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May 18, 2012
9:35
The Six Women to Avoid
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She don’t believe in shootin’ stars, but she believe in shoes & cars. Wood floors in the new apartment, couture from the store’s department - Kanye West Have you ever stopped to wonder why single people have the best advice … Continue reading →
May 11, 2012
15:57
Guest Post: Asymmetric Information in the Banking Sector: How adverse selection & moral hazard affect our banking system
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By Munene Laiboni Q: Which is one sure way to kill a rat but its hideout can’t be traced? A: Set the whole house on fire ~ my high school math teacher” The economy of any nation – Our OPEC-Member-in-waiting … Continue reading →
April 17, 2012
16:32
Caleb Kipkan Ngugi: An Appeal For Your Assistance
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An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” - Mrs. Lydia Maria Child You may have heard of The Let Me Live Concert. It was a concert whose aim was to raise money for Caleb Kipkan Ngugi, … Continue reading →
April 13, 2012
9:54
Guest Post: What A Dating Site Won’t Do For You
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By Tonya Vrba Dating sites have exploded across the internet. Everyone knows about them and most of us know at least one person who is on one or are on one ourselves. There are even niche dating sites for fans of Star Trek, World of Warcraft and even for people who like to wear diapers. [...]
April 05, 2012
10:23
Let Me Live Concert Part Two: Video Promo
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But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed – Isaiah 53:5 You may have heard about Caleb Ngugi Kipkan, the sixteen year old boy who is suffering from Acute Leukemia and needs a bone marrow [...]
March 29, 2012
8:24
Let Me Live Concert
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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does – William James Most of us had dreams when we were young. To become lawyers, doctors, businessmen, engineers or even Presidents. Some of us live our dreams while some of us had to re-adjust ours. Still, most of us have new dreams. To [...]
January 30, 2012
7:59
How To Get A Girl/Guy
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There are two things that are more difficult than making an after-dinner speech: climbing a wall which is leaning toward you and kissing a girl who is leaning away from you. – Winston Churchill I love copying from people. It seems that nowadays, everyone writes an article and puts a misplaced title so that they [...]
December 01, 2011
15:23
East Side vs West Side
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You tried [quitting blogging], and you failed, so the lesson is, never try - Homer J. Simpson (parenthesis mine) I was born in a babbie hospital, but I have been raised in Eastlands. That means if you mention masimba or Innercore, I will know exactly what, rather, where you are talking about, but if you mention Galleria (I even [...]
June 07, 2011
7:40
Guest Post: Capital Asset Pricing Model and Its Application to Investment Risk Management
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By Samuel K. Kiranga The task of investment capital budgeting and project appraisal can be a complex and challenging management issue. Many modern methods have been invented and developed to aid investment managers and analysts in finding the right mix of assets in any portfolio or project to which the company intends to make investment [...]
May 27, 2011
8:35
The Greatrnk is 34,567,890 Seconds Old
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Never awake me when you have good news to announce, because with good news nothing presses; but when you have bad news, arouse me immediately, for then there is not an instant to be lost – Napoleon I am afraid I am in the (un)enviable situation of bearing both bad and good news. In the few times I have been [...]
May 26, 2011
7:45
Guest Post: If My Laptop Could Talk
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By Savvy Kenya {These are not my thoughts but Z’s. My laptop told me to write this and I did} Hi, my name is Z. Pronounced Zee/Zi. I was bought in the summer of 2009 (I’m just saying summer to sound cool, there is no such season in Kenya). I am black, slim and sexy. [...]
May 23, 2011
9:32
Guest Post: My Baiby
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By livie_livia Me: Hello mom…mom. Nimeibiwa simu (loosely translated: I have been robbed of my phone) Her: Eeh?? Me: Eeh! Sa hii tu… (Just now) Her: Wapi huko? What were you doing? Are you ok? Me: Uuum??….*I do a double take* yeah! I think so. Here’s what happened. I was doing the usual, #thingsidointraffic tweeting & [...]
May 20, 2011
7:44
Guest Post: The Death of the True Love Song
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By cdooh A couple of months ago I had lunch with one of my best friends at the Prestige Plaza. I told her of my blog and how many post I had up and stuff. She was a bit impressed that I had kept it up for as long as I had, she’s had a [...]
May 18, 2011
7:25
The Princess Project: Thou Shall Fall In Love…
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Written by Brenda Angwenyi My friends think I’m the happiest girl on earth (of course I am). I go around smiling and giving off this bubbly feeling to everyone I meet. ‘It’s a beautiful day outside’ or ‘you’ll be fine’ and that cheery ‘Hello’ you get when I pick up the phone, I can make you believe [...]
May 16, 2011
8:12
The Best of The Greatrnk
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If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader – Sarah Fielding One day when I was busy doing nothing but basically minding my own business, someone ambushed me and was intent on making me tell her what inspires me to [...]
May 11, 2011
7:32
The Princess Project: Special, Unique, Different – Am I?
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Well, truth be told, though it is not much of a secret, there is something delicious about knowing that you are special, unique, different. And YET, the truth is that we are all quite the same in our own special, unique, different ways. An inescapable fact. Anyway, so for the 100th time today, I had to tell someone [...]
