A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked. “Who would like this $20 bill?” Hands started going up. He said, “I am going to give this $20 to one of you – but first, let me do this.” He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up. He then asked. “Who still wants it?” Still the hands were up in the air. “Well,” he replied, “what if I do this?” He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. “Now, who still wants it?” Still the hands went into the air. “My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will neve...

State House spokesperson Manoah Esipisu has defended the government over Ksh 15 billion lost in its accounts, blaming parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Ababu Namwamba for the delay to table the Auditor General’s report. “Raila knows the accountability processes including review of the Auditor’s report by PAC,” adding that “PAC is chaired by Ababu Namwamba who is a member of Raila’s party. Raila should stop shouting from the streets.” Esipisu seemed to be implying that it is Ababu Namwamba, in other words, Raila’s henchmen in parliament, who are frustrating the search for the 15 billion even as Raila turned hit on jubilee government demanding accountability. Ababu has been accused by several ODM legislators of hobnobbing with the Jubilee top leadership instead of holding them accountable as chair of PAC, the public’s watchdog. An MP of ODM accused Namwamba of the special treatment he gives to jubilee legislators whenever there is an activity to be undertaken outside ...

It can be easy to neglect risk planning when you first open your start-up. However, it is very important to attempt to assess the levels of risk involved in your business activities in order for you to try and come up with ways to reduce them. This article will mainly cover general risks involved with business, although your enterprise may have additional specialised risks related to the industry you are in. Risk management is a process of continuous analysis of your business practices and a lot of communication at all levels of your organisation. You also need to identify potential hazards and a ‘worst case scenario’, and then work on devising contingency plans in case they ever occur. If something goes wrong it can be very reassuring to have a plan to work from to restore the status quo. Business insurance is an integral part of risk management in order to make sure that you are compensated or protected if something goes wrong. You must first consider what needs to be insured (e.g. ...

It can be easy to neglect risk planning when you first open your start-up. However, it is very important to attempt to assess the levels of risk involved in your business activities in order for you to try and come up with ways to reduce them. This article will mainly cover general risks involved with business, although your enterprise may have additional specialised risks related to the industry you are in. Risk management is a process of continuous analysis of your business practices and a lot of communication at all levels of your organisation. You also need to identify potential hazards and a ‘worst case scenario’, and then work on devising contingency plans in case they ever occur. If something goes wrong it can be very reassuring to have a plan to work from to restore the status quo. Business insurance is an integral part of risk management in order to make sure that you are compensated or protected if something goes wrong. You must first consider what needs to be insured (e.g. e...

Life is not all rainbows and butterflies. It can be tough sometimes. And you’ve paid a heavy price to get this far, so the best option is to really make it count by moving forward from where you are. Free yourself from the world’s negativity – from the sources of ignorance telling you what you can and cannot do – by promising to look ahead, to live ahead, and to get ahead. In other words, start making positive promises to yourself! Promise to fight back, to fight harder, to laugh louder and longer and slap adversity back into its seat whenever it dares to stand against you. Promise to be a force to be reckoned with – because you are a force to be reckoned with. Make these promises to yourself, and keep them forever. Repeat after me: “I promise…” 1.“I will not hold the past against myself.”– Your problems, your weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you’re willing to learn, or they will punish you if you’re not. So let them teach you, every day. Take everything as a les...

We've all been there: hearts racing, palms sweating, and panic rising when we realize that there is too much to do and just not enough time. Stress can be immobilizing, and it can negatively affect many aspects of our lives. Sometimes we just need to step back, take a mental health day, and seek ways to de-stress. If you constantly feel like pulling your hair out, you may have some habits causing stress that need to be changed, and there's no better time than now! Here are some things that stressed-out people tend to do and tips to break the habits. *.Drink too much caffeine — We aren't going to tell you to stop drinking caffeine altogether — we wouldn't do that to you! But downing several cups of coffee a day can overstimulate you and make you unnecessarily anxious and on edge. So keep the caffeine to a minimum, and try these tips for making your caffeinated drink healthier. *.Constantly vent — Sometimes sitting down with a friend and letting it all out isexactlywhat w...

