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  1. Asked: August 3, 2018In: Education and Careers

    Is the School Curriculum Content Relevant for the Job Market?

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    Added an answer on May 24, 2020 at 4:29 am

    To be honest, formal education in Kenya is a scam. For starters, we have industries like Journalism and Media where despite having so many people graduating; the same same media personalities have been occupying the jobs for years hence leaving university leavers jobless. This is a reality in so manRead more

    To be honest, formal education in Kenya is a scam.

    For starters, we have industries like Journalism and Media where despite having so many people graduating; the same same media personalities have been occupying the jobs for years hence leaving university leavers jobless. This is a reality in so many industries be it manufacturing, fashion and design, agriculture, IT and even finance. It is even worse in government offices where there are overqualified people who will not retire from their positions. This is caused by greed and corruption which is the crimson color in most Kenyan’s blood.

    Secondly, the Kenyan curriculum seems to raise a generation of employees and very few entrepreneurs. The system does not encourage innovation at all. Yet, there is an increase of StartUps and funding opportunities which most times only people in the Upper Middle Class who got a different kind of education are able to access these platforms.

    Thirdly, we have too much theory in our curriculum. That is why even solutions in the government are lacking because we have no practicality in our education. People travel and imagine solutions in Dubai can work here. The way the coursework is structured, there is more textbook theory than any sort of work.

    Last but not least, the curriculum does not teach people to be independent thinkers. I have been in the job market long enough to know that you need so much more knowledge before getting any job. You need to think out of the box. You need to question a few things. You need to go through the path that no one knows about. How will this happen if we are all studying to be doctors and pilots?

    If you change Kenya’s curriculum totally, you will have changed the whole country.

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  2. Asked: May 21, 2020In: Health and Wellness

    Is Counselling and Psychotherapy a viable business in Kenya ???

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    Added an answer on May 24, 2020 at 3:40 am

    This is a very good question. I personally think it depends on your approach. Business is about both the target market and the target audience. For these, you have to do research and you will find out that most people who need therapy services are in grassroots. The reason for this is that the UpperRead more

    This is a very good question. I personally think it depends on your approach. Business is about both the target market and the target audience. For these, you have to do research and you will find out that most people who need therapy services are in grassroots. The reason for this is that the Upper Middle Class have access to so many tools in their circles that can help them with mental health problems including apps, mental health events, mental health forums and even mental health hotlines. This sort of protects the “ego” of the victims as sometimes most of them are celebrities and politicians.

    However, when you come back to grassroots; there is nothing. Many people are not even aware there is mental health. You will find that disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar are even blamed on witchcraft in many regions because of lack of awareness. There are so many churches that encourage just prayer for conditions like depression and anxiety. This means that the level of awareness about mental health to those who really need it is very low.

    This would mean you’d have to invest in a lot of awareness first for it to be profitable. To get clients, you’d probably also have to charge low therapy fee since many of these people cannot even afford medication like antidepressants.

    In conclusion, I think it is not a sustainable business to anyone looking to make a living from it unless you consider institution therapy which in Kenya is now mushrooming. Companies and private schools are paying lots of money to have a psychiatrist or psychologist in their midst.

    I hope this helps.

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  3. Asked: May 10, 2020In: History and Philosophy

    Why Africa Despite All The Suffering Has The Lowest Suicide Rate Compared To Europe And America?

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    Added an answer on May 13, 2020 at 11:24 pm

    This is an interesting question which I think I would look at in two ways. To start with, Africans are used to suffering. We are almost immune to it. We are used to ethnic clashes, civil wars, famine, corruption and graft, rape, extra judicial killings and natural disasters. I was watching a documenRead more

    This is an interesting question which I think I would look at in two ways.

    To start with, Africans are used to suffering. We are almost immune to it. We are used to ethnic clashes, civil wars, famine, corruption and graft, rape, extra judicial killings and natural disasters. I was watching a documentary and apparently, when the government charges any form of tuition in Scandinavian countries, ALL the students match the streets. Free education is as human a right as right to life. In the 1950s, German women were sick of discrimination and one day they all boycotted their duties. The government responded by making it a law that every German company will have a board whose half members are women. You can imagine what a big impact this had on equal rights. In this regard, it doesn’t make much logical sense to kill oneself when we are so used to suffering. It is said that Africans are reptiles. If you survive in Africa, you can survive anywhere in the world.

    My next point of view would be religion. Religion while toxic has this aspect of hope which then makes as almost apathetic to suffering. It is said that whatever happens, God has a plan for us. This is one of the biggest reasons Africans just won’t kill themselves as much. They wait on God. They pray. They fellowship and read the Bible and Quran. These doctrines have so many examples of suffering which had redemption at the end. This is the redemption that majws Africans hold on. Otherwise, out there people are not as religious. With 4,200 religions in place, many people in the West would rather be agnostic or not belive in God at all. Hence, for them, whenever depression strikes, they go for the easy way out.

    In conclusion, I am yet to find accurate statistics on numbers in Africa as mostly its about approximation.

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  4. Asked: April 14, 2020In: History and Philosophy

    Are We truly independent as an African?

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    Added an answer on May 13, 2020 at 11:11 pm

    The opposite of the word Independent in the dictionary should be African. We talk foreign languages, defend foreign gods with our blood, buy foreign products at the expense of local trades, consume Western art and neglect our own while our governments are riddled with foreign debt. Even our historyRead more

    The opposite of the word Independent in the dictionary should be African. We talk foreign languages, defend foreign gods with our blood, buy foreign products at the expense of local trades, consume Western art and neglect our own while our governments are riddled with foreign debt. Even our history is not independent because the books of history were written by those who have made us not to be independent. One day though, one day, everything will change. Not now. Not soon. But one day.

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