Myspace Properties Nairobi, a real estate agency, has entered into collaboration with doctors of hearing at IncusEar Hearing & ENT Centre to enhance the lives of the deaf. The diversification plan will see the company focus on handling social problems. According to Mwenda Thuranira, CEO Myspace properties, the partnership is expected to help many who have been affected by the affliction. “Hearing when people talk is an underrated blessing. I am moved when people’s lives get better,” he said. Mr Thuranira will be one of the people spearheading the partnership to ensure it is a success. The other head will…
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Pastoral care in education means a recognition of, and response by an educational institution to ensure the holistic welfare of children. It is generally aimed at ensuring children are safe, engaged, involved and able to fulfil their potential. Following the disruptions of 2020, it is important for schools and educators to understand that extra care is paramount as students settle in school. This will ensure learners are not just continuing with their educational journeys, but that they also receive the support they need as far as mental and emotional wellbeing is concerned. “It has been so wonderful to welcome students…
BY DAVID ONJILI When you seek a collection of books written on Kenyan football, they would not outnumber the fingers in your hand. Seldom do local journalists or any other interested Kenyan find the time and resources to write about either our game or players. Zachary Oguda, thus joins an elite group of Kenyans that include seasoned journalist, Roy Gachuhii as he pens this intriguing firsthand account into the politics, pain and privilege experienced in the local game. My biggest gripe with the book is the numerous and easily noticeable editorial mistakes. The editing did not pass through scrutiny. The…
BY BRENDA VIOLA “Are you sure you want to try it?” His question made me think about it for a minute. Did I want to? On one hand, yes, I wanted to do it. I mean, we only live once and some experiences are so inimitable that they may never present themselves again. So yes! I wanted to fully indulge in this chance. On the other hand, so much could go wrong. Who knows how my body would react? What would my eulogy say if I finally begin the next phase of my life in such a graceful manner? Do…
By Jacob Oketch Willy Munyoki Mutunga of Kenya, Our Hero of Justice, A semi-fictionalised Biography for Young People, written by Elizabeth Orchardson Mazrui, is a book that is highly recommended for, not only the young people but also all Kenyans who have a sense of where we should be headed concerning justice and fairness. This book is mainly about the life and times of former Chief Justice and president of the Supreme Court of Kenya Dr Willy Mutunga, with a specific focus on the trajectory of his human rights and overall justice attainment efforts. In that sense, we can argue…
In some remote Aboriginal communities, judges and lawyers arrive by plane and handle dozens of cases in a single day. Critics say language barriers and the rapid pace infringe on human rights. BY LIVIA ALBECK-PIPKA After an hourlong flight over the ocher sands of northern Australia, the judge stepped off the plane and made her way to the makeshift courthouse, a single white-walled room next to a new $20 million police station ensconced in barbed wire. Outside, more than a dozen Aboriginal defendants waited barefoot in the blistering heat. Most spoke little English. They would have only a few minutes with…
BY CLAUDIO MURUZABAL Before Covid-19 came along, I was used to travelling more than 42 weeks a year. In the last six months, I haven’t travelled further than my local grocery store. Yet, at the same time, I have had a ringside seat to a global crisis that is altering the course of an entire generation, with businesses in every sector, in every country, significantly impacted.The pandemic has forced many enterprises to re-think how they measure their success and performance. Pre-Covid, most businesses focused largely on managing profitability and growth. What this crisis has revealed is the importance of adaptability,…
BY VICTOR ADAR In what seemed like changing the narrative, a number of innovators more recently converged at a Nairobi hotel to demystify the role that innovation hubs will play to accelerate startups. The aim was to bring all stakeholders in the entrepreneurship support ecosystem together in order to provide an avenue through which they would dialogue and debate on different matters that affect the entrepreneurship ecosystem, while growing the innovation space. It was part of the partnership between the Association of Startup and SME Enablers Kenya (ASSEK) and Make IT Africa tech entrepreneurship initiative that aims at jointly developing…
The Covid-19 pandemic has created a highly volatile and uncertain environment for businesses resulting in a litany of new or heightened risks for directors and officers (D&O) as well as exacerbating the situation in an already strained D&O insurance market, according to the new report Directors and Officers Insurance Insights 2021 from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS). Rising insolvency exposures, growing cyber security threats and persistent securities class action activity are among the key risks for which D&Os of companies could be held liable. In 2021, companies also need to be on guard against “event-driven litigation” which can be…
BY VICTOR ADAR It is a hot Monday mid-morning at the open-air food area on top of Prestige Mall on Ngong road as Esther Wanjoga Otieno talks about simplifying shoe search for big foot individuals. She is the CEO and founder of Feet First Footwear; a company that focuses mainly on big shoes size. Mrs Otieno says her grandfather had heavy bones, as well as big foot, genes that she picked. At an early age, her foot was literally growing faster than her body so much that at class 8 she was already wearing size 10 shoes. There was no…
