Maybe I am taking it too personally but have you noticed how we humans are becoming less thankful as the days go by? We take too many things for granted and expect much more.
over 10 years ago
WHETHER you are rich or poor, each one of us encounters many situations during our lifetime wherein, either we have to borrow money at a cost or conversely we lend or place our money with some entity to earn interest.
A few years back I borrowed money from a friend of mine, payable with interest six months down the line. When the payment date came, I went to him and he refused to take the money for unclear reasons.
THE semifinal to the three-year long court case involving what is popularly referred to as ‘Samaki wa Magufuli’ (Magufuli Fish Case) was played out at the High Court in Dar es Salaam on February 23, 2012.
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is the leading known cause of birth defects. The amount of alcohol required to cause fetal alcohol syndrome (a group of signs and symptoms- commonly known in Kiswahili ‘mlimbiko dalili’) is unknown, pregnant women are advised to abstain from drinking alcohol altogether.
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) were made possible by a technology developed in the 1970s whereby genes from one species are forced into the DNA of other species.
IN its own dysfunctional way, ignorance comes with its benefits. As the saying goes, what one does not know can never hurt them. People living simple lives in their own cocoons tend to be comfortable and contented with their ways of life.
A friend of mine, in the cheekiest of ways, introduced me to the idea of reviving and writing on my late dad’s column. “Amby, you are witty and you write well. Why don’t you pick up your late dad’s column at ‘Sunday News?’ I, for one, will read it.”
A guy receives really bad news. His house just went up in flames. He remembers he had withdrawn a large sum of money from the bank to pay a contractor. The money was still in his bedroom and likely part of the ashes by now.
In our last article we highlighted increasing lawlessness in our urban areas and looked at the growing chaos in the transport sector, where everybody, but every body breaks the law at will, the gold medal going to daladala drivers.
A friend of mine, in the cheekiest of ways, introduced me to the idea of reviving and writing on my late dad’s column. “Amby, you are witty and you write well. Why don’t you pick up your late dad’s column at ‘Sunday News?’ I, for one, will read it.”
Maybe I am taking it too personally but have you noticed how we humans are becoming less thankful as the days go by? We take too many things for granted and expect much more.
WHETHER you are rich or poor, each one of us encounters many situations during our lifetime wherein, either we have to borrow money at a cost or conversely we lend or place our money with some entity to earn interest.
A few years back I borrowed money from a friend of mine, payable with interest six months down the line. When the payment date came, I went to him and he refused to take the money for unclear reasons.
THE semifinal to the three-year long court case involving what is popularly referred to as ‘Samaki wa Magufuli’ (Magufuli Fish Case) was played out at the High Court in Dar es Salaam on February 23, 2012.
Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is the leading known cause of birth defects. The amount of alcohol required to cause fetal alcohol syndrome (a group of signs and symptoms- commonly known in Kiswahili ‘mlimbiko dalili’) is unknown, pregnant women are advised to abstain from drinking alcohol altogether.
IN its own dysfunctional way, ignorance comes with its benefits. As the saying goes, what one does not know can never hurt them. People living simple lives in their own cocoons tend to be comfortable and contented with their ways of life.
A guy receives really bad news. His house just went up in flames. He remembers he had withdrawn a large sum of money from the bank to pay a contractor. The money was still in his bedroom and likely part of the ashes by now.
In our last article we highlighted increasing lawlessness in our urban areas and looked at the growing chaos in the transport sector, where everybody, but every body breaks the law at will, the gold medal going to daladala drivers.
