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Losing a great employee is a terrible thing. There's the expense of finding, onboarding, and training a replacement. There's the uncertainty of how a new employee will work out. There's the hardship on the rest of your staff until the position can be filled. Sometimes there's a solid reason--the person was a bad fit for the team, or moved away for personal reasons, or was offered an opportunity too great to pass up. In those cases, even if it's a difficult transition, it feels fundamentally right. But what about the rest? Keeping your best employees starts with understanding why people leave. Here are seven of the top reasons: 1. Stagnation People don't want to think they're locked into a groove and will come to the same place and do the same thing every day for the next 20 or 40 years. People want to feel that they're still moving forward and growing in their professional life. They want to have something to aspire to. If there's no career ladder or...

While Kenyans,especially Kikuyus and Luos are busy hating,insulting and belittling each other,their opposite principal politicians are correlating amicably...

1). Never raise your voice for any reason to your husband. Its a sign of disrespect.(Prov 15v1) 2). Don't expose your husband's weaknesses to your family and friends. You are each other's keeper.(Eph 5v12) 3). Never use attitudes and moods to communicate to your husband, you never know how your husband will interpret them.(Prov 15v13) 4). Never compare your husband to other men, you've no idea what their life is all about. 5). Never ill treat your husband's friends because you don't like them, the person who's supposed to get rid of them is your husband.(Prov 11v22) 6). Never forget that your husband married you, not your maid or anyone else. (Gen 2v24) 7). Never assign anyone to give attention to your husband, people may do everything else but your husband is your own responsibility.(Eph 5v33) . Never blame your husband if he comes back home empty handed. Rather encourage him.(Deut 3v28) 9). Never be a wasting wife, your husband's sweat is too precious ...

Humans are quick to place judgement on someone, and when you have judgment about someone, it’s usually difficult to change your opinion or judgement about that person. Speaking of trust, you are either trustworthy or untrustworthy; it’s people’s judgement about your character which you’ve exhibited, either knowingly or unknowingly that will make them trust you or not. Why do you think you trust someone and cannot trust another person? These characters below make you untrustworthy: 1. YOU ARE SELF-CENTRED I’ve never seen a self-centred person who’s trustworthy. When you are self-centred, you think more about yourself and less of others and would likely jeopardise other people’s interests for yours alone. This will make people not to trust you. Selfish people are never trustworthy. 2. YOU DON’T KEEP YOUR PROMISES Human beings tend to believe what they see. When you say something and don’t do it, you lose people’s trust. 3. YOU LIE Lying will definitely kill the trust people have for you,...

A primary task of leadership is to direct attention.To do so, leaders must learn to focus their own attention. When we speak about being focused, we commonly mean thinking about one thing while filtering out distractions. But, as intelligent human beings, we can focus in many ways and for different purposes. These modes of attention can be further grouped into three broad buckets—focusing on yourself, focusing on others, and focusing on the wider world—and sheds new light on the practice of many essential leadership skills! using on yourself first, you build up emotional intelligence through self awareness and self control. Focusing on others is the foundation of empathy and the ability to build social relationships. Leaders who focus on others are easily recognisable; they are the ones who find common ground, whose opinions carry the most weight and with whom other people want to work with. Here we deal with the ability of a leader to understand another’s perspective, ability to feel ...

* In 1985, Dasuki arrested Buhari, In 2016, Buhari arrested Dasuki. * In 1995, Al Mustapha arrested Obasanjo on the order of General Abacha, In 1999, Obasanjo arrested Al Mustapha and he was jailed for 8 years. * In 2005, Diego Simeone was under Fernando Torres. Torres was the Club Captain despite being far younger than Simeone; but He did what Torres ordered, In 2016, Diego Simeone is now Fernando Torres coach. Torres now takes orders from Simeone. * In the 90's under Rawlings regime Dr. Spio Gabriel was the minister of communications and Mahama was his deputy, Today John Mahama is the President and has employed his former boss as minister. * Life is like a COIN thrown up in the air. You can't really predict which side will turn up, NO ONE STAYS ON TOP FOREVER. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME AND SEASON. * That Person you Despised/Ridiculed/Treated like shits and act like GOD over today, may have control over your Life/Career or Save your head tomorrow. NO ONE KNOWS TOMORROW!. ...

