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  Image Courtesy of Aleksandr Grechanyuk A story is told of an Egyptian woman who sought the services of medics on an issue that turned out to implicate her and expose her dirty linen in public. Approaching the doctors in a very furious state, she insisted that her husband's semen be tested because they had tried getting a child together and something seemed not to work. The poor man was speechless and wondered what could be the issue because they already had three children. The man agreed to the test and his semen was taken and tested upon the wish of the lovely wife. To the surprise of the doctors and the woman, the semen turned out to be dead, a condition that he had since birth. In the semen sample, there was no single living sperm detected because of his condition. The big question was whether the children belonged to a man or he had a helper. How did the woman convince the man that he was the biological father of the children, and later called for the testing of the man'...

 If you come across the term for the first time, you will mistake it for a good thing. But the reality of the matter is that it is a sugarcoated phrase that hides the demeaning of women. The practice is common in Islamic states, especially Iraq. A documentary done by Journeyman Tv reveals lays bare the men in cloth in Baghdad who act like pimps, sexually exploiting young girls and vulnerable women. Pleasure marriage is a form of prostitution because it allows a man to pay for a wife albeit short term. It is believed by some Iraqis that these temporary marriages are allowed in the Islamic law. In an interview, a man claimed that pleasure marriages make one closer to God by marrying a woman, especially if she is poor, because she is helping her, by offering support to her children if she has any. One would then ask how pleasure marriages differ from prostitution. One amazing thing is that those who practice it say unlike prostitution, these marriages are legal and religious, even tho...

                                                                           Image Credit: Courtesy Successful people have mastered the use of psychological tricks to trick their way into people's minds and in turn make a kill from manipulation. All animals are social beings, but unlike the wild and domesticated ones, humans are highly social, and flexible. They can easily adapt to different patterns of interaction, in all manner of environments; competitive, and cooperative. Think of any millionaire, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and many more. What these great people do, is engage your brain until you become their customer. So what is this art of manipulation that could get you out of the block? R.B. Sparkman, in his book, claims that 5% of the people in t...

  The Journey towards Freedom Image Credit: Anastasiia M|Getty Images December 12th 1963 is a year that is memorable and holds a significant place in the history of our nation. It is a time when we got ourselves out of the entanglement of our colonizers. blood was shed but for a noble course. Everything that we enjoy now, the freedom that we experience, the strides made through our self-rule, and many other stuff are a result of someone's blood. The journey has not been easy for most of us. Some Kenyans, especially those born in the early and late sixties are privileged to have experienced all five presidents of our nation, under different dispensations; Jomo Kenyatta's regime, with all the bright minds that called the shots, some of whom, word had it that they would have made the best leaders. The Kenyan 2030 economic blueprint was a result of a sessional paper done by the genius Tom Mboya. Then came the Moi regime, which led the country for 24 years. What we can remember h...