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The last eighteen months have allowed me to reflect on many things. I've learnt that life's most painful lessons are learnt at the worst times. I have learnt how to pick myself back up, how to mend my own heart and reconcile my mind and heart differences. It has taught me that no one is really down for you, that you've got to do shit yourself; nobody is going to put you back on your own two feet other than yourself. It has taught me how to cope without people I thought would be in my life for the long haul. I've learnt what it means to have and to lose and that some walks are meant to be taken alone. I know how hard it is to build a reputation for a decade and have it go up in smoke in a minute, how fast the trust you've earned over years vanishes. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. No one cares for the truth if the lie is more entertaining. No one cares to give you a minute to explain yourself when it does

Residents of Kibra in Nairobi County wait to register for the distribution of food stuff donated by ODM leader Raila Odinga, amid the coronavirus pandemic, at the deputy county commissioner's offices on April 9, 2020. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP  In Summary The guidelines come a day after the Ministry of Interior banned the uncoordinated direct distribution of food and non-food donations across the country. This was after disturbing scenes were witnessed outside Kibra’s deputy County Commissioner’s office on Friday. The national steering committee on coronavirus has outlined guidelines on how the public can donate to Kenyans affected by the pandemic. In a statement issued Sunday, Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund Chair Jane Karuku said those who wish to make donations should engage the Fund Secretariat, who will in turn coordinate distributions to families and persons in need. Tracking coronavirus “The notification to the fund is to enable coordination of do

By  Selecta  Ruth Matete and John Apewajoye . Gospel artiste and Tusker Project Fame 5 winner, Ruth Matete, lost her Nigerian husband on Saturday, just after five months into their new marriage. Her husband, John Apewajoye alias Beloved John, died while undergoing treatment for burns at a Nairobi based hospital. According to Matete’s father, actor Abel Amunga, John was rushed to the hospital two weeks ago after sustaining injuries from a gas fire incident. “Two weeks ago, John who was a pastor and ministered together with Ruth Matete refilled their gas cylinder. However, the fire could not start and he suspected that the gas was in excess. He took it out to the balcony opened the valve to release some gas then returned it to the kitchen. He didn’t know that there were gases all over his clothes. On lighting the fire, he started to burn,” Matete’s father said. According to Amunga, John was rushed to a city hospital and admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) before being t