BY CYNTHIA WAIRIMU We cook, clean, drive, walk and yes, we live on, but in the process of all of these day-to-day activities, one is exposed to so many chemicals from different activities and it is not always that we are proactive about protecting ourselves from this in the first place. Some of the cleaning agents we use are very drying to the hands and if you use them often, say, detergent or dishwashing soap, then you risk having much drier hands as they are meant to clean out oils and dirt and in the process, the moisture from your…
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BY JACOB OKETCH The story of Edmond is one that must be told in order to demonstrate the power of transformation that is open to humanity and only needs tapping. Edmond has been hooked to the drink for the past twenty years and it reached a point where he either had to change or perish altogether. Hitting rock bottom is a very personal affair and there is no set criterion for reaching one. For him, the fact that he had lost all a job, savings and friends was a sure manifestation of his complete powerlessness. He lost all the investment…
The learning of the petty man enters his ear and comes out of his mouth where the words affect only the four inches between ear and mouth. The aim for a wise man should be that learning enters his ear, clings to his mind, spreads through his four limbs and manifests itself in his actions – ancient Chinese scholar Xunzi BY NICHOLAS KRISTOF In the Bible, St. Paul declares: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.” Scholars suspect that this was actually written by some grump other than…
As the National Ethics and Corruption Survey 2018 was being presented by a dejected retired Anglican Bishop and current EACC Chair Eliud Wabukala, spirits of the late Dr Magayu Magayu, Ken Saro Wiwa, Chinua Achebe and Ebsen Henken must have been hovering over the bishop’s collar with impish glee, for when they lived, they wrote and castigated the cancerous vice that has defied Kenya’s state machinery, with devotion and in compelling genres BY GAD WESONGA Following the release of the 2018 Corruption Report on November 19, 2019, the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) singled out the vice as the…
BY VICTORIA KNIBBS Many people often confuse the similarities and differences surrounding both web hosting and cloud computing. While many believe that cloud and hosted services are the same, this is not the case. Yes, they are both hosted off-premise and can be accessed remotely through an internet connection, but that is where it begins and ends. The most significant difference between the two is the true cloud’s multi-tenancy, which involves the sharing of resources and costs among a large cluster of servers, enabling economies of scale and allowing infrastructure to be of numerous machines, with better peak-load capacity and improved…
USA top, Asia grows in strength in IMD World Digital Competitiveness ranking A report by US-based democracy watchdog Freedom House says many Africans are unknowingly under surveillance by their own states via social media platforms. Zimbabwe and Sudan are among the countries to be singled out Zimbabwean blogger Munya Bloggo saw it coming — the gradual deterioration of Internet freedom in the southern African country. “It started off with the Internet shutdown in January for a few days,” Bloggo told DW in an interview. “Then the method changed to trying to silence different voices online, from activists to even comedians,” said…
BY GAD WESONGA In recent times, there has been an upsurge in the use of CCTV systems around the world. Kenya has not been left behind in this technological evolution and revolution. Over time, the country has experienced an increase in installation of CCTV systems whose use range from domestic, industrial, public and private not only to enhance security but also as invaluable tool for data and information gathering; making it a reliable source for mining of business intelligence. This realization continues to motivate more CCTV system installations and use among the conscious many. Like any other inventions whose use…
Developers are now offering 10 years installments with 0% interest rate and landlords six months free rent or more as they come under pressure to attract new tenants and retain existing occupiers BY KOSTA KIOLEOGLOU This has been the year that optimistic analysts expected the property market would finally bounce back and start producing profits again. For more than two years now, property owners and developers have counted losses as the property market seemed unsustainable and faced a lot of pressure due to an oversupply of both residential and commercial housing units. This is coupled with the credit crunch as…
It is not obvious that banks will go to the same heights they were at before the interest capping law because in the period during which the law was effective, there was a paradigm shift to algorithm lending, in which lenders appraise their clients BY MUTAVI MULEI I am brandishing my pen ready to play the devil’s advocate. It could have been much better if I was sipping on a cold drink, but I will tell you that even with the low interest rates, I have not found one shop that gives cool drinks on credit. I know it is a…
Understanding rosy economy that has left many Kenyans broke It is said you are the average of your friends. And, at the Nairobi Security Exchange, the financial well-being of most companies can as well be used to gauge the health of its peers. The prognosis is not exactly good, according to figures from their books. More than 15 companies have issued profit warnings over the past one year, a sign of something seriously wrong. For one or two companies, it can be management issues, but when more than a dozen companies find themselves shedding revenues, eyes begin to turn to…