Kenya Bitter Truth

Once upon a time there was a businessman who was sitting on the beach in a small Italian village. As he sat, taking a brief break from the stress of his daily schedule, he saw a fisherman rowing a small boat back into the harbour. In the boat were a few large fish. Impressed, the businessman asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?” To which he replied “Oh, not so long.” The businessman was confused, “Why don’t you fish for longer to catch even more?” “More? This is enough to feed my entire family and even offer some to my neighbours,” the fisherman said. “So what do you do for the rest of your day?” Enquired the businessman. The fisherman replied, “Well, I’ve usually have caught my fish by late morning, at which point I go home, kiss my wife, and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap and read. In the evening, I go to the village to have a drink with my friends, play guitar, sing, and dance into the night!” Putting his entrepreneurial hat on, t...

One day a man walked past a camp of elephants. Looking closer, he was surprised to see that these mighty animals weren’t held in cages or kept in chains. The only thing stopping them from escaping? A thin rope tied from one of their legs to a simple pole in the ground. Confused as to why they didn’t use their strength to break the rope, he asked the trainer why they weren’t attempting to run away. To this the trainer replied, “As baby elephants, we use the same system. But, at that age, the rope is strong enough to stop them from escaping. They grow up like this, believing they can never break the rope, so even as adults they stay put.” In other words, these powerful, magnificent and intelligent elephants didn’t  believe  they could free themselves, so they never tried. Moral of the story: Our personal beliefs are powerful beyond measure and often dictate our outcomes. They can work for or against us. Identify your limiting beliefs so you can push against them.

One morning, an elderly man was walking along the beach when he noticed a young boy picking something off the sand and throwing it into the sea. As he got closer, the man realized the child was throwing stranded starfishes that had washed up on the shore back into the breaking waves. Approaching the boy, the man asked what he was doing. “The starfish will die if they’re still on the shore when the sun rises,” he replied. Perplexed, the old man said, “But that’s pointless! There are countless miles of beach and thousands of starfish. It doesn’t matter how many you return to the water, you can’t make a difference.” Unfazed, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish, and tossed it into the sea. “It matters to this one,” he said. Moral of the story: No matter the odds of success or the scale of the challenge, your actions can make a difference. It’s better to light a candle than curse the dark. Every little counts. Doing something to make a positive change is always better ...

An old Cherokee chief sat down to teach his grandson about life. “There’s a fight going on inside me,” he tells the young boy, “a fight between two wolves.” “One wolf is evil. It’s full of malice, anger, greed, self-pity and false pride. The other is good. It’s full of peace, love, joy, kindness, and humility.” “This same fight is going on inside you and everyone else on the face of the earth.” The grandson was quiet, pondering this revelation for a moment before asking, “Grandfather, which wolf will win?” The old man smiled and replied, “The one you feed.” Moral of the story: Good and evil exist within each of us. It’s our responsibility to own that reality and do whatever we can to nurture the good.

At the beginning of a new school year, a class teacher stands up in front of her students holding a $100 bill. She tells them, “Put your hands up if you want this money”. Every hand in the room goes up, to which the teacher says, “I am going to give this money to someone here, but first, let me do this…” She takes the bill and crumples it up in her hands, before asking, “Who still wants it?” The hands stay up. The teacher then drops the bill on the floor, stomps and grinds it into the ground, and picks it back up. “How about now?” she asks again. The hands stay up. “Class, I hope you see the lesson here. It didn’t matter what I did to this money, you still wanted it because its value stayed the same. Even with its creases and dirtiness, it’s still worth $100.” She continues, “It’s the same with us. There will be similar times in your life when you’re dropped, bruised, and muddied. Yet no matter what happens, you never lose your value.” Moral of the story: Life’s hardships are inevitab...

