Are you aware of the fact that there are a good number of countries and territories that you can travel to without Visa but only your Kenyan passport?

It is common practice that various countries across the globe put entry restrictions in place. This is to restrict access to non-citizens and establish border control; ensuring that a controlled number of people who are eligible by the standards set out by the country are allowed in. Such restrictions involve a process of applying for and obtaining visa.

However, with the Kenyan passport, citizens have access to all theselist of countries and territories outside of Egypt visa-free or visa on arrival.

This means for you is that with only your Kenyan international passport, you can travel to these listed countries without the need to make prior visa arrangements.

                                      Countries where visa is not required for Kenyan citizens:

1. Antigua & Barbuda
2. Bahamas
3. Botswana
4. British Virgin Islands
5. Burundi
6. Barbados
7. Cayman Islands
8. Comoros (Required but can be obtained on arrival)
9. Costa Rica (If you have a valid Permanent Resident Card or Visa to US, Canada, UK or any European country)
10. Dominica (Not to be Confused with Dominican Republic)
11. Dominican Republic (Buy a $10 Tourist Card and Same condition as Costa Rica above applies)
12. Ethiopia (365 Days allowed Visa Free)
13. Fiji (120 Days)
14. Grenada
15. Ghana
16. Haiti
17. Hong Kong (Yes, It’s a country)
18. Jamaica
19. Lesotho
20. Macau (Apply on entry for 30 days and renew every 30 days after that)
21. Malaysia
22. Malawi
23. Micronesia (30 Days)
24. Montserrat (180 Days)
25. Namibia (Tourist Visa Not required, Business Visa required)
26. Nauru
27. Panama (Same conditions as Costa Rica above)
28. Philippines (21 Days)
29. Rwanda
30. Saint Helena
31. Saint Kitts & Nevis
32. Saint Vincent Grenadines
33. Samoa
34. Seychelles
35. Singapore
36. Swaziland
37. Tanzania
38. Trinidad & Tobago
39. Tuvalu
40. Uganda
41. Vanuatu
42. Zambia
43. Zimbabwe

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On Monday morning, gospel singer Betty Bayo took to social media to denounce her husband ‘Doctor Prophet’ Victor Kanyari.

On her Facebook fan page, Betty Bayo wrote to her fans: “Anything that is unholy..anything..thats ungodly..anything that contradict my faith..Anything that mock the God who got me from wilderness humble beginning and raised me for His glory.. I rather DIE..that be part of it..”

This followed an expose carried on KTN on Sunday night. In the expose, Kanyari was seen groping a woman’s breasts, and instructing his followers on how to fake miracles to get money. The expose was informed by one of Kanyari’s co-workers who engineered the fake miracles following a fall-out between him and Kanyari.

In response, her fans wrote:

SirJohn Isaac N: She’s holier than thou now? She wants to dupe us that she had no clue!

Shaira Mwaura: I believe you Betty Bayo, do away with that man.

Peter SenteroJr: You want to tell me I can hire fake radio callers moonlighting in my posh living room squeezing money from desperate sicklers and my wife has no knowledge? That money, most likely, assisted you to produce those quality gospel videos… You are an accomplice in this, and you will not stuff wool in our eyes.

Carole Shayne Hussein: Rise up, seek forgiveness, leave what can hider you from going to heaven, cling to Jesus, stand firm and you will be saved.

Sarah Maina: I can’t judge you Betty Bayo. It was him; not you!

Caroline Kendi: How come you didn’t know your husband’s dark side? Were you threatened?

Mary Njambi: Poor Betty Bayo, may god give you grace, shame on those pointing fingers at you.

MerryMary Mathu: Shhh… Betty Bayo stop adding more potassium on people’s injuries. You have compromised this man’s eveil acts for all those years and now you want to sound innocent!

Chris Hart: Ask most single guys these days and they’ll say that the key to a great love life is lots of casual relationships.

They couldn’t be more wrong! Friends with benefits may have more partners over their lifetime. But traditional couples have far better sex. And more of it.

But it’s not all a bed of roses. Couples still have to work at getting things right. And the most contentious issue? Who takes the initiative! It’s almost always the guy. Not that she’s never in the mood, but women worry about being rejected, and think it’s not feminine to start things.

But most would like to and will if you create an environment where she feels it’s safe to let go.

That starts long before anyone get’s naked. A little subtle teasing over breakfast, to plant the idea in her mind. A few sexy texts during the day, and by the time you get home she’ll be in the mood.

