Just saying

inspired by #TheChamwadaReport Nairobi is a densely populated city and if 72% of them live below Ksh.24000 (USD 23 a month) then it means there are 2.422 million people in Nairobi living like this. This is not living; this is existing and merely surviving. With this kind of income, many are left with no option but to live in the slums. It is a no wonder the slum situation seems to be growing in Nairobi. This in turn transforms to insecurity. There are many graduates in Nairobi who are jobless. Those who have jobs work so hard and get very little compensation for the same. The harder one works, the least they earn . Yes, life is indeed unfair. One would think that hard work pays off… not in Nairobi. In fact the hardest working people are the ones who go home with the least income. Don’t get it wrong, this is not to say that one cannot get wealthy by hard work. It is just that most people working hard are not getting the returns that they deserve. Maybe what most should do ...

Happiness is a state of mind. It is a decision that one needs to constantly make. Yes it is possible to be both poor and happy in a modern industrialised society. It reminds me a soap opera that aired on TV when I was just a little child dabbed “The Rich also Cry”. There are countless of very rich people who are extremely unhappy. On the other hand, there are several poor people who are always happy. Just to bring the point home, think of a time in your life when you had the most money. Where you happier at that time than when you had the least money? If your answer is yes, then what is it that you did with that money that made you happy? If your answer is no, you will probably agree with the saying, “The best things in life are free!” Look around you and you will notice that the happiest people are actually those who struggle to make ends meet. Look at it in a different light; are all poor people unhappy? Are all rich people happy? It is true, money buys comfort and securit...