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Be Careful About Whom You Share Your Marital Woes With

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A few days ago in  a women forum, I saw a woman wonder while watching Samantha Bridal show, why, recently, there are rising cases of divorce in our country, yet marriage seems such a beautiful thing. The question of ‘if marriage is so sweet, why are so many people seeking divorce’ is becoming apparent in almost all conversations today. Yet numerous studies have been done, indicating the numerous benefits of marriage - married people live longer, enjoy better health, are happier/earn more, have more satisfying sexual relationships, raise happier and more successful children than single or divorced parents. With the benefits overweighing the costs, we would expect every man/woman to be in marriage and not getting out of it, yet today many people prefer to remain single. And for those in marriage, there are rising issues of increased infidelity, again raising the question why married people would opt for extramarital affairs, knowing well the huge risks involved; risks of th

ArtCaffe is not the problem;neither are the croissants!

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So today for the very first time I get to learn about a certain ArtCaffe that is being accused of racism and selective discrimination in Nairobi.  Apparently, ArtCaffe became operational in 2009, and it has since extended to four main branches; Westlands, Gigiri, Junction and Karen. You see, the reason I may be hearing about it for the first time today is because those are not my ‘normal visit/frequented’ places! Perhaps if it was about Paul’s Cookie Man’s Bakery on Tom Mboya Street or the pastry shop at the Nairobi Naivasha stage, I’d be well conversant! For the few times I have been to the Village Market, I do not remember taking any drink or snack there.  Not that I do not love pastry; I always have to resist myself from taking a croissant from one of ‘the state-of-art’ bakeries here in Paris. A simple butter croissant goes for a cool 1 or 2 euros! Now imagine if I took two daily!   But what amazes me is that, I haven’t at any given time been refused the pleasur