me that my best path to a hustle-free life in these United States would be to study nursing. That was six years ago. In my former life in Jamhuri, I was a success…

Nov 23, 2016

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Kenyans in US Should Invest More at Home

On November 8, I, along with the rest of the world watched transfixed as the American public voted in Donald Trump, an unlikely candidate who ran a highly spirited yet controversial campaign. It was the culmination of…

Nov 22, 2016

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The Plight/Myth of the "Angry Non-College Educated White Male": Who is to Blame?

Shortly after Tuesday's election, I had a long heart-to-heart with someone I consider not only a good friend, but a good being. Matt (not his real name) is a white male in his mid-40s. He is also a father and gearhead…

Nov 18, 2016

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Green Card Through Marriage: Important Points to Know

Majority of foreigners visit the great United States with no intention of immigrating. Most enter United States as visitors, students and non-immigrant employees. However, as they start enjoying all the positives of t…

Nov 14, 2016

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Corruption in Kenya: Uhuru Kenyatta's Government is Corrupt But "Raila Will Nefa" Be President

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta finally threw in the towel and conceded that there was nothing he could do to fight corruption in his Jubilee government and Kenya writ large. During the "State House Summit On Governa…

Nov 4, 2016