BUYING LAND IN KENYA
If you are buying land from an individual or a group, please follow the following steps:
1. Ask to see the title deed or copy of title deed. Then do a search at the ministry of lands to confirm who the real owners are or if the title has any Caveat on it. The search will cost you kshs 520.
2. Do a search with the local authorities to check of any unpaid land rates. If any, agree with the seller on who will settle the debt. Nb: land can't be transferred if there are unpaid land rates.
3. Go to the ministry of lands and buy 2 maps, one showing the exact measurements of the piece u are buying (called mutation) and the other showing the neighbouring lands. Each costs Ksh 350
4. With your 2 maps and a surveyor (you can even do it yourself) , visit the land you are buying and verify the details on the map. Check out all the beacons.
5. Sit down with ua seller and bargain the price. Write down an agreement. The agreement can be done before a lawyer or yu may decide to do it yourself. It's not a must to be written by a lawyer. According to LSK, if the value of the land is below 1 million, you pay the lawyer 3k. If above 1m, yu pay 8k for the agreement.
The spouse MUST BE present! Ask me why the spouse must be present.
6. Pay some amounts or as per your agreement. Don't pay everything, hata kama unazo pesa.
7. Book a meeting with the lands control board(LCB). They meet once a month. It will cost you kshs 1,000. But there is a special LCB meeting which yu can book at 5k. LCB will issue consent for the land to be sold.
8. Pay the remaining balance after getting consent from LCB.
9. With the consent from LCB, a recent search(not more than 6 months), clearance form from County land rates, your 2 maps, the agreement, KRA PIN, 2 Passports and copy of the title deed, go to the ministry of lands to change ownership. Cost kshs 5000.
10. At this stage, you no longer need the seller. Now go and pay stamp duty ie according to the value of the land.
4% of sale value in municipalities
2% " " " in reserves
11. Now the land belongs to you. But before celebrating, go to the ministry and do a search to confirm if it really reads your name.
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DYSPAREUNIA (PAINFUL SEX)
LETS TALK ABOUT PAINFUL SEX WITHOUT SHAME BECAUSE SEX IS NOT MEANT TO HURT
IT IS MORE COMMON THAN YOU THINK.
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When Pleasure Hurts: A Woman’s Body Is Speaking, and We Must Listen
There is a story many women carry quietly, and it begins in a bedroom and ends in silence. It is the story of pain where pleasure is expected, and of endurance where joy should live. Dyspareunia is the name medicine gives to painful sex, and yet the experience itself has existed long before we learned to label it. As a gynaecologist, I say this without apology and without whispering: sex is not meant to hurt, and when it does, the body is not being dramatic, it is being honest. According to the guidance of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists(RCOG), painful sex should never be dismissed, because pain is often a message, and messages deserve interpreters, and interpreters deserve time.
Sometimes the pain waits at the doorway of the vagina, like a guard refusing entry, and sometimes it hides deep inside the pelvis, like a secret with sharp edges. Superficial pain may come from dryness, from infections, from conditions of the vulva, and from the quiet hormonal changes of menopause or breastfeeding, when oestrogen slips away like a lover who forgot to say goodbye. Deep pain, however, may whisper the names of heavier things: endometriosis, pelvic infections, fibroids, ovarian cysts, or adhesions, and these are not small matters, even when they are spoken of in small voices.
But the body does not live alone, it shares space with memory and fear and culture. And so pain is not always only physical. Anxiety tightens muscles. Past trauma writes itself into tissue. Relationship stress creeps into nerves. Cultural shame sits heavily on the pelvis. The muscles clench not because they are stubborn, but because they are afraid. This is why silence is dangerous, and why secrecy delays healing. Many women think, This is normal, and so they endure. And endurance becomes habit. And habit becomes harm. Painful sex erodes self-esteem, strains love, dulls desire, and leaves emotional bruises that cannot be seen on a scan, yet they are real, and they are heavy.
It is also important to name things properly, because language shapes understanding. Dyspareunia means intercourse is possible, but painful, often because something medical can be found and treated. Vaginismus, on the other hand, is when the vaginal muscles tighten without permission, when the body says no even if the mind says yes. Dyspareunia says, 'Something hurts.' Vaginismus says, 'I am protecting you.' And sometimes, they walk together, hand in hand, pain and fear, feeding each other.
