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The Kenyan Diaspora Has Been Trivialized And Treated As A Side-line

I am writing this as I try to overcome the shock I got a few weeks ago after learning that the Diaspora desk had been ‘reduced and fitted in’ with the Digital and New Media in the newly created Presidential Strategic Communications Unit (PSCU) whose appointees are an all man team of popular journalists and social bloggers. Being a woman, I should have been more disappointed with the gender misrepresentation since no woman was appointed to the PSCU team (of five men), even when the constitution is black and white on the one third gender rule.   It seems that women empowerment is not an issue of concern to the Presidency, and as a result, for the next five years, women will stay away from a platform that would’ve allowed them to air their issues, despite their significant media, communications and public relations presence. But what shocked me most was the appointment of one Denis Itumbi as the Director of Digital, New Media and Diaspora affairs. I have no issues with him an
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Before You Relocate.....You May Have To Consider.

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Lately,there are rising cases of young Kenyans seeking any possible way to relocate abroad citing economic problems and lack of opportunities in the country. This is coming at a time when the US is working on its immigration reforms, which may see the abolishment of the Green card lottery. Many Kenyans see this as a nip in the bud for their hope of living the American dream in the land of opportunity. This need to emigrate is also coming at a time when cases of human rights violations and even death of Kenyan domestic workers in the Middle East are rising. Only yesterday, a Kenyan woman who had been hired as a domestic worker to work in Saudi Arabia was rescued from what is believed to be human trafficking by a Saudi princess.In March last year, a Kenyan woman, Esther Wanjiru Mwikamba, 26, succumbed to death in the United Arab Emirates a month after a brutal beating in a Dubai parking lot.  These are just a few of the many horrible stories that we get to hear every day, and
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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
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