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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Kenyatta Otieno |Manuel Ntoyai |Molly Chebet |Fay Ngina
A man hiding his face from the camera. (Courtesy/GettyImages)Recently, I bashed an old single man online for posting a meme that “no matter how boring life becomes, do not get married.” It got me wondering why the number of men opting to live and die single is increasing by the day. The fact that they are enjoying what came with a stigma in the past shows just how much things have changed. A few months ago, a senior government official died in middle age very single.
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2 months ago | 
foodsafety.einnews.com | Winfrey Owino |Kenyatta Otieno |Mike Kihaki |Chebet Birir
Health PS Mary Muriuki during the launch of Polio vaccination on Tuesday, August, 22, 2023. [Samson Wire. Standard]The Ministry of Health says St. Thomas Aquinas Igumori Secondary School students in Embu ate contaminated food. This comes hours after reports of suspected food poisoning affecting 68 students at the institution emerged and went viral.
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2 months ago | 
tnx.africa | Kenyatta Otieno |Vincent Kejitan |Boniface Mithika |Stevens Muendo
These men are happy to support their children as long as they live with their mothers (Photo: iStock)Recently, I bashed an old single man online for posting a meme that “no matter how boring life becomes, do not get married.” It got me wondering why the number of men opting to live and die single is increasing by the day. The fact that they are enjoying what came with a stigma in the past shows just how much things have changed.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
tnx.africa | Manuel Ntoyai |Ronald Kipruto |Kenyatta Otieno
The National Authority for Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) is threatening to close almost half of the rehab centers in the country due to missing out on legal and operational standards. NACADA is concerned with the increasing number of rehabilitation centres that are operating without adherence to the requisite legal frameworks and data protection guidelines.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
tnx.africa | Manuel Ntoyai |Maryann Muganda |Mbugua Ngunjiri |Kenyatta Otieno
The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI, has announced hikes in their DNA testing fees on paternity and family relationship testing. The announcement which has got the public buzzing, will see the price go up by Sh7,000, from the initial Sh20,000 to now Sh27,000. The Institute serves both private clients as well as those referred from courts.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
tnx.africa | Mbugua Ngunjiri |Kenyatta Otieno |Boniface Mithika |Manuel Ntoyai
Starting next year, Wendy Njoroge will play a key role in shaping literary trends in Kenya and East Africa, a development industry players should take note of. Njoroge, co-founder of Soma Nami Books — a chain of bookshops in Adams Arcade and Ngara, has partnered with Narrative Landscape Press (NLP), one of Nigeria’s top literary publishing houses, to establish Narrative Landscape Press East Africa (NLPEA).
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kenyatta Otieno
Conflicts and fights are inevitable in relationships. I like the “homes are smoke” Gikuyu proverb. Wherever people are, there has to be fire and it burns with sparks. So, why do couples fight? Belgian relationship therapist Esther Perel says that couples fight for power, trust and value. These express themselves as a fight for control, closeness and respect or recognition. All conflicts in relationships stem from these three areas.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
tnx.africa | Kenyatta Otieno |Bernard Lusigi |Fay Ngina |Manuel Ntoyai
Alfayo Odongo was the Most Valuable Player in the 1991 Kenyan Super League. He was playing for Rivatex FC, helping them to win the 1990 Moi Golden Cup. Rivatex FC became the first club outside Nairobi to clinch the Cup. Ramogi FC of Mombasa had won the FA Cup in 1979 before it was renamed Moi Golden Cup. He was named after Alfayo Odongo Mango, the founder of the Roho Movement of churches in 1934. Odongo was burned to death in Musanda, the border between Luos and Luhyas in inter tribe skirmishes.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kenyatta Otieno
The boy child is under-empowered. This was the response from one person after going through many posts of ladies asking to meet men on several online forums. The ladies stated their preferences and what they wanted in men which looked like there were not enough men at the top to meet the ladies’ demands. That is not the case. It is still a man’s world despite ladies making great strides. As more and more ladies are going to the top, they begin to realise that it is lonely up there.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Kenyatta Otieno
The general awareness of mental health issues has led to the proliferation of words like narcissist, toxic and gaslighting on social media. Then there are red flags and green flags. These may not be new because red and green have been used for a long time to tell one to stop and go, respectively. Green light is used to mean permission has been granted. However, flags and their colours are used to describe the same thing in fledging relationships.
