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  Mirror mirror on the wall.... Yesterday I watched one of my favorite Disney movies beauty and the beast. I found myself questioning physical attraction .I mean in the beginning the beast is a literal beast not only in looks but also in behavior.Bella is able to overlook his aapperance and fall in love even before he tranforms into a prince.This tale is especially relevant today.Reserch conducted by Luo and Zhang in 2009 continues to reaffirm the notion that we seek love with those we find attractive. So why exactly are we so attracted to ‘shiny things’ is it the vanity in most of us? Surprisingly this trait occurs in both men and women and in most cultures. We want to be associated with attractive things. What makes us pause to swipe right instead of left? I remember once hearing a group of friends talking about only wanting to be seen out in the open with attractive dates. They went as far as admitting to having dated women for as long as six months and not introduced them to th...

   THE VICIOUS CYCLE THAT IS THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS " Integrity, transparency  and the fight against corruption have to be part of the culture.They have to be thought as fundamental values ''Angel  Gurria   Secretary General for the organization of Economic  Co-operation and development .The past few weeks have been a painful reminder of the moral decadence  in our institutions. As usual there was an uproar  on social media,protests and the usual commissions were formed.One particular atrocity,however, stood out  for me.A certain governor allegedly used funds from his county, to send his children to schools abroad and  buy them houses. We never stop to ask ourselves why some names in government and our leading institutions are so familiar.It seems that power and money consistently revolve around the same families .We keep talking about providing equal opportunity for Kenyans.We pay our taxes and receive donations from organizations...

Is the new education system plausible? Recently I stumbled upon this show by NTV "degree of doubt" where we have graduates who have graduated from different courses but fail to gain employment there harrowing stories of how they performed well in school but the hope that education was to rescue them from poverty proved infutile. They are forced to work odd jobs and still have unpaid students loans that have doubled up. There horrific narration brings into question what is the point? We all know the importance of education. As Mandela said "education is a tool that can be used to change the world."Kenya developed the new curriculum 2-6-3-3-3 which was launched last year also referred as competence based system  to address the gaps in the 8-4-4 system which has been exam oriented rather than acquiring applicable skills. The new curriculum offers to make students more competent and to focus on career and talent. Assessment will be through continuous assessments not one...

 SOCIAL MEDIA THE MODERN DAY DILEMMA  Its 10:15am on Sunday when I finally decide to sit down and write this article.What you don't know is that Its two days overdue.Yes, like most of you, I like to postpone until the very last moment.See I decided to write this Article on Friday after watching the Social dilemma . The newest documentary about social media on Netflix .However I was  unable to write this article .Surprisingly I found time to watch about  fifteen videos on you tube, and  scrolled through  all my social media apps.Many of us don't stop to question all the recommendations we get from our favorite social media apps.Just how are these apps able to correctly predict videos we find intriguing  every single time.How do we spent hours on our social media apps  every day. The documentary might just be the scariest movie of 2020.The panel consists of Men and women who helped build algorithms to  monetize and popularize  popular soci...

 Who is to blame anyway? Recently I was reading on the newspaper how the covid 19 funds provided by the government to the counties were spent buying lavish tv sets that costs million of shillings. What's suprising the most is anybody I showed the article to was not shocked or surprised most people just mumbled how "they pocketed the money" and just continued doing whatever they are doing. This I found infuriating the most maybe because I wanted people to react to the way I reacted or even more annoyed! But truth be told this is not the first time they have heard the story before, the stories of embezzlement and mismanagement of funds in Kenya is not news that is really disheartening. Our education system is so poor that a crisis as big as the pandemic has forced schools to close indefinitely and students are forced to repeat. Our health system is so poor and exaguratingly expensive that a common mwananchi will not be able to afford. Not to mention the joke in the name of ...

Most of us grew up watching and reading about superheroes. Their willingness to help and protect people even at their own peril made them endearing. The Covid-19 pandemic has made life difficult for most people in different ways. With some, unable to get access to basic needs like food and shelter. Governments as usual have been unable to completely address these problems. The most amazing thing has been our ability to help each other during these tough times. All over the world, inspiring stories about real life super heroes in the form of neighbors helping each other and communities finding solutions to these problems have proven that humanity shines through even in the toughest times. Over the years, it is clear to see that sometimes ‘the power of Love does make the world go round’ There is a Chinese saying that goes: “If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness...

The 2022 election race began as soon as the 2017 election ended lines were drawn as some are yet to lay their stake and a whole conversation as to who will be the president is still yet to be known. As the whole Jubilee side is in chaos and the deputy president accusing the president of betrayal since he was supposed to “leave the country to him” as the successor. (Are we a democracy? Or what) They coined the term hustlers vs dynasties. It’s really creative, just think about it he has created a narrative as a hustler. A hustler according to Merriam-Webster is one who obtains money by fraud or deceit. Do I need to say more? Last week Makueni governor who luckily did not get impeached with all these impeachment hearings, announced his presidential ambitions. One of the reasons he decided to join the race is because people have requested and encouraged him to run for the seat. That’s indeed interesting. His announcement sparked an interesting discussion on several social media platforms w...