Help her to relax as the evening starts. Make a little small talk nothing contentious over a cup of tea and you’re half way there.

APPRECIATE HER

After that, you need to train her. Seriously! Any time she begins to take the lead, in even the smallest way, be sure to respond positively. Then she’ll do it again. Initially she’ll be nervous, so avoid even the slightest hint of criticism. And make intimacy a priority, because it will be a lot easier for her to take the lead if lovemaking’s already a regular part of your lives.

She wants to feel good in bed, and if she does, she’ll want more. So if you haven’t figured out what she likes yet, find out! Just ask her — but not when you’re between the sheets. That way, she won’t feel pressured.

There are a few other things you can do — like reworking your wardrobe. That’s because wearing the right clothes shows how much you value her. She’ll notice shoes first, so buff them up. Nice dark jeans that fit just right. And a shirt that speaks restrained elegance.

Take her out more — to places where couples go. Watching other happy couples together emphasises the joy of being in a relationship. Seeing other people value your opinions and respond to your stories will make her appreciate you more. Look her in the eye when she speaks, and laugh at her jokes. She’ll feel more valued. And you’ll both feel more passionate.

In the office, you’d help a colleague who had too much work, wouldn’t you? Do the same at home. Take over a few tasks, like helping with the kids’ homework. Create a positive atmosphere about everything around the house. Compliment the little things she does for you.

Enthusiastically support her projects. Remember above all that being desired is the ultimate love potion. So make sure she knows how much you adore her — and want her — and she’ll soon be a truly passionate lover.

Here is a list of why older women make the best lovers:

Beauty vs poise

Younger women have the advantage of having wrinkle-free skin, tighter bums but they are also vain and self-absorbed, and if you scratch underneath all that you, what you will find is horrifying insecurity.

But for every part of the older woman’s body that is struggling under gravity, they make it up with formidable poise, self-assurance and confidence.

Ask the man seated next to you now what he will pick, given a choice between a hot, vain woman and an older version with poise and confidence.

Please don’t nibble my earlobes
As any man will confirm, nothing is harder than to please a woman who doesn’t understand her own body. A woman’s body is a Rubik’s cube and most older women have learnt their bodies beyond knowing that their earlobes aren’t their only erogenous zones.

In short, older women are more comfortable and confident in their sexuality.

Conventions
Admit it; trends rule the city and younger women are the major followers of these trends. They play to that gallery. Older women, on the other hand, seem to have fulfilled their expectations of life and are at peace with the findings.

She has no illusions of who she is. Younger women have more to prove, to themselves and to their men, which is to say they have baggage and baggage is only sexy if it comes in the form of a Louis Vuitton bag.

I’ll get that
Let’s not even pretend that times aren’t so tough that younger women long forgot how to pick a tab.

These younger men, straight out of campus fumbling through their first jobs and struggling to cook from their baby mekos in their cubicles can’t finance romance with the women they desire, because these women want to have drinks with fancy names like Daiquiri.

Up comes the older woman with a money purse and less drama. Connect the dots.

Patience
Since an older woman has lived her life; gotten her heartbreaks and broken a few hearts herself, raised her children, made her mistakes, I would imagine that her outlook of life is more sober, more calculated.

She has learnt to take life at its pace. And also since she has dated her fair share of men, she naturally understands them and is more patient.

To put all these into perspective is a quote from the television writer, Andy Rooney, “Women get psychic as they age, you never have to confess your sins to an older woman. She always knows.”

Ndindi Nyoro: Many of us, especially the younger generation hang around some myth; that getting richer is a destination that happens somehow as we ride the voyage of life. Interestingly though, some of us are in a walk, not a voyage. We imagine that those with considerable wealth, ‘somehow’ got there. Nothing is further from the truth.

Wealth creation is a combination of strategy, discipline and consistency. It just doesn’t happen. You plan for it and stic to the plan.

I’ll repeat something I’ve put across here before. That whether our calling is in business or in a corporate set up as employees, we MUST adopt a culture of saving. Not for savings sake only, but for investment… And a plan of ‘How lone we want to remain in the same position’. Doing the same business or working in the same place and position.

These riches things don’t just happen! Of course, it is easier updated here than done. Whatever your current income, set aside some percentage. I repeat, set aside some percentage. Then evaluate all investment options available and go for the few that require the least work but give the most gain. This again will not just happen!

You have to literally get down to business and evaluate the options available objectively. Figure out this. Imagine you are a nursery school kid, and someone makes the following proposal:

If you wait for four hours, I will give you five biscuits but if you can’t wait, I’ll give you one biscuit right now!

