Ciku Kimani-mwaniki

Smart life lessons from the village Jogoo

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-07-24 12:12:23

It’s a business relationship that I compare to one of a sponsor and the sponsored youngling.

Age is age, it's not just a number, let no one lie to you

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-08-12 22:49:24

The girls I used to play kati have transformed into women wearing hideous blue uniforms for various churches' women’s groups.

Cost of living: These days we attend weddings for free food

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-09-19 14:25:12

If an audacious villager decides to have an invite-only wedding, we ignore that and invite ourselves shamelessly.

Weight and body size are still key to self-worth

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-10-11 03:54:25

When I fell pregnant with my second daughter, it was an opportunity to once again pretend that my weight was just pregnant weight. But it was not.

Why do we blame the woman when marriage fails?

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-11-01 01:21:14

Marriage and home are strangely synonymous. If it is a woman’s job to take care of the home, by default, the marriage is her responsibility and if it fails, it is her fault.

With gender reveal parties, pregnancies are no longer sacred

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-11-07 13:32:11

I knew things were getting out of hand when I saw a local celebrity charging guests to attend such a party. Why, I asked myself, could those guests not wait a couple of months to find out?

Older generation of women in better shape than younger girls

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-11-10 14:58:33

Our young people today have taken pride in carrying around wobbly behinds. You cannot body-shame them and get away with it. Good!

Why do older women look sexier than young beauties?

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-11-11 10:11:06

I guess the answer would be in what you consider sexy but you can also blame it on consciousness and fitness

Wear that cap proudly because you have earned it

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-11-27 17:20:12

There is nothing you can do about the gown hire being too expensive, but you could wear the hat, or even the gown, for a whole week as you let everyone know that you put in the work.

There's nothing wrong with being a late bloomer

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-12-05 10:41:13

Whatever your destination is in life, know your pace, and remember it is okay to turn back

There's no shame in being a late bloomer in life

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-12-06 15:14:05

When you are a late developer, you're never in a rush unless it is a matter of life and death, and you are unbothered by what other people achieve, or how fast they achieve it.

Everyone craves success, but what does it really look like?

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-12-13 16:35:27

Obviously, success is relative. Even those we deem successful are chasing their own versions of success. Chasing rainbows.

The economy is bad, but not for everyone

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2023-12-17 12:52:21

In the same bad economy, new millionaires are rolled out every day. There will be putting up palatial homes at the same time your one-room landlord is threatening to kick you out for rent arrears.

Wish for wealth as you make your New Year resolutions

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2024-01-04 15:12:35

Even when you are making all these resolutions, you know the chances of not fulfilling them are extremely high because they are sponsored by an empty bank account.

Opinion: Village girls no longer make submissive wives

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2024-02-15 16:08:48

Village and city people get the same education, they get the same world exposure through the internet, and the days of promising village girls a trip to the city so they could soften up, are over!

Dating then was very different from what it is now

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2024-04-23 11:18:39

Dating was an alien concept to Boomers and Gen Xers. Today, communities that still practice arranged marriages are viewed with feigned disdain.

Are older women sexier? Blame it on consciousness, fitness

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2024-05-03 08:57:56

Are older women sexier than younger ones? I think the answer to that would be in what you consider to be sexy

Older women sexier? Blame it on consciousness, fitness

By Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki   2024-05-19 11:54:07

Back then, keeping fit was by default. For starters, there was the fat-shaming we did not want to be targets of.