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Living Above Neurotic Guilt

While roaming the World Wide Web a couple of years ago, I came across an interesting blog article written by a 24-year old Kenyan female blogger....

Practising Self-control

As I narrated in my previous story on this lovely blog of mine, I used to suffer from bipolar disorder - a mental illness that would make me feel...

How I Was Once Robbed

I still remember that night in 2011 as if it were yesterday. That night, I was feeling high in spirits like teenagers in a rock concert. In my...

Sharing Knowledge

A story is told in the Bible of a boy who attended a crusade led by the young Jewish rabbi, Jesus Christ. Before leaving his home for the crusade,...

Mature & Balanced

When I was applying to four top American Colleges in 2006, I had one of my teachers write in a recommendation letter that I was "a mature and...

Remembering a Maths Teacher

How can I forget Mr. Samuel Obudho? He was the head of the Mathematics department and also the Form 3 Senior Master during my high school years at...

Why You Should Read the Bible

Let some people say what they may but the fact remains: life is hard. We all go through challenges such as theft, injuries, accidents, sicknesses,...

How to Get Rid of Resentment

When I was on a school holiday in December 2006, I read Todd Siler's Think Like a...

A Brother Born For Adversity

Of course I have known Joe Kagitite all of my life by virtue of him being my eldest brother. Back in the '90s when I was a small boy, he was such...

The Week Dr. Griffin Died

Dr. Geoffrey W. Griffin was a famous figure here in Kenya for having founded Starehe Boys' Centre, a prestigious institution in Nairobi where I...