Anastacia and Pauline: Women of Steel

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I recently received an invite for a media tour at the BURN factory in Ruiru. You might not be familiar with BURN factory, but...

My Chama Girls and a Paediatrician’s Sleeping Tips

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The other day during chama, we were going on and on about all those things women like going on and on about during chama....

The Story of Faith Musau

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So there’s this childhood friend of mine called Faith Musau, who will be the subject of my writing today. Faith and I were classmates...

How Can You Be in Such Pain from a Period? Elsie...

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Elsie Wandera is the Founder of Endometriosis Foundation of Kenya (EFK). I first featured Elsie on this blog in March last year, where she talked...

Mummy Tales in Bali, Indonesia

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In January, I happened to visit the beautiful island of Bali, Indonesia. Bali is beautiful. Spectacular. It's just 'one of those places'. Bali is...

How I Met Journalist Anne Ngugi, and What She Said on...

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I met Anne Ngugi while undertaking my internship at Citizen TV in 2001. We used to call her Njambi. Do you remember your first days...

Diaspora Mum Ann Wanjiku from Germany: Dressing up My Son

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Last we heard from our regular guest writer Ann Wanjiku -a Kenyan-born mum raising her family in Germany, she was telling us about how...

The Story of Baby Amara and ‘The Amara Initiative’

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Do you know the story behind the Amara Initiative? It is the story of baby Amara -a very sweet and bubbly baby who choked...

“I Made an Artificial Uterus and Wore Pads in a Bid...

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This story that I have come across on Al Jazeera has absolutely captured my heart. It is the story of one man from India,...
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“I Was Excited About Joining my New School. Until they Found...

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This is the story of 12 year-old Elijah Lemayian who was denied admission in a primary school that he had instantly fallen in love...