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Ann Mukei

Why CBK’s decision to roll out new banknotes is noble

The CBK’s action was noble and well-thought out. It is meant to smoke out top government officers involved in mega corruption.

By Ann Mukei 4 years ago

Why CBK’s decision to roll out new banknotes is noble

Did China reject Kenya’s funding request for the second phase of SGR project?

Did China reject Kenya’s funding request for the second phase of SGR project?

By Ann Mukei 4 years ago

Trump and Kim: the rocky road from taunts to talks

Trump and Kim: the rocky road from taunts to talks

By Ann Mukei 5 years ago

15 militants killed in anti-jihadist operation in Mali: army

15 militants killed in anti-jihadist operation in Mali: army

By Ann Mukei 6 years ago

Be excited about life

Question is, what would happen if you woke up one day and realised you had no challenges or schedules to face up to?

By Ann Mukei 7 years ago

Be excited about life

Honour your father daily

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance - Ruth E Renkel. I belong to a group whose agenda is to visit our parents in appreciation of the role they have played in our lives.

By Ann Mukei 7 years ago

Honour your father daily

Look out for a brighter tomorrow

I totally loved Tomorrow Never Comes by Sidney Sheldon. I savoured it page by page and not even my high school teacher on duty could stop me from turning the pages.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Look out for a brighter tomorrow

Tomorrow is all that matters

I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife -- Zora Neale Hurston

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Tomorrow is all that matters

Flaws can make us stronger

Value your imperfections today. They make that interesting difference to the world.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Flaws can make us stronger

Find a balance in your life

Way back in my primary schooling years, I found an interest in cookery.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Find a balance in your life

Man was born to love

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Man was born to love

On greed, we are all guilty

A rather unfortunate situation is going on in Kenya’s politico-economic scene. What once looked like a circus is becoming a worrying trend. Bank interest rates are edging towards an all-time high and the economy is sinking.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

On greed, we are all guilty

Dark season is for anyone

Everyone will experience a dark season at one point of their lives. Not because they are bad or they have done anything wrong, but because life has happened.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Dark season is for anyone

Take note of warning signs

The other weekend, my family and I took a trip to the countryside.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Take note of warning signs

Can we be happy forever?

Without doubt, the pursuit of happiness is a never-ending affair, and so we continue to explore this rather abstract concept. In the last one week, I have asked at least 10 people whether they are happy.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Can we be happy forever?

Wheel of life does not stop

Its 10am, on yet another Thursday. This must be the thousandth week I am penning this column. As usual, my editor is on my neck. We need to go to press, and on time, he says. In a bit I will be done writing, and I will be back to doing other things.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Wheel of life does not stop

Nature does not jump queues

Often, we never realise that the universe is so ordered that some events, seasons and things can never happen before others.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Nature does not jump queues

Do we need all that we have?

A few of us have been lucky to realise all these and so much more, yet there is that thing that we still lack, that thing that is crucial to the core of our happiness, and for this reason all the above ceases to matter.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Do we need all that we have?

Life is about smiling

Meaningless. Mundane. Boring. Harsh. Ordinary. These are just a few unsavoury words that can sometimes describe life.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Life is about smiling

Time does not wait for us

Tick tock tick tock, the hands of the clock go round and round, to help us tell the time.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Time does not wait for us

Uhuru's childhood driver recalls memories of the boy he knew

Mugo Karuga, 72, is not your ordinary villager in Kirinyaga. In his heyday, he lived with Kenya’s pioneer First Family.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Uhuru's childhood driver recalls memories of the boy he knew

Dream and unlock yourself

My letter goes out to all men and women, young and old: all those people who stopped dreaming a while back.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Dream and unlock yourself

Positive words nurture dreams

As parents, it is important to say positive things to our children. What we say to them stays in their subconscious and affects their actions and self-assurance later.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Positive words nurture dreams

Xenophobia has no place in societies that value sharing

That xenophobia can manifest itself in many ways, involving the relations and perceptions of an in-group towards an out-group, including a fear of losing identity, suspicion of its activities, aggression, and desire to eliminate its presence to secure a presumed purity.

By Ann Mukei 8 years ago

Xenophobia has no place in societies that value sharing

This is still a beautiful world

Schooling is an important experience that we all need. Whether you were that clever student or whether you always came last, it does not matter.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

This is still a beautiful world

Be true to yourself

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. — Barbara de Angelis

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Be true to yourself

Maasai leader must be respected by community

One cannot be a Maasai spokesperson or their leader if he is not respected and if he has not been blessed by elders to carry the mantle.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Maasai leader must be respected by community

Fathers cannot be wished away

In a picture-perfect world, each and every family has a father, a mother and two lovely girls and two boys. The six live in a big and beautiful bungalow in the outskirts of the city and laughter can be heard from their living room at dinner every single evening.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Fathers cannot be wished away

Good health is your most prized asset

Many a time, after visiting a friend or a relative in hospital, I leave the premises when I am filled with a sense of gratitude that I am healthy and free to live an ordinary life

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Good health is your most prized asset

Good health is your most prized asset

Many a time, after visiting a friend or a relative in hospital, I leave the premises when I am filled with a sense of gratitude that I am healthy and free to live an ordinary life.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Good health is your most prized asset

Use a new teabag in 2015

The end of the year is always a big deal to all if not most people. It reminds us that it is time to move on, to close a chapter, to shut a door and walk into another.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Use a new teabag in 2015

Run your own race

I am in competition with no one, I run my own race, I have no desire to play the game of being better than anyone, in any way, shape, or form. I just aim to improve, to be better than I was before. That’s me and I’m free. – Anonymous

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Run your own race

Face the world with confidence

Confidence: That anxiety you are feeling...you will be surprised to know that others around you are feeling it much more.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Face the world with confidence

Seeds determine harvest

Disard the seeds that do nothing for your success and progress — then you will have that bountiful harvest you have been craving.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Seeds determine harvest

Family is the heart of life

My three sisters and I had a fun-filled barbeque over the weekend and we realised how much we enjoy each other’s company.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Family is the heart of life

My younger son is so caring, I don’t want him to change

My younger son and I are always forgiving each other. We are always making up — bringing out the very best in each other. A most expressive boy he is.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

My younger son is so caring, I don’t want him to change

Anger, envy are cancers too

This week marks the end of October, the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease.

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Anger, envy are cancers too

Death reveals value of life

We loved you very much, though we never had a chance to let you know this; and this hurts. Your passion for life, strength of spirit, courage and determination were insurmountable

By Ann Mukei 9 years ago

Death reveals value of life

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