Opinion

It’s considered un-African for men to cry. According to African culture, men are created to be strong and are therefore not supposed to show any sign of pain or weakness. However, hiding one’s emotions can be very unhealthy. We tell you why…
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An administrator of a WhatsApp group added me by mistake… I mean she had not asked whether I wanted to join the group and after receiving a barrage of messages from people in the group, many of them total strangers, I wanted to tell the…
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Stop. Drop the sponge and step away from the microwave. That squishy cleaning apparatus is a microscopic universe, teeming with countless bacteria. Some people may think that microwaving a sponge kills its tiny residents, but they are only…
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Some politicians were in for a rude shock after the SRC (Salaries and Remuneration Commission) announced that they would only allow male politicians to name one wife in their medical scheme. The scheme only allows for family members…
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Plan all the way to the end The ending is everything. Plan all the way to it, taking into account all the possible consequences, obstacles, and twists of fortune that might reverse your hard work and give the glory to others. By…
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August 8 was the date for the General Election in Kenya. It was the day when the only people who mattered then were the candidates for the various positions. But before this day, before these candidates got to this point, tens of other…
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Have longer foreplay Forget the home run; having longer foreplay can rev up your arousal and your likelihood of having an orgasm. It also helps to delay a man’s ejaculation as you and your partner discover things about each other's body…
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Life and death walk together. But death is dreaded by the living even though they know they cannot escape it. It devastates those left behind. It puts into mourning those whose lives were touched by the departed one. Last month was…
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It was Apple Inc. founder, Steve Jobs, who made me come to terms with death, even my own death. But I wasn’t always like this. There was a time I dreaded death like death but not until I heard these words from Steve Jobs: “When I was 17,…
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Lakipia County residents are in shock after experiencing hailstorms on Wednesday morning. “Escape the city for a weekend snow at Nyahururu. You don't need a visa to see the snow,” reads a Facebook post in one of the tourism company in…
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"Welcome to the USA,” the immigration officer tells me as he stamps my passport. I am delighted as I was expecting to be asked many questions... “Why are you here? Do you have any religious affiliations? Have you been to any of the…
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This month I want to address myself to men younger than I (hope those my age and older won’t need this). I want to write about the future because the future is built today, not tomorrow. Unless we discuss the future today, and work for it…
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A beard, one of the ultimate signs of manhood, is a man’s crowning glory. While many people think it’s easy maintaining it, it isn’t, as it requires commitment and truth be told, there is nothing beautiful about a badly kept beard. For…
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We all dream. Don’t we? Sometimes we have terrifying dreams or nightmares that leave us screaming in the night or gasping for air. And sometimes we get recurring and confusing dreams that have no beginning or end. Many of us are scared to…
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Caroline Wairimu Wanjihia (August 5, 1954 – February 26, 2017) Sunday February 26, 2017 was a day I will never forget. As is normally the case on most Sunday afternoons after church, I was lounging in my garden with my family. Then a…
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