Care, when it is done well, begins with listening, and continues with gentle examination, and then with tests when needed, and imaging when the pain lives deep.
Treatment may look like lubricants or vaginal oestrogen for dryness, antibiotics for infections, hormonal therapy for endometriosis, physiotherapy for tense pelvic muscles, and counselling when fear or trauma is part of the story. This is not indulgence; it is medicine. This is not weakness; it is wisdom.
So let us say it clearly, and say it loudly, and say it without embarrassment: painful sex is common, and medical, and treatable. You are not broken. You are not abnormal. You are not overreacting. Your body is speaking, and it is speaking in the language of pain, and pain is a language we must learn to understand. Because pleasure should not require suffering, and love should not demand endurance, and silence should never be the price a woman pays for intimacy.
From experience in high rise systems and failure analysis, it is important to clarify that the todays incident,South C collapse and the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing represent fundamentally different structural failure mechanisms and should not be directly equated.
The South C incident was a classic progressive, gravity driven “pancake” as said by @cenas_j collapse of an under construction 16 storey reinforced concrete frame originally approved for 12 storeys and reportedly executed with critical non-compliance issues. Once initial failure occurred, the cumulative mass of the upper floors released significant downward kinetic energy. This generated strong ground vibrations comparable to localized seismic effects, which in turn destabilized an adjacent building and necessitated temporary suspension of rescue efforts due to the risk of secondary collapse.
By contrast, the 1998 U.S. Embassy attack was a short-duration blast event characterized by intense but transient lateral overpressure. While the embassy and adjacent Ufundi House suffered catastrophic damage and partial collapse, nearby high-rise structures most notably the Cooperative Bank building experienced severe façade and internal damage yet remained structurally stable. This resilience was largely due to rapid energy dissipation, structural redundancy, and load redistribution inherent in completed, code-compliant buildings.
From an engineering standpoint, direct equivalence between these events is technically inaccurate. Blast loads are impulsive and lateral, while progressive collapses propagate vertically and can induce seismic-like ground responses that affect surrounding structures.
The South C tragedy is a sobering reminder of the consequences of regulatory failure. It underscores the urgent need for stricter enforcement of approvals, independent structural audits, and uncompromising adherence to design and construction standards within Nairobi’s construction sector.
My thoughts remain with the victims, their families, and the first responders who risked their lives under exceptionally dangerous conditions.
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I’ve been following the discussion on Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s final days, especially the medical reports from India. Honestly, there are far more questions than answers, and many are hard to ignore.
I know many will disagree, but this is how I see it. Whenever someone dies, especially someone as loved as Baba, questions naturally arise.
If you’ve ever lost someone close, you know what I mean. You replay every moment, every decision, asking yourself if things could have been different. I lost my mother to a heart condition, and even years later, I still ask: Could we have done more? Taken a different path? Chosen a better treatment? Some of these questions are valid.
It’s human. It’s grief. It’s the mind trying to make sense of the senseless. And perhaps it’s the same here.
These are genuine questions, not speculation, that many of us are asking. For example:
-Why was Baba in a herbal/ayurvedic hospital when his conditions clearly required specialized professional care?
-Why was CPR performed for over two hours on someone who had been walking earlier that morning?
-Why was he given clot busters despite a subdural hematoma and ST elevation, which could easily be fatal if not handled perfectly?
-How likely is it, medically, to have both a STEMI and a CVA at the same time?
-And why did the hospital itself appear low quality, raising concerns about oversight?
These questions and concerns are part of how a nation processes a loss. Yet, while the questions are natural, the answers may never come. Fate sometimes writes its own script, no matter the doctors, hospitals, or treatments.
Baba is gone. Let’s honor him not with endless blame or speculation, but with reflection, gratitude, and peace. He shaped Kenya and contributed significantly to this country.
RIP Baba. You will always be remembered. Your legacy will live far beyond the questions, beyond the debates in the lives you touched and the nation you helped build.