Beads of sweat ran down my face in tiny disorganized streams.
One stream ran down my temple, zigzagged down my puffy cheeks, and trickled down my chin and onto my fast-soaking blouse. Other streams ran down my forehead, meandered down my nasal bone before hitting my lips with a salty bump.
“We need to talk” she said, just as I was fighting my left work boot off. I barely caught myself by leaning on the door. It was the kind of statement that could throw an adult male off balance...literally.
One glance at her and the ridges of horizontal frills forming on her pretty forehead told me that this wasn’t going to be the ‘abujubuju babe you’re the best’ kind of talk.
Like every other parent to a teenager in the world, I worry...a lot. As a matter of fact, 70% of my feelings consist of worry and anxiety courtesy of my loving but rebellious son, Austin.
At times, when I get home, I take a few minutes in the car just to pray for strength to go in the house and deal with whatever shenanigans he was up to during the day.
What would you do if you had 24 hours to live?
I’m not talking about the hypothetical ‘live each day like it’s your last’ mantra you get from your favourite motivational speakers in their perfectly pressed suits, and horn-rimmed glasses.
I mean it quite literally. You just left the hospital knowing your life’s hourglass was going to sprinkle down your final sands in the next 24 hours?
What terrifies you?
I’m not talking about a Walking Dead kind of zombie apocalypse, or the masked psycho in your favourite horror flick, or that spooky moment when thudding imaginary footsteps jolt you from sleep.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched partnerships with leading health technology company Philips and the Co-operative Bank of Kenya to help smaller businesses in Africa’s health sector purchase essential medical equipment and strengthen their response to COVID-19 and other pressing healthcare challenges.
The partnerships are the first under the IFC-led Africa Medical Equipment Facility, designed to provide risk-sharing facilities to help small businesses access up to Ksh 32 billion in loans and leases.
From the moment I saw 'Empress MaryAnne' lighting up on my phone, I had this inexplicable feeling that she was the bearer of bad news.
I'm not implying that my wife is always delivering unwelcome news. Nor am I trying to paint her out to be a tad bit dramatic.
The eco.business fund has provided its first investment in Kenya in the amount of Ksh 1 billion to Co-operative Bank of Kenya, one of the leading commercial banks in the country.
The subordinated loan will be on-lent to sustainable agribusinesses, contributing to the fund’s mission of conserving biodiversity, promoting the sustainable use of natural resources, and mitigating and adapting to climate change.
"Mpatie chwani twende," the thug behind me instructed.
"Sawa," I responded, knowing this was exactly what could probably end up saving the lives of my passengers…
Co-op Bank Group has reported a Profit before Tax of Ksh14.3 billion for the financial year 2020 compared to Ksh20.7 billion recorded in 2019 and a Profit after tax of Kshs 10.8 billion compared to Kshs 14.3 billion in 2019.
The reported amounts represented a 23 percent reduction on account of increased Covid-19 related loan loss provisions and the absorption of currency translation losses in our South Sudan operation.