Most educated people in Kenya are poor. Not just poor, but very Poor. Why? Because 80% of the educated people in Kenya earn less than Kshs. 50,000 for a salary before tax and other deductions. When the deductions are put into consideration, the net salary comes to around Kshs 35,000. The net salary then suffers from loan deductions of up to 10,000 leaving the salary at around kshs 25,000. The landlord then demands for his 10,000 and monthly shopping takes away 5,000 leaving one with a 10,000. The bus will demand for 4,000 going to and from work and relatives get another 2,000. Remaining 5,000 can't even take care of one kid in a nice private school, whole salary is gone and borrowed money starts operating. The borrowed money includes short loans and salary advances whereby payment is up to 50% in interest. The difference between poverty and prosperity is property. A prosperous person has property to his name while a poverty stricken person has no property to show. Using this ...

Good people it doesn't hurt to speculate now and then because speculation makes us think outside the box. I have this feeling that we have a hyena in a sheep's skin that has been devouring our flock unashamedly. This hyena has killed at least three innocent people in his pursuit for political glory. I want to speculate about these three deaths, and this is how I see it.... In 2005 during the clamour for a new constitution, the chairman of the Devolution Committee was one Dr. Odhiambo Mbai....a luo. The government of the day was opposed to devolution as was being advocated by the then opposition and some Bomas delegates. There was even a time when the then Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi lead some delegates in a mass walkout from the talks. Then one day in his sitting room, Dr. Mbai was gunned down. Mr. Norman Nyagah  was by then a government hawk and fierce Kibaki defender. He was also Mr. Mbai's neighbor. When Dr. Mbai was shot, Nyagah rushed to the scene and upon seein...

There’s Got to Be More Do you ever have the feeling that you are chasing something in life that won’t fully satisfy you? Pay attention to that feeling. It’s from God. We’re not just talking about substance abuse issues, although drinking and pursuing other addictions are certainly ways of chasing something futile. But we’ve also known a lot of “good church people” who sit in a service every week—or who preach from a pulpit to those people—who feel themselves to be far from God. They’re “successful” or “put together” or “righteous” on the outside, but they’re missing God on the inside. They keep busy with religious practices and work, school, or family, but it just isn’t enough. They long for God to feel real to them. That longing is the first spiritual awakening for all of us finding our way back to God: “There’s got to be more.” When you long for a love that is deep and satisfying, when you want to give yourself to something that will truly make a difference, or when you ...