Jamila Mohamed
4 Articles
JAMILA'S MEMO: Back to the basics of parenting
The mid-term holidays came about after a wave of unrest was experienced in secondary schools across the country which resulted in school fires, injuries and loss of property. Such and such a school has been closed indefinitely has been the order of the day lately. Several students have also been tak...
JAMILA’S MEMO: Fuliza and other short stories
The disruptions and massive loss of income caused by COVID-19 has forced so many Kenyans to use this short term borrowing method to meet basic needs. But this is slowly turning us into a debt-dependent society. Safaricom’s latest half year results have revealed so...
JAMILA'S MEMO: Can’t vote won't vote, the loud silence of the youth
There have been calls for extending the time, hoping for the Kenyan culture of last minute to come through to register more people. There has also been some push and pull with the courts being involved.But the exercise ends tomorrow and nothing short of a miracle will push those numbers anywhere clo...
JAMILA’S MEMO: The dangers of a single story - On Kenyan workers in Saudi Arabia
There are over 120,000 Kenyan workers in Saudi Arabia, most of them skilled labor. There are also over 2.5 million Indians, and over 2 million Bangladesh and Pakistani workers there.Kenyan employees are valued for their honesty, hard work and excellent command of English.