In the quest to champion and sustain the rights for girls and women to be educated this proverb/quote made it’s way into the human psyche. It has been pushed down our throats especially in the developing countries and we have owned it and run with it: no questions asked. However, the more I have reflected...
When I was young I always wanted to be a part of the Kenya judicial system. I will not get into the real reasons for this desire, but I will say this, the fact that I like expressing myself was among the least of them. As time went by, this desire evolved from wanting to...
You must have heard the story of the man, his son and a donkey: if not, today is your day; I will tell you all about it. The folktale goes something like this. One day a man and his son and their donkey were going to the market. As they walked along they met a...
CAVEAT: Get ready to be rattled A friend of mine recently asked a very thought provoking question on face book; maybe I should say it was in line with my perception of money. She asked: “This thing about side hustles, is it about needs or just materialism and wanting to acquire more and more. I...
I count myself very lucky to live in a part of the world where domestic help is somewhat affordable and relatively easy to come by. I say relatively easy to come by because I took advantage of ‘the house help transfer window’ – the period after the Christmas and New Year festivities and holiday season...
I am a stay at home mum, by choice. That’s what I have always said but the more I think about it maybe the job chose me. At the beginning of the year I met a friend who I hadn’t seen since I graduated from graduate school. After the usual pleasantries the conversation went something...