Makena Ndung'u, Author at HapaKenya

My experience with sexual harassment while working in media

Makena Ndung'uJune 23, 2017

I'd heard a lot of stories about women in media being asked for sexual favours in exchange for a job or that coveted promotion. These stories always seemed so a...

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Everything you need to know about an IUD as a form of birth control

Makena Ndung'uMay 31, 2017

When it comes to long term methods, most people in Kenya only know about the implant which is inserted in the forearm and lasts for about 5 years. However, the ...

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Share your story and win 90 free days of ShowMax

Makena Ndung'uJanuary 20, 2017

We have partnered with ShowMax to give away three 90-day vouchers that will enable the winners to access their video on demand service for free for 3 months. ...

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10 Kenyan TV shows that you can only stream on ShowMax

Makena Ndung'uJanuary 13, 2017

I have been a subscriber to internet TV service ShowMax for some months now and one of the top things I love is that I can watch Kenyan content on there. Some o...

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It’s sad how corruption cases in Kenya don’t really lead to prosecutions

Makena Ndung'uJanuary 3, 2017

It is interesting enough, that in spite of the fact that we can track a whole bunch of reported corruption cases in Kenya over the past few years, people rarely...

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Twitter thread exposes Kenyan man who drugs women

Makena Ndung'uAugust 23, 2016

Drink spiking, or being mcheled as its popularly known, has been known to happen in Kenya. It is usually linked to crimes such as rape and theft. For men, theft...

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13 Kenyan blogs that you should be reading

Makena Ndung'uAugust 3, 2016

The blogging space in Kenya has grown in leaps and bounds. One amazing thing that I like is that there are great blogs that are continuously coming up. Today we...

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How he dumped me for being broke

Makena Ndung'uMarch 31, 2016

Years ago when I was young and not so clever, I was canoodling with a man who was not good for me. He was tall, 6’3’, nice build, had a decent grip of English a...

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When a man gives you a reason to kill

Makena Ndung'uMarch 29, 2016

My father’s friend is an ass who has no business thinking of himself a man. Maybe I should start from the beginning. My father (read man who sired me) goes to w...

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A date with a midget from Facebook

Makena Ndung'uMarch 11, 2016

Online dating was not something I thought I would ever do in my life. Why would I? Fairly good looks and intelligence was good enough to snag a good date if not...

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Life

Naivas Supermarket opens 110th retail store at Tatu City

Kenya Airways & London Metropolitan University partner to further aviation learning in Kenya

Registration now open for the 2025 Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum in Zambia

Business

Absa launches an enhanced Prestige Banking offering for entrepreneurs & employees

Glass House PR launches report on the state of public relations in Africa

Naivas Supermarket opens 110th retail store at Tatu City

Tech

UN General Assembly president Philemon Yang visits Equity Bank for talks on youth & innovation

TCL to sponsor the Olympics to 2032 in new deal

OPPO Reno13 series to launch in Kenya on February 28

Entertainment

Rock Society of Kenya announces the Wacken Metal Battle Kenya will be on March 29

New drama, Sarabi, to screen on Maisha Magic Plus from Feb 24

Tyla becomes first African solo Artist to get one billion Spotify streams

Makena Ndung'u