Meru county Senator Kiraitu Murungi and Governor Peter Munya have spoken against the length of roads the county has been allocated under the road tarmacking programme. Addressing the Press at Nkubu town, the two leaders said of the 2,000 kilometres of road set to be constructed across the country, it is unacceptable that Meru County has only been assigned 8.3 kilometres. Munya said these road allocations are lopsided and have left his county with almost nothing to show for being members of the ruling coalition. NOT ENOUGH "It is not right that a county that was fourth in terms of votes for Jubilee is now placed at position 44 in terms of road allocations. We view this as an attempt to marginalise us," the governor said. Munya said distribution of national resources must be equitable "We deserve and demand better than this," the governor said. Murungi said as a political party, the Alliance Party of Kenya (APK) was disappointed that while some counties have gotten u...

Speaking at a function in Nairobi, Karua, who was celebrating her 57th birthday yesterday, said Kenyans are tired of being ruled by criminals and it is time for a reformer like Raila Odinga rules the country in 2017. She said she is ready to be his running mate in 2017 so that he can support her Presidential bid in 2022. “I am ready to support Raila Odinga in 2017 so that he can defeat these two arrogant Jubilee leaders who seem to be obsessed with power,” Karua said. On the issue of the referendum, Karua who joined the chorus two months ago said time is ripe for the country to go for a plebiscite. She expressed confidence that the Okoa Kenya Movement will win the referendum because 95 percent of Kenyans support the referendum. “We will win the referendum with a landslide,” said Karua.

HERE IS THE TRUTH: After "our people" who are planted in treasury and elsewhere robbed central bank of 8.3 and 15BILLION under President Uhuru Kenyatta's blessings, they have tasked William Ruto to be the one to attend all Harambees from TNA strongholds. He has been instructed and MILLIONS set aside for him to give every weekend. He attends two to three venues and sends his "contributions"- our looted money. If you check on how many and all of the Harambees that go on in Kenya every week, Ruto's contribution is a MUST! It runs into 10s of millions every week. Unknown to him is that TNA is keeping records of all these money. The same they will use to lynch him proper if he survives the ICC trap . For example when an audit will reveal that Ruto gave out several BILLIONS, questions will arise where he did get that kind of money from. That time "our people" will say sio sisi tumeuliza, ni wananchi ndio wanataka kujua ukweli. Ruto is being prepared for ...

You did everything right. You squirreled away money until you had a dependable emergency fund. You even had a little extra wiggle in your walk knowing a safety net was there. Then, BOOM. Your heater clunks out. An elderly family member falls ill. Or a long-term health issue requires care outside of your insurance coverage. Whatever it is, it takes a big chunk out of your savings — and your sense of security. And now you’re wondering how you’ll rebuild your fund and be prepared for “next time.” When life’s surprises impact your finances, it can feel like you’re off course and can’t catch up. It’s like you ran most of the race and now you’re back at the starting line. And yes, rebuilding your savings does take some time. But there are steps to help you get back on track quickly. Replace Guilt With Gratitude It’s not uncommon to feel deflated — maybe even guilty — when your savings take a hit. If you find yourself slipping into negativity, wondering, “Why me?” or imagining how things coul...

It was July 2006. Yahoo! had just offered to buy Facebook for $1 billion. Peter Thiel, Facebook’s first outside investor, thought the social network’s board of directors should at least consider the offer. But Mark Zuckerberg walked into the board meeting and announced, “Okay, guys, this is just a formality, it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes. We’re obviously not going to sell here.’” Wait—what? Why was a 22-year-old CEO so quick to disregard a billion dollar offer? To me, Zuckerberg’s brash action makes no sense. But Peter Theil argues that, for an entrepreneur like Zuckerberg, it makes perfect sense. How come? Thiel explains it in #15 below. That, and 26 other need-to-know concepts, are all direct quotes from Thiel’s new book coming out next week. But if you want to stay ahead of the game—and see how well your entrepreneur instincts stack up against Thiel’s—read the quotes here first. ====================================================================== 27 Quotes Every Entrepren...

