Czario, the countrywide lockdown and closure of the airport found me in South Sudan where I have lived and worked for the last three years. So for a long time, I was not able to come home and had to survive abroad. On June 9, after close to three months, I finally found a flight home. On landing at the airport, a medical team, extracted samples for the COVID-19 test, and informed we would go through a 14-day quarantine period at our own cost. I had no problem with this because I was prepared. The government had designated hotels which…

100 years from now will be the year 2120. By then, every single reader of this piece will be underground, our bodies have become part of the soil. During that time, our fate in respect to paradise or hell would have been made known to us. Meanwhile above the soil, our houses that were left behind would have become either home for others or demolished for better structures. Our clothes would have become destroyed or rags for others and replaced by more recent trends; our cars will be on display as historical artefacts by others or recycled for more advanced…

The best of WhatsApp   A. Two things to check as often as you can (1) Your blood pressure (2) Your blood sugar *B. Four things to reduce to the minimum on your foods (1) Salt (2) sugar (3) dairy products (4) starchy products C. Four things to increase in your foods’ (1) Greens/vegetables (2) beans (3) fruits (4) nuts *D. Three things you need to forget (1) Your age (2) your past (3) your grievances *E. Four things you must have, no matter how weak or how strong you are (1) Friends who truly love you (2) caring family…

1. You can never change the way people treat you until you change the way you treat people. Matthew 7:12 (NIV) So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. 2. You can not change your character until you change your friends. 1 Corinthians 15:33 (NIV) Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.” 3. You can not change what you harvest until you change what you sow. Galatians 6:7 (NIV) Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.…

A white man in Manchester, England had a frank discussion with an African immigrant about economic development and empowerment in Africa. The English guy asked my fellow African: ‘Do you by any chance own land in Africa?’ The brother said yes he owns about 10 hectares in his rural village. “So, why come all the way to England when you have the means of production that can make you very rich?’ The African brother started giving excuses: the land is undeveloped; the land has no borehole; that he doesn’t have agricultural equipment to till the land; the government is not…

Is your marriage too good to be great? There are 10 secrets of marriage. Some are more key than others. What are your top 5 secrets to guide your marriage? If you follow these secrets, you will increase the chances of having a lovely marriage. Secret 1 Everyone you marry has a weakness. Only God does not have a weakness. So if you focus on your spouse’s weakness you can’t get the best out of his/her strength. Secret 2 Everyone has a dark history. No one is an angel. When you get married or you want to get married stop…