“Do you know how hunters of old used to trap monkeys?” A man asked his child. “Rather than chasing them up a tree or shooting arrows from below, they’d put a heavy glass jar with a narrow neck on the floor, which had the monkeys’ favourite food inside. They’d then step back and hide, waiting for the unsuspecting animal to approach. When it did, the monkey would reach inside, clench a fist around the food, and try to pull it out. However, the narrow neck of the jar would stop the poor monkey from getting its hand out! It’d pull and pull, but to no avail. There was simply no way to get its hand out of the jar without releasing the food. Rather than letting go, though, the monkey would persevere, refusing to drop its dinner. The hunters would then approach and catch it to enjoy a meal of their own.” “Don’t be like that monkey,” warned the man, “In life, to fight another day and grow as person, you must know when to quit, when to move on, and when to let go of whatever’s holding you back.”...

Jay , a pop icon whom millions of young people adore , has absolute respect and love for his mother Ye Hui Mei, because in his most lonely most helpless, the mother with warm arms supported him .  So Jay has been saying, "As long as my mother happy, I am willing to give up everything for her! "  Jay was born in January 1979, his mother Ye Hui Mei Taipei's Tamkang elementary school art teacher, and his father is a high school physics teacher Tamkang.  Jay was 4 -year-old kindergarten boy back then, the Ye Hui Mei took him to early childhood music classes Tamkang Yamaha piano .   Usually Jay is a lively kid but when he was put in front of the piano, he was mesmerised to the piano, and was actually surprisingly quiet.   He could listen to the teacher once and then play the music piece out on his own.   The teacher told Ye Hui Mei , the child is very talented !  In order to develop Jay’s talent for music, Ye Hui Mei advocates spending the family’s entire savings to buy him a ...

Dairy farming is flourishing in Kenya, as demonstrated by Gita Farm, owned by Evans Gitau, a former tout and matatu driver. The farm houses 74 dairy cows, with the majority producing an average of 30 liters of milk per day. Gitau has been in the dairy industry for 8 years and has increased his herd from 4 cows to the current 74. He collects 750 liters of milk daily from 45 lactating cows, which he sells to Githunguri Dairies for a gross of Sh. 810,000 per month at a price between Sh. 36 and Sh. 38 per liter. Gitau’s journey in dairy farming began after he quit his job as a tout and driver due to police harassment. He returned to his village to help his widowed mother care for her cows and later decided to focus on dairy farming. He presented a proposal to the farmers’ owned Sacco and was advanced Sh. 240,000 to buy three Friesian cows. With his success, he was able to repay the loan and in 2013, used the title deed of his family land to borrow Sh. 2 million and buy 17 Holstein Friesian...

Over the last eight years, Ngina Kenyatta has been serving as director of the Inuka programme, a charitable organisation which provides scholarships, life skills, mentorship, counselling, leadership camps, community service, soft & digital skills training to bright kids from needy and underprivileged families not to mention career workshops and internship opportunities for university graduates. Inuka Programme has granted scholarships to over 3,000 students, 180 of them having studied abroad them since it was founded 7 years ago. Ngina is married to Alex Mwai alias Sam Junior and they are blessed with one kid. We recognize and applaud her continued selfless service to the humanity in this very special day of International Women's Day.

One of the greatest Rhumba legends, Madilu System has a very interesting story.. As narrated by Fred Obachi Machoka, he was once with Tabu Ley and struggled to fit into the band. However, they never fully appreciated him. They never fully accepted him. They always reminded of of the past when he was in a different band and said not very good things about Tabu Ley... In other words, instead of looking at his present potential, the guys in the Tabu Ley team kept digging at the past of Madilu and treated him with suspicion. Things hit a Crescendo when Tabu Ley was flying from Kinshasa to Paris, and deliberately gave Madilu the wrong times to reach the Airport. When Madilu came, he discovered that he was left behind. Heartbroken and annoyed, Madilu went to TPOK Jazz band of Franco and pleaded with them. He ate the humble pie for about 2 years, as he was inducted.... And by the end of the two years, he emerged as the lead and favorite vocalist... And went on to be the top name in Rhumba.......