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JUST ASKING FOR HELP IN INSTAGRAM MADE ME START MY COMPANIES I was confused. I didn’t know what to do with the first book I had written. As a writer, one of the most confusing and demotivating things is having your manuscript and with no publisher ready to publish that book. I had gone through that. And when I thought that after teaching myself how to self-publish that things would be fine, things weren’t as I thought. I was having my book, Test Your Anatomy: MCQs with answers , in softcopy with no place to print it. When I thought of selling it as a softcopy, my conscience didn’t allow it. I was thinking of how people sell e-books in WhatsApp groups at Ksh 30 or even less, and that was something I never wanted with my book. It was during this difficult time in my writing journey that I came across a lady in Instagram that had written a book for someone. The lady named Lubnah Abdulhalim helped me in a simple way that was a changing point in my life. I was ...

TWO WRITERS FROM KWALE COME TO SAVE THEIR REGION Agnes Luka Don’t expect someone else from outside to come and change your home. It is only you who can change it. Well, this is the case for two young writers from Kwale who have come forward to start an initiative to grow writers in Kwale region. The writers, Amina Suleiman and Suleiman Ndoro Jnr (Dr Audi), are the people behind the initiative which goes by the name, Kwale Pen People (KPP). “We formed KPP not only to grow writers in our home Kwale but also to improve the lives of our people through the mighty pen,” said the President of the Organization, Ms Amina Suleiman. The initiative, whose name came up with the Secretary General of the organization, Shaffie Mwabundu, is set to be launched on 22 nd December at Kwale County. Alongside the launch of the initiative, the event will also include the launch of books from young writers from Kwale region who are also affiliates of Kwale Pen People (KPP). “W...

SI WEWE NACHAPA, NI HIO MAKOSA YAKO FAILURE ARTICLE SPONSORED BY: SANDAVO PUBLISHERS Failure, according to Merriam-Webster, is a lack of success. A lot has been written and said about failure and this is what I have to jot down about it too. I am a product of a lot of failures and a subscriber to the anti-failure regime. I have this disease by the name chronic ambition, and I am ambitious that after reading this article you will have another definition of school, home and work life. Ambition is a strong desire to do or achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. Life is sometimes like an onion, and you have to slice it one layer at a time which sometimes makes us tear up and cry. It is sometimes usually a painful journey which you do not know when it will end. Nevertheless, it is the same onions that make our meals palatable and lick our fingers at the end. Things happen to us in life, we get slapped and beaten around and many are the time we ta...