By Laurence Generali Baimungi I trust all my beloved county compatriots & all class citizens are as pregnant as I am to reap from the fruits of devolution. More pregnant because the governor Peter Munya has been on a campaign spree in support of pesa mashinani. In simple terms more money to his county basket. I believe that should be based on factors of productions & the drawn masterpiece for development not greed to have more money near there coffers & massage there egos! Well, that's understandable but the more we seek the more responsible we must be. The more we trap waters the more we should expect on strengthening the banks of our dams! Meru is a very important point in the history of Kenya. Its one county that has almost all the basic factors of production & an active human labour resource. With adequate scholars too. Mine is an observation. Do we really need more money with the current system of management? The question is subject to the court of public opini...

It seems the entire Royal Media Service, under the ownership of Dr. SK Macharia, has waged war against former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his Luo nation. Barely a week after Citizen TV’s Julie Gichuru insulted the leadership of Luo Nyanza, led by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, of foolishly concentrating on the referendum while abandoning Luos to languish in abject poverty and diseases, another one has also come out to condemn the poor people of Nyanza. Speaking in his popular satirical programme, Yaliyotendeka, on Citizen Radio, controversial presenter, Waweru Mburu, insulted Luos badly for heckling and stoning President Uhuru Kenyatta in Migori, saying the people of Nyanza are stupid and useless enough to allow themselves to be used like tissue paper by Raila Odinga and politicians. He noted that Monday’s incident showed how unreasonable and uncivilized Luo people are and gave Raila Odinga a permanent political scar that he will never shed off for the rest of his remaining sh...

How exactly do they work? They typically offer a victim a share of a large consignment of banknotes that have been stained black .The scammer then demonstrates how the notes can be recovered by cleaning a few with a "special chemical". The chemical quickly removes the black stain and a clean bank note is revealed. He then explains to the victim that it was the only sample of the chemical he/they had, and that the victim needs to buy more to clean the notes. He may at this stage introduce a second contact who can supposedly supply the chemicals in the quantities required – At a price. What he does not explain is that the trunk box full of black money is only cut-up black craft paper, not money at all. The victim will then be persuaded to pay more and more for nonexistent or useless chemicals. What's surprising/ intriguing is that they still get customers/ victims regularly. The sequence of events in the scam; Phases of the scam First contact, Advance fees, the fraud starts...

Rejection. Losing. Failure. Nobody strives for them. No athlete sets out to lose, no entrepreneur’s goal is bankruptcy. But as if an act of divine mercy, there’s positives to be found in the negatives. In fact, it’s almost gospel the extent we hear successful people preaching the value in failing and lessons in losing. Many are familiar with Michael Jordan’s quote, “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” Denis Waitley said it well, “Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.” Indeed, the mark of a successful person lies in their response to negative situations—in licking their wounds they never leave the battlefield, they turn their ...

The Nigerian government wanted some cache of weapons in South Africa and so they borrowed Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor's private jet. Probably because the self-acclaimed giant of Africa could not find a befitting aircraft amongst her fleets of military planes to transport the intended weapons for them, not even among the 10 private jets in President's fleet. It is Ayo Oritsejafor's jet that was the best. Meanwhile, Ayo Oritsejafor did not know that the government intended to use his jet to buy weapons. He leased his jet to a 2nd person ( Eagle Air) and the 2nd person leased to the 3rd Green Coast Produce) and then the 3rd to the 4th One Mr John Ishyaku or so (who happens to be 2 be an agent of the government wit one person and an Israeli with 9.3 million dollars). Sorry, I get it, the Israeli told our government that they should rather buy weapons from South-Africa instead of his country, Israel, because it is better for SA to take the money than Israel who supposedly makes bette...

