Author: Leonida Owaga
Working moms
I got my husband to like Working Moms, the series as I anxiously approached my due date. If anything, it was like an honest guide into the roller coaster life I was about to be plunged into. It was overwhelming, eye opening, but merely visual. It did nothing to prepare me for what I would face in real life. My little tribe of women at the baby shower were all about the birth, motherhood but little on how they were coping as super working moms. Then, a little over one year ago, there I was screaming my lungs out in a hospital bed, giving birth…
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Korea scales up investment in Konza smart city
A grant from the government of South Korea is set to accelerate the development of four new projects in Konza Technopolis, bringing closer Kenya’s dream of attracting tech-based companies and related trades in the city. The four projects that are set for rollout are an intelligent transport system and integrated control centre, a startup ecosystem, a smart logistics centre, and the Konza-Nairobi corridor transport network. Already, the setup of the smart city has seen the development of a smart city master plan, a feasibility study on the integrated control centre focusing on security operations, and the establishment of a transportation network and smart mobility plans….
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Is drinking among women just a phase?
The first time my parents caught me drinking it was a big enough scandal to require an intervention. I remember that day they sat me down for a heart-to-heart after finding two “makali” bottles in my bedroom, like it was yesterday. Now my parents are a bit old school so you can imagine their utter shock after discovering their 20-young year-old daughter drinks hard liquor. My dad was very concerned at my ability to drink ‘like a man’ and even worse, the cheap bitter stuff. My mother was convinced that no man would ever live with a woman that drinks like me. How the times…
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