Politicians or others in sensitive positions often place their personal assets (including investment income) into blind trusts, to avoid public scrutiny and accusations of conflicts of interest when they direct government funds to the private sector. Blind trusts are generally used when a settlor (sometimes called a trustor or donor) wishes to keep the beneficiary unaware of the specific assets in the trust, such as to avoid conflict of interests between the beneficiary and the investments.... Our leaders will kill us with their personal interest but the public is more worse Could it be the.. the Gabage in Gabage out.... Yesterday at 15:32·Public

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Unless our brains get involved. Then we’ll find a way to roam the world looking for complicated alternatives. The mind can catapult us to our greatest hopes and dreams, or it can confuse and torture us until we give up in disappointment. Here are the most common mental battles entrepreneurs face, plus a quick prescription for each. 1. Little think. “You don't think big enough. I think of writing scores of books, a body of work, you procrastinate over a blog post.” -- Alan Weiss We never will hit our milestones if we allow each step to stall us. Overthinking the small things traps us, preventing us from achieving the big things. The enemy of procrastination is now. Make a quick but solid decision, and move forward by leaps. 2. Doubt fires. “Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.” -- W. Clement Stone When doubt fills our minds, fear dominates our thoughts. Take action and realize that most of your fears are imagi...

By strive masiyiwa __There is a social entrepreneur in each one of us, waiting to be unleashed. Last week when I was in Nairobi, I slipped away briefly from the conference on agriculture, which I wrote about in my last post, to visit some young friends, Jessica Posner and Kennedy Odede. I was accompanied by three dear friends and colleagues: David Rockefeller Jr, a philanthropist and conservationist (great grandson of John D Rockefeller, the founder of the Rockefeller Foundation); his wife Susan, a renowned filmmaker; and Josette Sheeran, President of the Asia Society. Josette is also the former executive director of the World Food Program, and sits on the board of AGRA. I'd heard about the extraordinary work of Jessica and Kennedy from my wife. (They’re a married couple -- she from America, and he from Kenya). I was keen to see it for myself! This was not my first visit to Kibera, a sprawling, informal settlement where hundreds of thousands of people live on the outskirts of Nairo...

It’s not everything you do in the bedroom that pleases your woman. Although, she might keep it to herself, depending on the kind of person she is, there are things you might do that won’t get to her nicely, no matter how harmless the gesture or intentions might be. I have put together a list of six such things, take a look: 1. LONG NAILS Unless you don’t plan on using your hands, which by the way is a very big improbability, then you should never leave your finger nails uncut. And in case you’re still confused as to why this should be a problem to her, well, look at it this way, imagine being scratched on your inner skin with a knife (and that’s just putting it mildly). 2. DON’T USE THE WRONG HOLE Unless of course, you both swing like that, then ignore this, and simply move on to the next, otherwise, don’t even think about it. She’ll probably hate you if you do it. 3. HAIR-PULLING You probably saw it on TV, and thought it’s cool; don’t believe everything you see on TV, most of it is to...

Here are 10 rules every wife should observe if she wants a happy marriage 1. Meet your husband’s needs in the bedroom. Just as your husband is expected to satisfy you in bed, you are also expected to do same as a wife if you want a happy marriage. 2. Don’t be the nagging wife. You can’t have a good marriage if you always nag. There’s no justification for nagging. 3. Respect your husband not to yell at him. Yelling at him would never solve the problem but it instead makes things worse. Don’t be the wife that keeps yelling at husband and follows him round the house as he tries to avoid her. You are his wife and not his mother. Talk things gently with him. Yelling solves nothing. 4. Never compare your husband to your friend’s husband. Many wives are guilty of this. Appreciate your husband and be content with what he can provide while supporting him to achieve more out of life. 5. Just as your appearance mattered while dating him, it also matters during marriage. Every wife is expected to ...

By Jackson Omondi Everything was on point. The Jubilee government lined up their political allstars and even had one of their new converts emceeing the event. Having hosted the Maa community leadership at Statehouse, it was time to go for a slam dunk, or so they thought! The pepertual PR fiends saw an opportunity to show the country that they finally had the Maa community on their palms. But CORD supremo Raila Odinga had other ideas. Buoyed by a thunderous ovation and wild cheering , Raila decided to pull a classic political jujitsu move on Jubilants by using their own perceived strength against them! The President’s handlers picked Nkaiserry to emcee the event hoping that the retired general’s military mien would intimidate Cordashians or anybody who wanted to go against the event’s script but they forgot one thing: THE ENIGMA was also an attendee! Jubilee’s breathtaking naivete would come to the fore when the retired general invited RAO to speak! Aware that he had the whole country g...