Power is never given, power is fought for. I have analyzed political situation in Rift valley since the assendency to power of Jubilee Government and i have found it wanting. It lacks sound economic and governance policy to improve peoples lives and enhance people liberty. There is no political will to end corruption and protect devolution. All the sections of the constitution that safeguard peoples freedom have been defiled...by Uhuru and William, that is why your fight is justified. Now this is what you must do..: Don't be distracted by the noise of Duales....he is just a mere MP and you are a governor. In my days when I was in primary school....we used to plan to fight in the evening as we go home...my trick was simple....those who catalyze the fight by heaping abuses are cowards...the brave will come and touch your skin or your forehead...and a fight would ensue. In this case Duale will always abuse you bark on your back, gossip you...but will never touch your...skin, the best ...

NUMBERS THAT SHOCKS!! The earliest we can have a referendum is 2019... look at this maths 3 months from now for signature collection 6 months for IEBC to verify authenticity of the 5M signatures 3 months for counties to debate the refurendum Q 3 months for the Mps to debate the referendum Q 3 months for the senate to debate the same 6 months for IEBC to start referendum logistics n tendering We need 24 months before we vote only if nobody goes to court to stop or challenge the process. The constitution does not allow a referendum 1 yr to or after national elections! Considering these hurdle,we rule out 2018 coz we shall be fresh from 2017 elections. Normally IEBC cleans up voter registers after 5 yrs again this may render the collected signatures null n void coz the possibilty of someone challenging it in court is high thereby calling for a fresh round of signature collection or new IEBC verification. Referendum 2019 or never!

Reaping the benefits of entrepreneurship used to mean giving up the safety and security of your job, taking massive risk and investing everything you had — both time and money — with the hopes of a big cash-out one day. Certainly there are other characterizations of entrepreneurship, such as slaving away at all hours of the day and night in a startup, hoping to raise enough capital to build something meaningful. Or maybe starting your own service-based business, without the luxury of vacation time or sick days, because you have no backup. But don’t let these old stereotypes hold you back! The power of entrepreneurship is available to you, even if you have a full-time job. And, it holds the key to your sovereignty and ultimately your financial liberation in the new economy. “Sovereignty” and “financial liberation” sound great, but what do they mean? Sovereignty is the awareness that you are 100 percent in control of your life. You control your income, your vacation time, your travel sch...

Going to school and getting your papers is not what career success is all about. These academic skills need to be coupled to soft skills. These are the skills that help you to positively interact with others and get your career to prosper in your career. Here are 7 essential skills that you need for career success. 1. Emotional Intelligence You might be the best in the world at what you do, but if you alienate coworkers and rub your managers the wrong way, no one is going to want to work with you. That’s where your emotional intelligence quotient, or EQ, comes in. Understanding your colleagues and connecting emotionally with them will pay off enormously at work. You’ll easily get along with people at all levels of your organization and be prepared to finesse sticky situations. No matter how senior or junior you are, EQ can help you spot the right way to raise difficult issues, approach a prickly colleague and manage tough clients. 2. Ownership You might not be the CEO of the company,...

1: A man was so jealous of his newly born baby that he put poison on the wife's nipples while she was asleep. The next day their driver died of poisoning. * *********************************** 2: A man is dying of cancer, but keeps telling people he is dying of AIDS. His son asked his Dad why. He answered, "so that when I am dead, no one will sleep with your mum." * *********************************** 3: A lady lost three panties in her house and blamed her maid in front of the husband. Maid said "sir. you are my witness you know I never wear panties!"************************************ 4: Couple is having a quickie and their 6 year old catches them. Son says: "What are you doing?" Ask the son. Father: "I’m putting petrol in your Mom." Son: " Which means Mom’s engine is taking too much petrol cause Mr. Zwane just put some in yesterday!" Mother fainted!!!!********************************** 5: A man went to the pub with his wife. Whe...

