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In an elaborate plan seen by Sunday Standard, the emboldened opposition grouping projects to score 9,109,344 votes against Jubilee’s 7,297,800 votes. They project 85 per cent voter turn-out in the country —16,407,144 voters out of the estimated 19,302,522 registered voters. From its core support base of the Luhya, Kamba and Luo,Kisii communities, NASA approximates that it will bag a total of 6.3 million votes — 1.7 million from Kambas, 1.7 million from the Luo, 2.2 million from the Luhya community and 0.7m from Gusii. From the document, Jubilee will score zero votes from the Luhya community it has worked flat out to impress. It will also score zero votes among the Luo and Kamba. Modest ­ figures, NASA Pentagon member Musalia Mudvadi projected that they would get more votes than these “modest figures” when they launch massive campaigns in the next few weeks. He said they intend to knock on every door and ensure they win the presidential vote in the first round. Another Pentagon membe...

I often find myself get disturbed by the surroundings around me. Be it my father shouting at me or constant work pressure or the college tasks or say relationship issues. I noticed that as soon as my surroundings change, I get distracted which disturbs my entire routine and unsettles me. Because of this, even the traffic jam on the road annoys me and sometimes the mind is so disturbed that chatting with friends also gives me a headache. I have always been trying to find a solution to this and recently I came across an article “Cockroach Theory” which definitely helped me to focus more and not get disturbed by the surroundings. I have observed a change in myself in recent weeks and have increased my day productivity. Do you also face the same in your life? Do you also get distracted by the change in your surroundings? Read this COCKROACH THEORY and use it in your daily life for self-development. COCKROACH THEORY At a restaurant, a cockroach suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady...

There was a blind girl who hated herself for being blind. She hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend who was always there for her. She said that if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend. One day she was donated a pair of eyes and she could see everything, including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her if she would like to marry him as promised. The girl was shocked since she had already seen that her boyfriend was blind too, and refused to marry him. Her boyfriend walked away in tears. This is how human behaviour changes when the status changes. Only few remember what life was before, and who’s always been there even in the most painful situations. Life Is A Gift Before you think of saying an unkind word – think of someone who can’t speak. Before you complain about the taste of your food – think of someone who has nothing to eat. Before you complain about your husband or wife – think of someone who is crying out to God for a companion. Before you complain a...

#Iam4aNewPoliticalNarrative and # Profwainaina4President hashtags have been doing rounds on social media. This is not the first time my readers and followers are asking me to run for President. Over the last year, I have received numerous and consistent calls to run for President, some more genuine than others but all suggesting that I should run. I am humbled by those who consider me worthy of that high calling and responsibility. But more importantly, I am encouraged that after a year of blogging and pushing the call for a “new non-ethnic political narrative”, many Kenyans have come to accept that it is not only possible, but also necessary if not urgent. They also think and believe that I should be the voice for that narrative. With deep gratitude and awareness presented by the trust many of you have shown in me, I would consider running for the presidency of our great nation Kenya, guided by certain fundamental principles and lessons from our history. The missteps of yesteryear...

FACTS OF LlFE 1. Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead; if you lose, you can guide. 2. People are not what they say but what they do; so judge them not from their words but from their actions. 3. When someone hurts you, don't feel bad because it's a law of nature that the tree that bears the sweetest fruits gets maximum number of stones. 4. Take whatever you can from your life because when life starts taking from you, it takes even your last breath. 5. In this world, people will always throw stones on the path of your success. It depends on what you make from them - a wall or a bridge. 6. Challenges make life interesting; overcoming them make life meaningful. 7. There is no joy in victory without running the risk of defeat. 8. A path without obstacles leads nowhere. 9. Past is a nice place to visit but certainly not a good place to stay. 10. You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. 11. If what you did yesterday still loo...

I am renewed, I am reinvigorated, now more than ever, I believe in the promise of our great nation, kenya. For five years, we have witnessed the foundation of a working nation and a growing economy that would have provided meaningful employment for our youths, laid by Kibaki, Raila, and Kalonzo during their coalition government, destroyed by Jubilee and relathieves of those in power. The effects of their mismanagement is clear to all of us: higher unemployment, stagnant economy, stagnant wages, higher inflation, higher prices of commodities, higher cost of education, poor healthcare care. While the rich like the DP continue to buy multi-billion shillings hotels and investments in Kenya and Dubai; and the president continue to expand the wealth of his family by building Ports in their land, or buying malls in UAE, or his sister supplying metal containers for hundreds of millions of shillings, or his cousin buying curtains and re-carpeting Statehouse for billions of shillings, most Kenya...

After intense painstaking ruminations on life's most recent experiences, I now consider these 27 underlisted as the laws that can guarantee a serviceman not just an illustrious career, but also an accident-free officialdom in any military. 1. Your rifle and your ammo are more important than your life. Better be dead than lose them. 2. You can never be the winner in any argument with your superior. Even when you have won. 3. Every commander needs your advice but not in public. 4. If there is a competition, don't come first, and don't come last. 5. Your soldiers are the backbone of your work. Treat them well. 6. If you offend a higher authority, carry your cross. 7. If your soldier offends a higher authority, carry his cross. 8. Remember that the smartest and most intelligent officers often do not get to the top. Only the most loyal ones do. 9. Don't be deceived. Many commanders do not like eye service. 10. Never "contest" a woman with your superior. It is the f...