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What happens when your farmhand discovers a massive snake nest in his room and chooses a sooty kitchen floor over his own bed? 😳My latest blog post dives into how our family home accidentally became a thriving sanctuary for terrifying reptiles. Link below! 🐍👇 https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

What does it take to build a successful life after graduation? 🎓Former U.S. Congressman Gerry Sikorski’s 6 timeless tips for grads offer the ultimate blueprint for career and personal growth. Read my full blog post: https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor... #Graduation #CareerAdvice

How do you bounce back from a major political defeat? 📉➡️📈Check out my blog post reviewing Barack Obama’s "The Audacity of Hope," tracking his journey from a local Illinois lawmaker to a U.S. Senator driven by empathy and resilience. Read the full review here: https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Read my personal reflection on turning away from laziness, breaking the cycle, and learning from the ultimate early riser—my dad: https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Running like a headless chicken ➡️ colliding with a prefect ➡️ breaking his cup. 😱If you went to Starehe Boys, you know how this story usually ends. But in 2002, luck was on my side. Read the story here: https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...
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Bill Clinton’s 2000 Tanzania visit sparked a deep truth: poverty is bad. Having lived it, I look back at how my brothers completely rewrote our family's future. 🏡✨ https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Learning to love the process, not just the dream. ✍️ https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Three application cycles. Dozens of rejections. It felt like wandering in the dark, but those closed doors actually directed me exactly where I belonged. 🚪✨ https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

A quick throwback to 2006 at Starehe Boys' Centre. #TBT #StareheDays #LifeLessons #Throwback https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

the conversation brought back painful memories of how I was exploited in the past, like when... https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Even as a young adult, cars fascinated me. I remember after my eldest brother, Joe Kagigite, drove us to Murang'a in December 2009 and I noted... https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

The book I enjoyed most was a collection of essays about Thomas Jefferson, the intellectually gifted third president of the United States. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

if only inspiration were a gas we could inhale! https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Then Warren Wiersbe, an American clergyman and Bible teacher, said: "Yes, the whole Bible is yours, but... https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

If that wasn't my guardian angel protecting me, tell me what it was. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Because I'm more tech-savvy than they are, I'm usually their go-to guy when they get stuck with their smartphones. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

I did give a talk to youngsters in his church, challenging them to think like geniuses. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Though her ankle got better, she sometimes complained of feeling hot, making her want the doors and windows of our mansion opened. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

It was one of those incidents that remind me I'm not the only one to whom bad things happen. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

And man, that guy was rude to me when I called him one evening to tell him we had a problem with the internet. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Such incidents make me understand what Bill Clinton had in mind when he said in his memoir, "My Life", that... https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Around that time, Paddy hooked me up with the wife of Mr. Seni Adetu, the then CEO of EABL. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Memories of his pomposity also linger in my mind—the way he referred to tea as "diesel", and his room as "State House". https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

it wasn't until I developed an interest in hymns later on that I came across it in a copy of Starehe hymnal I have. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

"God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy to those who please Him." https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Once when I pestered him to give me personal copies of cassettes our choir produced, for instance, he kept saying "no" without losing his cool. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

That morning, I was heading to Nairobi to teach piano when I slid and fell. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

So I chose to pursue a degree in electronic & computer engineering at JKUAT. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Hydrogen, an explosive gas, and oxygen, the very element that feeds fire, join together to form water, which extinguishes flames. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...

Apparently, all he knew about Bill Clinton was the Monica Lewinsky scandal. https://thuitamaina.com/selected-stor...