1. Feeling stuck is a FEELING, not a fact. – When we feel stuck, typically our first instinct is to look outside of ourselves for someone or something to blame. In reality, we ought to be looking at how we’re feeling, what we’re thinking, and how we plan to respond. Your life is your responsibility. While you can’t always change what’s outside of you, you can certainly change your perception of it. And the funny thing is, when you change the way you look at things, the things themselves change. 2. Yesterday’s bad news is not worth reliving. – You can’t have a better today if you’re still thinking and worrying about yesterday. Whatever could have been or should have been, doesn’t matter. Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you have one foot on the brakes when you’re thinking about the past. In order to free yourself, you must learn how to let go of whatever old news is keeping you stuck. Release your regrets. Discard yesterday’s frustrations. Refuse to entertain old p...

The wife without feet & the husband without hands, He eats by her hands & she walks by his feet…. This disabled couple proves that there is hope for the rest of us. He has no arms and she has no legs but what they are able to accomplish is remarkable. She takes care of him good and he’s able to do almost everything with his feet. Moreover, in their everyday life they do all the housework without any help from the others. They are an amazing couple.

South Sudan has banned all foreign workers -- including aid workers -- and ordered they be replaced by locals, an official notice said on Tuesday. "All non-governmental organisations, private companies, banks, insurance companies, telecommunication companies, petroleum companies, hotels and lodges working in South Sudan are directed to notify all the aliens working with them in all the positions to cease working as from October 15," said a government statement, Juba: Authorities in war-torn South Sudan announced on Tuesday a ban on foreign workers, including aid agency staff, and ordered their jobs be given to locals. There was no immediate explanation for the ban, which comes as NGOs warn of a looming famine caused by nine months of civil war in the country, which is heavily dependent on foreign aid. A government statement, published in several newspapers, ordered "all non-governmental organisations, private companies, banks, insurance companies, telecommunication compa...

CORD leader Raila Odinga , Mombasa County Governor Hon. Ali Hassan Joho and Senator Hassan Omar Hassan, have concluded a Business Forum with the German African Business Association; The Federal Ministry of Economy, Technology and Energy and German Companies in the areas of Infrastructure, Tourism and Energy.According to reliable sources the discussion was a fruitful.

Becoming a leader takes most people several years to achieve. However, it is still possible to shorten the time frame between your period of entry as a novice into an organization and the time when you eventually climb into a leadership position. It is the dream of many to become leaders. Everyone basically wants to be in a leadership position. For the greenhorn, newbie, beginner and rookie employee in a corporate environment with no clue on how things are done in business settings, becoming a leader looks like an arduous task. Indeed it is every bit as daunting. Becoming a leader takes most people several years to achieve. However, it is still possible to shorten the time frame between your period of entry as a novice into an organization and the time when you eventually climb into a leadership position. Here are some of the ways to get it done. The Basics 1. Be passionate about your job: For leaders and aspiring leaders alike, passion is the first among all qualities. You cannot poss...

'What if it were my younger sister’s things in the photo?' I asked as I saw photos of personal effects belonging to the nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped from government secondary school Chibok on the 15th of April. The touching photos were compiled by a young American artist, Glenna Gordon with an aim to show the nature of these girls: their very delicate, easily impressionable frame of mind, and how they are at the mostly confusing phase just before the transition to adulthood. The events that immediately followed the abductions should give everyone some insight as to the insincere rescue mission going on and is perhaps what informed the formation of the #BringBackOurGirls movement. First, there was the miserable attempt by the Nigerian military to sell its citizens a false story as regards the immediate rescue of a majority of the Chibok girls, it did not take long for the people to uncover this story as the lie it was and that all girls were still in captivity but for about ...

According to SaharaReporters the Nigerian private jet caught in Johannesburg with $10 million belongs to Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). Mr. Oritsejafor is also a close confidant of President Goodluck Jonathan. The CAN leader’s private plane with them, registration number N808HG was one of two jets cited by South African officials on September 5 Mr. Oritsejafor's jet arrived South Africa with $9.3 million cash loaded in several suitcases. News of the seizure of the cash broke over the weekend, triggering questions about the ownership of the jets and weapons they intended to purchase. Nigerian aviation authorities disclosed that one of the jets belonged to Pastor Oritsejafor while the second one was registered to Felix Idiga, the owner of Jafac Aviation Limited. Two Nigerians and an Israeli defense contractor, Eyal Mesiaka arrived in the jet when they were accosted in South Africa authorities. A South African source disclosed that Mr. ...

