Candid chronicles

Blankets and wine is an event that was started in 2008 by the famous Muthoni the drummer queen , who is by the way considered one of the wealthiest female artists in the country. After almost 3 years, Blankets & Wine is BACK on a regular schedule! Over the years, Blankets & Wine has established itself as the ultimate platform where every Kenyan can come and experience amazing  live music experience, where our ever-growing community gets to #DiscoverLove,Share music, food, craft and fashion and the many brand experiences designed to delight and uplift.  The event is normally held after every quarter of the year and this edition's first quarter was  sugar, spice and everything nice . Below are some of the artists that graced the stage for the  first edition of the 2023 blankets and wine.  1. Kinoti 2. Okello max 3. Nviiri the story teller  4. Les wanyika 5. Boutrouss    ...

What is freelancing? Freelancing is a contract-based profession where instead of being recruited in an organisation, the person uses his skills and experience to provide services to a number of clients.   Freelancing however isn't similar to a work from home job home , however freelancing might involve working from home.A work from home job involves a contract between you and a single employer who gives you a salary while freelancing doesn’t. But is it a good choice for a career? Can you sustain a lavish life while freelancing?That's the question we are going to answer.  All this along with advantages like freedom to work from anywhere at a time of your choice, being your own boss, keeping all the profits, and a lower cost of operating surely attracts a lot of people to take freelancing as careers. But not many who do it as a full time job . Most people mainly use it as another stream of income.  In every African household,It is deeply rooted in our minds to look for...

Global perspective: Worldwide , it is estimated that human trafficking is amongst the most lucrative of criminal  activities, rivalled only by drug and firearms trafficking and generating billions of dollars  annually for sophisticated criminal organizations.At any given time, it is believed that  worldwide at least 2.45million people are forced to perform degrading, dehumanizing and  dangerous work in conditions akin to slavery. At the same time, it is estimated that the numbers  continue to increase. It is not known whether this increase is due to improved efforts to  investigate, detect and report this crime or whether it is due to an actual increase in the  incidence of the crime worldwide.  The  government of Kenya however does not meet the minimum standards for elimination of trafficking but they do make significant efforts to do so . Below are some of the efforts that the government took as of 2020_2022.  1. Investigating more tra...

The health cabinet secretary ,Susan Wafula was giving criticism to the government  after they laid out a motion that teenagers should be issued with contraceptives so as to prevent the high risk in teenage pregnancies  and STIs infections. According to a poll conducted on twitter,63.3%disagreed with the health Cs while 36.7% agreed with the Cs. Now the truth of the matter is that we live in a day and age where the internet provides a lot of information concerning anything and everything that one may require and everyone can easily access it hence young teenagers are exposed to a lot of information and there is so little we can sheild them from as a parent or guardian. However that being said, the parent should be notified  before the contraceptive is issued . That being said , below are some of the reasons why teenagers engage in sexual intercourse . However, this does not justify  their reason to engage in sexual behaviours 1. risk taking behaviour 2. Thinking that ...

Let's dive deep into an industry that's worth 11.9million dollars in 2023 and expected to show  an annual growth of 7.97%.The Kenyan music scene is an industry that I personally feel is slacking off. When you look at the Kenyan music space , you see sauti sol, nyashinski , Chris kaiga, just   a few who know how to command a show and have it packed fully. Do Kenyans actually appreciate our own music? The Kenyan music scene has a Luke warm presence  from the fans . Not because the talent isn't there, by far Kenyan music is the most authentic and genuine music you can ever listen to ( saying this as someone who consumes Kenyan content wholly) . For fans to actually appreciate our own music, more diversity needs to be created by the artists and more consistency to be  displayed. Nigerian scene Vs the Kenyan scene It's no surprise that the Nigerian music scene has proven to attract a wide  audience not only in their country but also around the world making afrob...

Let's dive  deep into boarding schools, more specifically public boarding schools  . In Kenya 59%of boarding schools are public  and to be fair more needs to be done in terms of how they administer their rules and regulations to the children . Now a lot can be said about how public schools are equaled to  being in prison( believe me I know) , having survived boarding school for almost eight years ( from class 4 _ form4) , there is nothing that can convince me that there is a benefit of studying in a public boarding school as compared to a day school and here are some few reasons why I think that. 1. LACK OF A PARENTAL BOND     A parent plays a very crucial role in bringing up   a child. Having spent a better part of my childhood in boarding school ,I came to realise that I lost touch with my parents . I can assure you that they won't even know what my favourite colour or food is , let alone what my  life interests are. 2. COMPARISON   ...

  What is Social Media? Social media refers to  the means of interactions among people in which they create, share, and/or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks . The Office of Communications and Marketing manages the main Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube accounts.   We live in a time where social media  has developed and become easily accessible to everyone  around the world , as a result  social media acts as a reflection of what the world looks like .  Of late there's been a need  to document everything about your life , the good , the bad and the ugly  especially among public figures. But is this really necessary?    Oversharing   Do you know how to set boundaries on what you can share on social media if you are a public figure ? Or do you build walls when you feel like you've shared more than what you  were actually supposed to share  . As a public figure it can be a...