“The first defence against rape is letting your child know that they can come to you and you will believe them.” Trevor Mimano Nowadays many cases of children being sexually assaulted are being reported. But even more worrying is that for every case reported there are many others that have not been reported. It is also important […]
Most parents dread the idea of giving a sex talk. The idea of speaking to your children about intercourse is hard especially if you are an African parent. Until recently discussing sexuality has been taboo to talk about in the open but with the rising exposure to the internet at an early age for that […]
Chimamanda is a writer of Nigerian descent who now resides in America. Her exemplary work in writing and highlighting different societal issues in a creative and interesting way is her legacy. Purple Hibiscus is a story that depicts a certain time in African history. She has managed to highlight the things that were going on […]
A mine for lessons and amazing truths about life, that is how I would best define this book. Things I will tell my daughter is Joan Thatiah’s first book to be published. It contains uncensored truths on different parts of life and the lessons she has learnt through her life and the life of the […]
In all the years of his life, I never hugged my father, I loved him more than anything in this world, maybe even more than myself but I never got to express it. When I was growing up, telling people you loved them was a foreign concept; they were just supposed to know. Words of […]
Have you prepared your child on what to do if there is an emergency? There are many things that happen that we have not planned for. Things like floods, terrorism attacks or fires are unusual and something we usually think is unlikely to happen. But what if your child is caught up in such a […]
I recently attended the launch of the three-year strategy by Safaricom Foundation that centres around four pillars of education, health and economic empowerment and it struck a curious thought. At the event, it was clear that Safaricom was going all in with both the MPESA and Safaricom Foundations and part of the reason was that […]
Father’s Day is simply a day for celebrating fathers for all the things they do for us. It is a time to make them feel loved and appreciated. Truth is, there is not a gift in this world that can ever convey that message of love enough. All we can do is to get them […]
The bond between a husband and a wife is a sacred one. It needs to be strong and true. This is why you need to think a dozen times before you decide to settle down with someone. While marriage may no more be a once in a lifetime thing with so many people breaking up […]
Having the sex talk with your child is always considered to be uncomfortable. While that may be true, it is still a very important conversation especially as the child gets into the puberty stage. The truth is, our children are living in a very sexualized society. They are exposed to a lot of sexual images, […]
I first encountered Varshita on a show called Aunty Boss about three years ago on Maisha Magic East, a channel on the popular pay tv platform, GOtv that we subscribe to. In that show, she was always at loggerheads with the house helps whom she could not find competent enough to handle her household and […]
Harriet Nayiga is a practising midwife born in Masaka, Uganda. She is the seventh born in a family of ten children. Due to her great performance in her Advanced Levels in 2009, she was offered a Government Scholarship to undertake a diploma in midwifery at Mulago School of Nursing and Midwifery. During that period she […]
The entrepreneurship journey is like a soap opera, especially when multiple partners are involved in building a business. Beneath the success stories, there are always those tense in moments when partners lock horns; it’s that moment when Richard Branson gets an ultimatum from his cousin and partner Simon Draper when Branson poses the idea of […]
Studies have shown that 39 percent of married couples pegged finance as a primary reason for conflict, with 93 % of surveyed placing it among the top two sources of conflict. However, quoting award winning marriage therapist and author Barton Goldsmith, “couples find it harder to talk about money than sex.” Why? Money often holds […]
Children these days love their gadgets. They like to be online playing their games and watching their shows. While we also want them to get involved in other activities, it does not hurt to let them have some screen time. There are so many shows these days it can be hard to just pick a […]