Via their official facebook page Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) says "We are auditing and reviewing the electoral laws. With the support of experts in electoral laws, we will make recommendations for the election law to be amended in various areas such as election campaign financing, nomination and dispute resolution, Diaspora voting, voter registration and election technology. We are certainly drawing invaluable lessons from the last general election and the by- elections thereafter. For example, shouldn’t we have a time limit to the withdrawal of a candidate from an election? Such last minute changes in the electoral process are costly and must be managed."

Since the public announcement by the Coalition for Reform and Democracy (CORD) at the Uhuru Park rally on the 7th July 2014 that it was going to initiate a Referendum process to enable the people of Kenya make popular decisions in respect of critical issues including the state of insecurity, allocation of more funds/resources to County Governments, overhaul of IEBC and equity in Public service recruitment, the Jubilee Government has run scared and has consequently come up with a raft of desperate strategies, all aimed at frustrating or scuttling the increasingly popular push for a Referendum. The first such move was a proposal by some Jubilee MPs that the Elections Law which governs the conduct and management of the Referendum be amended to require that the mover of the referendum process funds it but not necessarily the Government. The second move was the filing of a legal suit challenging the collection of signatures of Kenyans by Okoa Kenya on procedural grounds- that the referendum...

I believe in the reality of God, and also one of his sons many people call Jesus, though that name was unknown until centuries after his death. Jesus was one of those privileged to have been given the task of reforming Judaism from the inside, and also to warn mankind, by his teachings, that the only path for human survival lay in observing the greatest commandment of them all, namely, the "Golden Rule", as interpreted by moral principles. It is no good to say, for example, that you can punch another person because you do not mind if they punch you in return, "you" being a giant and "they" being a 100-lb weakling. Such consent only obtains in, say, the boxing ring, and no penalty will be applied in such cases where each participant had agreed voluntarily to the inherent risks of confrontation. That brings me to the subject of hell. I believe hell is created by ourselves, and will be meted out one day without fail. Hell is experiencing exactly what we have ...

The biggest difference between winning and losing is the ability to follow through. Here are 5 things you should remember so you can maintain momentum and achieve your goals: 1. Remember your vision. It's so easy to lose focus. Perhaps you've been spinning your wheels or things haven't progressed as you'd like. Take some time to remember why you started in the first place. Envision the goal and the satisfaction that will come with its completion. If something is important enough, there isn't anything in the world that can keep you from it. 2. Keep the goals ahead of you. Ensure you're still striving to reach the goal. Always be willing to learn more and do more. Keep looking forward and leave negatives and setbacks behind you. By reminding yourself of what is possible, you stay enthused when you need it most. 3. Be consistent. If you gave your best every single day just imagine what you could accomplish. Yea sure, you may have heard it a thousand times, but peop...

THE STAR - By Kiprotich Koros - In an investigation in Kenya and India, writer Kiprotich Koros, discovers how corrupt businessmen use cancer-causing chemicals to ripen fruits. Officials now warn millions of people risk early grave by eating fruits laced with these chemicals. An investigations in the past one month has unearthed rampant use of calcium carbide - an artificial ripening agent - by unscrupulous traders and supermarkets in Nairobi and Mombasa. The chemical is used to hasten ripening of bananas, mangoes and apples for sale to millions of Kenyans. The chemical uniformly ripens fruits making them desirable to customers. Samples taken from three leading supermarkets and groceries in Nairobi and Mombasa tested positive for the poisonous chemical used for welding and for making plastics. Wholesale traders in big fruit markets in Gikomba, Nairobi, Marikiti and Kongowea in Mombasa are using the chemical secretly. Fruit adulterated with calcium carbide may also be finding their way t...