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By James Murua

Tips for survival in the new age churches

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I went to church last Sunday after many years in which I only attended the occasional weddings and funerals (though that works for me) and found myself playing godfather to one of my friends’ children. Life was so much easier when we were younger and being a Catholic, attending church service was always a routine. But after staying away for so long, I was surprised how much things have changed.When I was growing up the priest would state...

Ask Uncle Zuma, the love and politics guru

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With an April 30 deadline for political parties to register afresh in compliance to the new constitution, politicians are a stressed lot. The coming elections are also giving them sleepless nights. It will therefore not be a surprise if some of them decide to seek counsel from South African President Jacob Zuma who seems to have everything going for him and has even got himself a new wife.Q: Dear Uncle Zuma,I am a married man. A couple of week...

The true requirements for being a Nairobian

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The upcoming election has been a huge part of the news in recent times. Political parties are busy trying to beat an end to this month deadline to comply with the new Political Parties Act. The law is very strict as a political party has to have a diverse membership from various parts of the country with consideration of regional representation, gender, different abilities or lack thereof and more. This has been a very painful process to ...

Nairobi en route to being the hub of hubs

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I noted something this past week when the president was inaugurating the share price for Kenya Airways who are hoping to buy a new set of planes. He talked about how his government had done its bit to make Kenya an aviation hub as airports have been expanded. This made me sit up and notice as recent times have seen a slew of stories which showed Kenya is gearing up to be the next hub for one thing or the other. For instance, we are currently b...

The elevators are soon coming fast and furious

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What a week it has been! The biggest announcement to come out of the country in a long time made by the head of state this week. No it was not about the reduction of the price of chewing gum (which would have been pretty cool) but that Kenya had struck oil. Literally. The Northern part of the country in Turkana is set to be the newest oil producing region in the world. This of course led to Kenyans on social media forums demanding the people f...
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