Various studies have shown that about 25 percent of people with type 2 diabetes don’t even know they have it. This is really sad because the longer you go without controlling diabetes, the greater your risk for heart disease, kidney disease and other serious complications. Below are 7 silent signs you might have diabetes 1. YOU URINATE MORE Pay attention to how often you urinate daily because it could signal whether you have diabetes or not. If you find yourself urinating more often especially at night, you could have diabetes. 2. YOU GET THIRSTY MORE OFTEN Another silent sign that reveals if you have diabetes is how often you get thirsty. If you find yourself getting thirstier than usual, it could signal you have diabetes. 3. WEIGHT LOSS I know you might be surprised weight loss is among the signs considering the fact that being overweight is a risk factor for diabetes. The weight loss comes from water and calories lost from excessive urination. 4. YOU ARE ALWAYS TIRED Being tired alw...

While a CV is a professional representation of yourself on paper, an interview is even beyond that. An interview goes beyond what’s written on that paper; it’s about how you conduct and present yourself. Unfortunately, not many know how to conduct and present themselves favourably for an interview. Many job seekers are often faced with making silly mistakes, and below are some of them: 1. A SHABBY APPEARANCE Whether you know this or not, a shabby appearance will make you lose the job, no matter how well-written your CV is. How you present yourself (i.e. your appearance) matters a lot. 2. BEING LATE One thing your interviewer expects from you is punctuality. If you can’t be punctual for an interview, what attitude will you show when given the job? 3. MOBILE PHONES People take their mobile phones in for an interview and forget to turn it off. Having your phone ring or meddling with it when with your interviewer is a big offence that shows nonchalance. You’d definitely lose the job when y...

Tourists are obnoxious, high minded people who think they are better than the locals, right? Wrong. A lot of myths and fables are told about travelers; some right and some awfully wrong. Jumia Travel seeks to debunk some common myths spread about mostly out of sheer ignorance. You Need to be rich to travel This must be the greatest misconception of travel. That you need to amass wealth before you hit the road to tick off your bucket list. However, as experience, both mine and from fellow wanderlusts have shown me; you do not have to kill your dreams for the lack of money. You may not make it to the world’s top-list destination, but a budget holiday closer home will make a great starting point. Alternatively, you may consider using less expensive means of transport, accommodation and basic living expenses, therefore make it possible to venture out without causing a lifetime dent on your earnings. A city break is not holiday enough Beach and bush has been hyped for long as the ideal holi...

Mobile money giant, Mpesa, may be headed the Facebook way. The Facebook creator was in Kenya over the course of last week, an impromptu visit that caused a stir on Global Tech business scene. It was the first time that Mark Eliot showed envy on the largest Mobile money company on the planet. Mark made one of the largest buyouts in history when he bought social messaging company Whatsapp. He also bought the premiere photo sharing app Instagram both of which have grown to over a billion monthly users making them the largest social networks and on top ten Websites on Alexa. What it means for Mpesa If Facebook finally manages to acquire Mpesa, it will become a global company. It will have advantage of a worldwide exposure through merging with Facebook and it will get world class infrastructure by the elites of the Tech business. Charges will go down, most probably so low due to a Large user base. The negotiations are on going and soon we may be cerebrating one of our own, Changing lives ar...

China is exploiting Africa’s resources just like European colonisers did, with disastrous effects for the environment, acclaimed primatologist Jane Goodall has told AFP. On the eve of her 80th birthday, the fiery British wildlife crusader is whizzing across the world giving a series of lectures on the threats to our planet. And the rising world power’s involvement on the continent especially raises alarms when it comes to her beloved chimpanzees and wildlife habitats. During the last decade China has been investing heavily in African natural resources, developing mines, oil wells and running related construction companies. Activists accuse Chinese firms of paying little attention to the environmental impact of their race for resources. “In Africa, China is merely doing what the colonialist did. They want raw materials for their economic growth, just as the colonialists were going into Africa and taking the natural resources, leaving people poorer,” she told AFP in an interview in Johan...

