Misery loves company. Nine is nearly ten. No length without end. No rain season without mosquitoes. No one can perform a celebration by himself. No water without waves. Of five fingers, which is the best? One does not throw away one's old praying mat just because of a new one that one has borrowed. One finger does not kill a louse. One in the woodpile does not laugh at the one in the fire. One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. One who relates with a corrupt person likewise gets corrupted. One whose seeds have not sprouted does not give up planting. Only a medicine man gets rich by sleeping. Only someone else can scratch your back. Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. Regular work tires a woman but totally wrecks a man. Someone relative is blood of the tongue, some you spit out and some you swallow. Stream, it knows where to flow. Suppression of hunger leads to death. The abundance of fruit caused the death of the ...

1. Abebet niebocia alodie ng’akilie ijulikakin toma.  English: When a crockroach plays near the milk it falls into it.  2. Aburo niepi ngesi eriri emun.  English: When the leopard comes for you, the club at your neighbor’s house won’t drive him off 3. Achoikin mere akuren.  English: Caution is not a sign of fear 4. Achwaanut a ekolia anakipi ikoni achwaanut aitwan eyei nawi, keng.  English: A man in his homestead is like a fish in water.  5. Adis enai asalunet.  English: There is nothing which can limit your ability to be what you want to be 6. Aelo a ngiputiro ejok noi kotere elose alogite  English: Since warthogs lives in the forest, they must maintain close friendship with other animals 7. Agero ekitoe angaraita keng  English: A tree is known by its fruits 8. Ajokis isekinii anaawii.  English: Charity begins at home. 9. Akar naimaseama, nichakulenea.  English: The well where you draw water you do notdirty 10. Akeju ateger.  ...

  Kikuyu elders at a Beer Festival (Tuthu Village,Muranga in 1908) According to Kikuyu tales, God, Ngai, created the first man Gikuyu and placed him at a place near Mount Kenya at a place called Mukurwe wa Gathaga in present day Muranga County. He was lonely and he asked Ngai for a partner. Ngai gave him a woman called Mumbi and together they got 9 daughters. The clans of the Kikuyu are named after these daughters: Wanjirũ  is the mother to the Anjiru clan Wanjiku   is the mother to the Anjiku clan Wambũi   is the mother to the Ambui clan Wangũi or Waithiegeni   is the mother of the   Angui or Aithiegeni clan   Waithĩra or Wangeci   is the mother to the  Aithĩrandũ or Angeci clans Waceera or Wanjeri   is the mother of the Aceera clan Nyambura or Akĩũrũ or Ethaga  is the mother of the Ethaga clan Wairimũ or Gathiigia   is the mother to the   Airimu or Agathigia clan Wangarĩ or mũithekahuno   is the mother of the ...

  An independent thinker with high intelligence can observe more completely and think more profoundly. Independent thinking has a very close correlation with critical thinking, but they are different. Critical thinking means making clear, reasoned judgments. While, in the process of critical thinking, your thoughts should be reasoned and well thought out/judged. (Wikipedia). While independent thinking includes "not depending on the authority of others for forming an opinion." (OXFORD). Making up your own mind, in other words.  In more detail, what does “IT” - Independent Thinking really mean, and how to cultivate such a mindset? Independent thinking is a “must have” digital mindset. Independent thinking is extremely important in the digital era in which information is only a few clicks away, but the true insight has inundated with out of dated knowledge; the real signal is mixed with a lot of noises, and the “mainstream” thinking is far lagging behind of the ocean of crowdso...

  A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a non-profit, voluntary citizens’ group that is organized on a local, national or international level. All NGO’s must be registered by NGO Coordination Board in accordance with the NGO coordination Act. Apply In-Person Step 1 :  Pre-registration Name Search Make an application for reservation of a name. This is made on Form 2 (F-2)http://www.ngobureau.or.ke/?wpdmdl=1503 You are expected to propose three (3) names in order of priority for the organization to be registered. Processing fee of KES 1000 is charge for the name search and reservation. The name search and reservation takes a half a day. disqus.com, 4384546, An applicant can renew the reservation on the expiry of the name reservation period for a further sixty (60) days on payment of a further Kenya Shillings Five hundred (KES 1000). Apply through Agent (There may be an additional cost involved with this process). http://www.ngobureau.or.ke/?wpdmdl=1503 Please fill t...

  Registration of a Charitable Trust or Foundation in Kenya Black Law dictionary defines a Charitable Trust as One in which property held by a trustee must be used for charitable purposes (advancement of health, religion, etc.). Fiduciary relationship with respect to property arising as a result of a manifestation of an intention to create it, and subjecting the person by whom the property is held to equitable duties to deal with the property for a charitable purpose. Advantages of establishing a charitable trust Tax Savings.  By transferring assets to a charitable trust, you can often minimise income tax, capital gains, and estate taxes that would otherwise need to be paid by you or your estate. Asset Protection.  Since assets that you transfer to a trust are no longer considered your property, establishing a trust can help shield your charitable gift from the risk of loss, should you face a lawsuit or incur another substantial liability. Enhanced Certainty.  Most f...