What would you choose? Somehow, even in wealth creation, we remain in the nursery school. Always one biscuit NOW over five biscuits LATER! We choose impulse over restraint, desire over self-control, gratification over delay. Results are that we remain with one biscuit in the mouth while losing four to our impatience.

Bottom line: if you want to be wealthy or rich, it starts now; consciously and sacrificially… And there is no better way to start than with this October’s salary!!!

Undugu Fair Trade is providing Jua Kali artisans in the crafts and art industry with a global platform to sell their produce to Europe, Asia, pacific rim, and the United States by linking the artisans to buyers at a time when the artists are struggling find markets for their wares despite having quality products.

In 2012, the informal sector was estimated to have been employing 10.5 million people. This comprises of small businesses and the Jua Kali sector, which together account for 82.5 per cent of the country’s self-employed, according to the Economic Survey, 2013.

This sector has, however, shied away from the export industry because of insufficient information about the overseas market, and its inability to finance the exports alongside the challenge of meeting strict and costly regulations governing exports from the country.

This combination of challenges has hampered the ambition of many artisans in successfully undertaking international business, impeding their vision to export. With a clear understanding of the ingredients that make it difficult for artisans to embrace the global market, Undugu Fair trade is now providing a comprehensive solution to aid such ventures to reap from the export market.

Undugu Fair Trade, a joint venture between Undugu Society of Kenya and The Awendo Foundation, was established in 2010 to provide marketing support to disadvantaged artisans and producers, facing market access challenges, who have the potential to positively change their lives by exploiting their crafts skills and materials found in their environment.

The company targets Jua Kali artisans from all over the country. “The Jua Kali industry is one very promising industry with rich resources waiting to be tapped into,” said Mr. Ture Boru, Undugu’s Business Development and Strategy Advisor.

“When approached by an artisan wishing to market their produce through us, we get as much market information as possible about the artisan’s product from the market.

This is done through sharing product information with our network of international customers and support partners to establish the product demand as well as get feedback on areas of possible improvement” said Mr. Ture “We then go ahead and share the gathered information with the artisans who make their products in line with what is in demand with the support of our practical capacity building solutions.

From there, it is upon us to facilitate packing and shipping of the products in line with the customers’ specifications. Since production is linked to the demand of the customers, artisans only produce what the market needs thereby avoiding the risk of dead stocks,” said Mr. Ture. Evans Some, a soapstone artisan in Kisii, is one such artisan benefiting from Undugu’s export market platform.

For Evans, Undugu is a business partner that empowers local artisans economically and provides a market for their produce. The logistics of how his produce gets across the borders are the least of Mr. Some’s worries, as he does not have to be involved with the regulatory laws governing the export of the produce, yet he still reaps the benefits from the foreign sales of his items.

Further, Undugu pre-finances order production in line with their fair trade principles, shielding artisans from the stress of order financing especially in the face of the prevailing exorbitant interest rates. “I am a parent of four, with two children in high school,” said Mr. Some.

“Through Undugu, I am now able to pay my children’s school fees comfortably and the best part about it all is that I am not restricted to just sell my produce to Undugu, and therefore make extra money by selling some of my produce locally.” Undugu exports the artisans’ produce every month, although this also depends on the clients’ needs and order seasons.

For Evans, he is able to export at least three to four of his soapstone products a month.

The crafts are exported by Undugu to clients based in countries like United States, Sweden, Austria, the UK, Italy, Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, and Taiwan among others. The company is currently working with over 60 Jua Kali artisans who own crafts businesses that support employment of more than 800 people.

The gaming industry has come a long way. From the likes of Nintendo’s “Super Mario bross” where video games were a child’s play; to the modern nextgen gaming that is now more profitable than the music and movie industries. With games like GTA 5 making over a billion dollars in just one day.

There a few game developing studios in Kenya, so we decided to take a look at what the Kenyan game market has to offer.

Leti Arts

They seem to be miles ahead of their Kenyan counter parts with an array of products that include;mobile games, social games, mobile apps, digital comics.

Mobile Games

Out of the six mobile games made, my favourites are;

“Anase: The origin”.

It’s a platform game, based on the story of the pilot issue of the digital comic “The True Ananse” superhero series. It gets its origin from an african folklore character from Ghana, Kweku Ananse, a character of trickery and cunning.

Anase as he continues his quest.

“Africa’s legends”

Definitely not you’re ordinary versus game. It’s a tile-matching puzzle based fight simulation game using superheroes and villains in the Africa’s Legends universe.