The age of owning physical assets died with the birth of Mark Zuckerberg, and only dynasties have tangible assets. Today’s young person has nothing to show at the age of 30, not because they are poor, but because they have different kinds of assets; social media followers. The number of followers you have on Twitter, […]
Tag: Money
See a Therapist if you are Perennially Broke
Experts now want you to see a therapist if you are always broke and your default response to all financial obligations is ‘I am expecting some money.’ Noting that most people are always broke but have ready explanation for why they are broke, the experts warned that this habit should not be normalized and instead, […]
ICPAK drops Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in Favor of Carefully Rigged Accounting Principles (CRAP)
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Kenya has finally taken the bold step to demystify accounting and ‘tell it as it is’, by revealing the insider tricks used to create the revered books of accounts. In an attempt to help the mere mortals who cannot tell the difference between debit and credit, ICPAK has […]
Only Two Billionaires on Planet Earth have a Six Pack
The news is both a liberation and a killjoy at the same time. For men, it is good to know that people with six packs are good at making everything else but money. For ladies, it is an existential crisis deciding whether to go for the six pack and only see money on ViuSasa, or […]
Secondary School Students to Receive Monthly Allowances
The Government of Kenya will soon start paying high school students for simply being in high schools! Secondary school students in Kenya will start receiving monthly allowances as the Ministry of Education comes up with innovative ways to instill money skills and also deal with the long absence from schools as a result of Covid-19. […]
Living Within your Means not Good for the Economy
Economists have finally let the cat out of the bag; living within your means is harmful to the economy. The new finding is a call to all people to throw caution to the wind and go out and buy that luxury watch or shoes because ‘the economy depends on it.’ While the findings are shocking, […]
HELB Promises to Refund all the Money it has Collected for Compliance Certificates
The Higher Education Loans Board in Kenya has finally seen the light. In what appears to be a Zacchaeus moment, the Board has promised to refund all the money it stole from non-beneficiaries who were forced to seek for compliance certificates when looking for jobs. For years, HELB has been forcing people who did not […]
Bank Teller Arrested for Attempting to carry Money Home, Claiming he was Going to Work from Home
The presidential directive in Kenya for people to work from home is already taking casualties. In Nairobi, a Bank teller was arrested for trying to carry more than KShs 800,000 from the bank under the excuse that he was planning to be working from home. In a case that puzzled even the police, the 27-year-old […]
One on one with the Man who stole Bribe Money from Traffic Police in Embu
On Wednesday this week, an event took place in Embu County that left the whole country thrilled, entertained, inspired and shocked. A young man attacked and made away with money that traffic police officers had collected at a roadblock. So daring was the raid that it was like the story of a sheep attacking a […]