May 10, 2011
7:57
Guest Post: UMMMMMM…
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By Pre7amer So The Greatrnk asked me to guest post on his blog……. Me: DEAD When I resurrected, I asked how long I had before I am forced to yet again try my hand at blogging (and embarrassingly so) and he gave me an indefinite date so I guess he was just tryna say, ‘anytime, [...]
April 19, 2011
7:21
The Princess Project: Freedom in Writing
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The third PPK Reading Circuit took place on the ninth of April 2011 at The Mug on Kaunda Street. We discussed Freedom in Writing. A writer’s work embodies all kinds of freedoms; political, religious, moral, ethic and sexual. The questions that begged were, what was freedom and its expression in writing, and what was writing [...]
April 12, 2011
7:40
The Worst of The Greatrnk
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All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling – Oscar Wilde One day I was doing what I do best, which is being busy doing nothing, and basically minding my own business when someone who loves my blog (that is what she said) and is good looking (that is what I am saying) found it [...]
April 07, 2011
8:05
The Princess Project: 1, 2 Step – There’s the Stereotype
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Okay, so maybe I was listening to Ciara’s 1, 2, Step when I started writing this. But truth is, stereotyping is so easy. As easy as 1, 2, 3… Especially when there’s facts to back it up. So anyway, I had a conversation with my mum this morning. Something along the lines of a conversation [...]
April 01, 2011
9:28
Arsenal Anonymous
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By Justalffie I am an Arsenal fan, now on a serious note, but a football fan first! There are many Arsenal fans out there but I can’t speak for them, I speak only for myself. Now, after 6 years without anything to show for the “beautiful football” we (Arsenal fans) claim Arsenal plays, the question [...]
March 28, 2011
7:33
The Princess Project: Stalker Alert
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I have a stalker. Yup, I do. I used to think stalkers were something that only the rich and famous could suffer from. And to be absolutely honest, I was not very sure why the rich and famous made such a big deal about it. Until I got my very own special stalker. This Internet. [...]
March 22, 2011
7:21
The Princess Project: Giving Up My Halo
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Written by Sheblossoms My friends always complain that I tell them about the horror of a bad Lupus episode after the fact rather than during. What’s the point of dragging you into my personal twilight zone when you could be busy working and making money to take me for that coffee, or to buy me [...]
March 08, 2011
6:11
The Princess Project: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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By Njeri Athena I have been having this recurring dream lately. In that dream, I own this beautiful house, I have a hot car… I have it all. For someone who has seen dream after dream crash in front of her eyes, it’s a wonder I can still dream. Lately it feels like I [...]
February 25, 2011
8:43
Stand For Kenya
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We are extremely proud to be Kenyan! We are proud of our beautiful country! We are proud of our diversity cultures and traditions! We are proud of our heroes! We are proud of our high achievers! We are proud of being hustlers! We are proud of our hoods! We are proud of our tribes and [...]
February 21, 2011
6:54
The Princess Project: I am a Mongrel
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by Sheblossoms I realized last week that there is a statute of limitation on honesty, open-mindedness, tolerance, justice and human dignity. Those qualities that should be the definition of humanity, in Kenyan society they are only valid as long as they are relevant to the one calling them out. Well, to be fair it is probably not [...]
February 16, 2011
7:36
The Princess Project: Love is…A Note To PPK Readers
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I know, I did this last year. But since people look at me weird when I say I don’t do Valentines, I figured I’d say it again. No, I don’t NOT do Valentines because there is no one in my life to love. Actually, there’s several someones and one special someone, but this year, I [...]
February 10, 2011
10:47
The Score Sheet
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A man in the house is worth two in the street. The day that guys love to hate, Valentines (or, if you like, Extortion) Day is around the corner. As a result, I thought it wise to talk about the interaction between guys and girls. As it is said, girls are like mobile phones……..if [...]
February 08, 2011
7:13
Guest Post: It is Not Easy Being A Senior Bachelor
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I am writing this in the company of a very good friend and neighbour from the workplace. We decided it was too early to go home so we passed by the kalocal for some choma and a drink…..two perhaps. I have known this guy for a year now and he is an open book. He [...]
January 27, 2011
7:21
Guest Post: Why You Should Go Slow On What You Are Smoking
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The fight against drug abuse in our country has been going on for a number of years as many youths were suffering due to the side effects of the problem. Most of the people know about drugs and their effects and they have seen this from the various types of scenarios that have taken place. [...]
January 17, 2011
6:48
Is She It?
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You think you have it all, then you get an Einstein moment and discover that all you have is you, nothing more, probably a lot less – Greatrnk One day when I was busy doing nothing and basically minding my own business…….wait, I think I was actually asleep, the guy upstairs nyemele-ad my room, stole [...]
January 15, 2011
15:14
The Princess Project: This Mask
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I wish I felt beautiful all the time I wish I could trust you with my life I wish I could live, dance, just be, without a care But to be human is to be self-conscious So I pretend I am all these… and wonder if anyone sees through the mask. Life is about [...]
January 03, 2011
7:56
Guest Post: Summer Bunnies Drive Me Crazy
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One day when I was busy doing nothing, I was tagged to this post. That was my first encounter with fellow taggee, nkirdizzle. I checked her work at Revealed, and I loved what she has, as I am sure you will if you do the same. I would like to thank her for this wonderful [...]

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