One of the endorsements that Trump failed to get during the GOP primary was that of David Green, the CEO of Hobby Lobby. In fact, a few days before Trump swept Super Tuesday in March, Green said of the potential Republican nominee, via Politico: “Our family business that we began with $600, has quite possibly been more successful than Mr. Trump’s, but that doesn’t make either of us qualified to be president. Green added that Trump "scares me to death." Then, he endorsed Florida Senator Marco Rubio's presidential run. After Rubio dropped out, however, Green didn't say much about the presidential race. And he didn't make any comments when Trump got the Republican presidential nomination, either. Now, with election day only 67 days out, Green is talking politics again, and he's endorsing Trump. He says he's doing it because he doesn't trust Hillary Clinton to choose judges who will preserve America's religious liberty. In an editorial for USA Today, G...

Watch out young people, your grammar will cost you and most likely be the barrier between your business proposal, CV or meeting request being accepted. I am seriously concerned about the grammar young people choose. dear chris, how r u? am looking for an appointment to meet u coz i hv a great biz idea. nimegraduate but sina job*. plz gimme 5min of ua tym. am lukin 4wrd to ua response. thx. *I have graduated but do not have job There’s everything wrong about such a message. Anyone in their right frame of mind will ignore it simply because the author has chosen to forego the formalities of business communication and instead use familiarity to express himself/herself. Businessmen like me often come across numerous requests from young people. Unfortunately, most of them go unread simply because of the grammar used on the subject line or in the body of the email. Your and you’re (you are), its and it’s (it is), am and I’m (I am) mean two different things. These are some of the few examples ...

Off the Meru-Nanyuki Road in Kisima, Buuri sub-county, sits a farm where garlic is the king. Samuel Mwenda, the owner of the farm, is busy tending to the crop when the Seeds of Gold team arrives. The huge smile on his face shows signs of a happy farmer with a never-die spirit, despite his advanced age. “For me, garlic (Allium sativum) is my bread and butter, my life and my darling. I will farm it till the end,” says the 67-year-old. “This is because I never go out to look for market, buyers flock my farm for the produce when it matures, transporting it up to Mombasa where it is very popular.” It has been 13 years since the farmer started growing the crop, after finding the going tough with tomatoes and French beans he was farming on his 10-acre farm. “I started farming by growing the two crops, but the profits were minimal due to diseases. Tomatoes were prone to diseases making me spend more on pesticides. On the other hand, the market for French beans was small,” says Mwenda, who has ...

Poems are an inspiration, and while it may be a figment of the writer’s imagination; it holds so much truth and so many emotions. These love poems below would definitely melt your heart this weekend. TO A YOUNG LADY Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world’s gay busy throng: With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course; Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where’er she goes; Pure-bosom’d as that watery glass, And Heaven reflected in her face. — William Cowper I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it (anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you here is the deepest secr...

The year is 2012, and Mark Zuckerberg is yet to consider re-incarnating Jarvis of Iron Man and recreating him into his IA. You are scheduled to PA him across the globe on state visits and symposiums. You know the Facebook Man is about to visit Kenya, and while there, will be dining and lunching with the locals. The main scene is Mama Oliech’s tilapia palace, after a few meet ups with nerdy developers and geeky inventors… Well, traveling with your boss can be a make or break experience, especially because that automatically shoves in laptops and iPads where other pleasantries would have fitted. If you have one such coming, or your colleague is racking brain on how to best behave while the Boss snores in the room next door, here are a few tips from Jumia Travel to guide you on. #1 Prepare and Organize More often than not, a trip with the boss will largely involve some corporate and professional engagement. To this effect, ensure that all needfuls are well packed and stocked for both. Ite...

BY LANGAT MATHEW Ideally, anti-defection laws are temporary measures to consolidate a chaotic party system, but who are we kidding? Ours is a semi democratic system where parties are merely temporary electoral and legislative alliances designed to maximize the election chances of individual politicians. Established democracies value the freedom of individual parliamentary members/candidates to switch parties. They regard switching parties as compatible with democratic values and see anti-defection laws as infringements on political freedoms. It may help to learn from democratic nations like New-Zealand and South Africa who once had but abandoned such laws. In a political system that is still struggling to mold credence and credibility in their elections, it is a step in an uncertain direction to restrain candidates from being ideologically (or otherwise) at variance with their parties. Since multy-party democracy, the lack of political consistency and unbridled party-switching by polit...