Simon Mburu
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Make your online business lucrative without influencers
Here are winning strategies for SME’s according to experts. → Read More
Device to reduce CS rates, help complicated deliveries
The system has been developed by scientists and obstetrician gynaecology researchers based at the University of California. → Read More
How to live within your means and not feel limited
It’s easier said than done, but it’s doable. Simon Mburu tells you how. → Read More
Why women have children out of wedlock despite the risks
Paternity testing data from DNA Testing Services reveals that at least 30 percent of Kenyan men walking into their centre to confirm paternity are not the biological fathers of a child they are... → Read More
Why you need a second career alongside your daily one
Technology has made it possible to run two careers concurrently. → Read More
Hanging on despite the domestic abuse
By now many are aware of the dangers of staying in an abusive relationship. → Read More
Why femicide continues to rise in Kenya
Kenya is among the countries with the highest cases of female homicides and abuse against women. → Read More
If your landlord won't listen to your distress pleas, you have options
PERSONAL FINANCE: If your landlord won't listen to your distress pleas, you have options → Read More
Family planning injection has highest number of users: Report
Injection most popular family planning method: Report → Read More
Two aspirins a day keeps cancer away: Studies
Aspirin. This is the drug that patients take to reduce fever, pain or even inflammation. This drug is so effective that it has been found to reduce the risk of death when given to patients who suffer heart attack shortly after an attack. Two studies show that this drug is equally effective in cutting the risk of inherited colorectal cancer, also known as bowel or colon cancer. This effectiveness… → Read More
How to reopen economies: Study
All over the world, reopening economies amid the Covid-19 pandemic has proven to be a delicate act. To find a balance, a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has released a report that examines the best and worst tradeoffs in economic benefits versus health risks. This report indicates that Kenya was right to allow banks to continue opening. It ranked banks as the… → Read More
I am a daddy's girl: Women speak about special bond with their fathers
I am a daddy's girl: Women speak about special bond with their fathers → Read More
Covid-19 pushes more children into obesity
On June 6, there was an air of expectation across the country that the partial lockdown measures in place would be eased. However, with Kenya yet to reach the peak in infections, and with Nairobi and Mombasa counties continuing to record a sharp rise in infections, the majority of the measures were maintained. They included the advisory to continue working from home, cessation of movement, and… → Read More
Scientists find answer to IVF failure
The inability to conceive a child is the nightmare that many couples face in silence. It drains couples emotionally, financially, and even socially. Stephen and Abigael Musembi found this out the hard way. They had planned to start having children shortly after their wedding in December 2007. “Abigael wanted us to have five children. I wanted three. We planned to have our first born within the… → Read More
This is how to write a proper succession plan
Succession battles in two of Kenya’s prominent political families have revealed why a properly written estate plan is critical for family succession. In the first instance, the High Court in Nairobi last month distributed Sh14 billion wealth among the dependents of the late powerful cabinet minister Mbiyu Koinange. This was after a 39-year succession fight. In the second instance, the family of… → Read More
What you absolutely need to know about filling your taxes now
What you absolutely need to know about filling your taxes now → Read More
Discovery brings hope in war against killer pneumonia
The 100th pneumococcus capsule since the pneumonia pathogen was discovered over one century ago has been found. The new capsule was found by pneumococcus researchers at a laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The discovery of this capsule comes as the latest boost in the fight against infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Streptococcus pneumoniae is recognised as the… → Read More
E-cigarettes lead to relapse among ex-smokers: Study
When they first hit the market in 2004, e-cigarettes were touted as a viable alternative for people struggling to quit smoking. Sixteen years later, the rate of success among smokers who have quit smoking in Kenya remains suppressed at below 10 per cent. In most cases, smokers often find themselves relapsing to their old habits. Strikingly, one of the reasons behind this relapse is the use of… → Read More
Five assets to buy if you have cash now
PERSONAL FINANCE: Five assets to buy if you have cash now → Read More
More babies in hospital over low birth weight
Babies born with low birth weight in Kenya last year were the second leading cause of infant admission in health facilities. These births accounted for 14 per cent or 9,081, behind pneumonia which accounted for 17 per cent or 11,018 of total infant hospital admissions. This was the third year in a row in which low birth weight was the second cause of hospital admissions among infants. This is… → Read More