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Nicholas Kanisa: 'Teddy bear' with soft spot for children

Nairobi, Nov. 17 -- Words, a wiser man than me once spoke, are like unswept glass. When you least expect it they can cut you. Nicholas Kanisa, the CEO of the Human Resource Management Professionals Ex... Read More


Nicholas Kanisa: 'Teddy bear' with soft spot for children - VIDEO

Nairobi, Nov. 17 -- Words, a wiser man than me once spoke, are like unswept glass. When you least expect it they can cut you. Nicholas Kanisa, the CEO of the Human Resource Management Professionals Ex... Read More


David Gatende's big search for purpose in retirement

Nairobi, Nov. 13 -- I don't know what I was expecting but I know I wasn't expecting David Gatende, the former CEO of Davis & Shirtliff, to look younger. He is 62. He is in a polo shirt, a fedora and s... Read More


Elizabeth Wasunna: When I run, I lose my head but gain my soul

Nairobi, Nov. 6 -- Ms. Elizabeth Wasunna is Junoesque. That is to say, she is lanky, with a wingspan large enough to grasp all her dreams. And dreams, many she has. The psychology of her personality, ... Read More


Dr Zul Merali's snap break from brain science

Nairobi, Oct. 28 -- A lot is going on in Dr Zul Merali's life. He has just moved from Canada back to Kenya. He is buying everything brand new. His house is almost empty, save for a brown leather couch... Read More


Simon Wafubwa's Cross of Black Tax

Nairobi, Oct. 21 -- To whom much is given, much is expected. That is Simon Wafubwa's yoke. Like his compatriot, the one from Cyrene, he seems to be carrying a lot of crosses. Black tax. Perfectionism.... Read More


John Muteti's simplest pleasure in life

Nairobi, Oct. 14 -- First, you need courage. "Well, someone has to do the job. I could be that someone," says Professor John Muteti, the acting CEO of the National Authority for the Campaign Against A... Read More


Luck Ochieng's naughty ways

Nairobi, Oct. 7 -- Were it not for his office clothes Luck Ochieng would pass off as a hip-hop artist. Or basketball player. Certainly one, probably both. It does not, however, rock the earth from its... Read More


Catherine Muraga: My love language is 'mutura'

Nairobi, Sept. 23 -- You should hear Catherine Muraga talk about mutura, that delicacy of goat/cow/lamb intestines sewn together, stuffed, and fire-grilled. It's a storybook romance for her. The only... Read More


Sammy Muthui's Nairobi nightlife fun tips

Nairobi, Sept. 16 -- Three of the following four statements are true: Sammy Muthui is a perfectionist. Sammy Muthui is a painstaking planner. Sammy Muthui writes everything down. Sammy Muthui loves Ri... Read More