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Agnes Aineah

How to get ready for retirement while still young

Growing up, Maina had seen his parents struggle to make ends meet after they were both retrenched from employment.

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

How to get ready for retirement while still young

Lessons from farming ventures started with less than Sh10,000

Lessons from farming ventures started with less than Sh10,000

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Are your skills relevant to today’s reality?

Are your skills relevant to today’s reality?

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

A double whammy of skin cancer and kidney failure

A double whammy of skin cancer and kidney failure

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Waiting on a prayer

What started as a flu nearly 20 years ago has seen Andrew Zadock visit numerous hospitals with doctors trying to diagnose swelling in his nasal cavity

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Waiting on a prayer

If not for the accident, I wouldn’t know I had cancer

Everyone Hannah Mwangi knew cut links with her when they discovered that she had lung cancer

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

If not for the accident, I wouldn’t know I had cancer

Thank God you can pee normally

Owino continues to nurse a wound that can only be solved by an expensive operation to correct his urethra

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Thank God you can pee normally

Famous people who became successful after 40

To many, this is a defining age that should go down with a stable career, a home and even a car.

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Famous people who became successful after 40

Years of abuse to my ticker led me down a path of pain

Kenneth Kimeli, 49, knows all too well the dangers of several years of smoking and drinking

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Years of abuse to my ticker led me down a path of pain

Isolation that comes with chemo is maddening

Chemo hasn’t been easy and the worst part of it is the isolation that someone is subjected to.

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Isolation that comes with chemo is maddening

They built me an ICU at home to ease financial strain

My stay at the hospital was proving too expensive and doctors yielded to discharging us in June

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

They built me an ICU at home to ease financial strain

Top national schools fail to steal the show

Unexpected turn as more students from extra county schools qualify for direct entry to tertiary institutions.

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Top national schools fail to steal the show

Part of her skull was stored in the abdomen

Josephine Lumumba hopes that she will undergo all the surgeries that could not be done. Her husband Patrice recounts.

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Part of her skull was stored in the abdomen

Shot three times, woman lives in fear as thugs roam free

The third bullet went through her private parts, and now she suffers severe bloating and irregular menses and she cannot control her bladder

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Shot three times, woman lives in fear as thugs roam free

I survive on Botox injections

In 2007, I was told I had a disease I had never heard of. It started with my knee popping out of place as I climbed on my bed.

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

I survive on Botox injections

Who you know isn’t key in getting your first job

Getting an entry level job is not determined by who you are related to in management, a new survey on youth employability shows.

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Who you know isn’t key in getting your first job

Alzheimer’s robbed us of our beautiful mum

She could complain of losing something only to find it safely kept in her bedroom

By Agnes Aineah 4 years ago

Alzheimer’s robbed us of our beautiful mum

The emotional toll of diabetes

Patricia Munyao, 54, a community health worker who has diabetes has survived a stroke and she is almost losing sight in her left eye.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

The emotional toll of diabetes

Prisons law school that renews inmates’ hope

The African Prisons Project started in Uganda 10 years ago to equip prisoners with legal skills and ensure they get timely justice.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Prisons law school that renews inmates’ hope

People said the pain was all in my head

Gladys Maina’s life changed when she delivered her first baby. She developed pains that she nursed for 19 years

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

People said the pain was all in my head

Kamiti inmates awarded law degrees in inaugural graduation

One graduand says he has helped inmates who lack proper legal representation thanks to the course.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Kamiti inmates awarded law degrees in inaugural graduation

I owe the policeman my life

How policeman touched lives of people.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

I owe the policeman my life

Rise of Oracle Chemicals from the dirt

It wasn’t all rosy for the 26-year-old daring entrepreneur who had to fight his way through one of the most crowded markets.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Rise of Oracle Chemicals from the dirt

The deadly clots in my lungs

Agnes Khamisi knew something was amiss when her left leg started swelling up.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

The deadly clots in my lungs

My ailing heart, don’t give out

Abdullahi Wako Dida, 56, battled heart failure for 13 years without a proper diagnosis and on wrong medication. By Agnes Aineah

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

My ailing heart, don’t give out

How to get ready for retirement while still young

Financial experts share why and how to prepare for the future in your youth

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

How to get ready for retirement while still young

The good and ugly of online classes

While these programmes have been praised for their flexibility and affordability, students and young professionals explore the pitfalls of this study

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

The good and ugly of online classes

The good and ugly of online learning

While these programmes have been praised for their flexibility and affordability, students and professionals explore pitfalls of this mode of study.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

The good and ugly of online learning

I didn’t manage my blood pressure well and got a stroke

I rose to fetch water for her when I felt dizzy, fell and had a convulsion. I also bit deep into my tongue before I slid into a comma

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

I didn’t manage my blood pressure well and got a stroke

Varsities accused of shortchanging Masters and PhD students

Masters and Ph.D. students lament that they get the raw end of the deal from universities that shortchange them even after they have paid tuition fees

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Varsities accused of shortchanging Masters and PhD students

A minute-long conversation leaves me panting

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

A minute-long conversation leaves me panting

Battling betting ghosts

'I bet every chance I get. This morning before I reported for attachment in school, I placed a Sh500 bet on about five teams'

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Battling betting ghosts

The pain in my head

For six years, Khalida Jumaan has been battling migraines; the neurological disease likened to a throbbing headache.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

The pain in my head

Why TVET students are shunning Helb loans

Low uptake of Helb lending cause of concern for stakeholders

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Why TVET students are shunning Helb loans

Living with sickle cell anaemia

For, a 19-year-old journalism student, living with an untreatable disease that worsens over time means living every day purposefully

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Living with sickle cell anaemia

Living with Parkinson’s disease

When Joshua Wasike, 56, was diagnosed with the nervous disorder in 2017, it came with the promise that the disease would only get worse.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Living with Parkinson’s disease

CRISIS: Burnout stalks Kenyan medical students

Studies indicate a worrying trend of exhaustion among medical students who are battling condition that has been added to the WHO International Classification of

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

CRISIS: Burnout stalks Kenyan medical students

Alarm as burnout stalks med schools

Studies indicate a worrying trend among students battling condition

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Alarm as burnout stalks med schools

Cancer: 'I cut off affected breast, but it still came back'

Just when Sarah Wangui thought she was cancer-free, the disease re-surfaced, crushing her new-found hope.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Cancer: 'I cut off affected breast, but it still came back'

I thought I would never walk again

At 20, Caroline Nyawira has gone through the wringer but thanks to getting the correct diagnosis, she is finally putting her life back on track

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

I thought I would never walk again

How to stay ahead of the pack in the industrial attachment race

Start early, those who start thinking of places to go for attachment during first semester in third-year usually have an edge over the rest

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

How to stay ahead of the pack in the industrial attachment race

Challenges students face in search for industrial attachment

Students scour the Internet, mailing applications for industrial attachment to several organisations.

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

Challenges students face in search for industrial attachment

The agonising search for coveted industrial attachment

Tips on how to land an industrial attachment

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

The agonising search for coveted industrial attachment

What ails our PhDS?

Dissecting the ticking time bomb that is post graduate training in Kenya

By Agnes Aineah 5 years ago

What ails our PhDS?

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