In June this year, guidelines governing employment of domestic workers were published by the Minister of Labour following the passage of new rules by the International Labour Organization, of which Kenya is a member. Somehow Kenya settled on 7k as the minimum wage for domestic workers (not sure how this was reached). This went to raise a lot of dust as many people felt that 7K would be too much to pay a house help. And many of the arguments were legitimate as the domestic workers who work for us live in our houses and eat our food.

I have just finished reading a book called Princess... forgotten the name of the author :-)).. Anyway, the book has really left my mind in an almost religious coaster.. I do not discriminate because I come from a diverse family with every member taking the religious path they found most fulfilling. the book is based on the life of one of the Saudi Princesses called Sultana. She comes from a Patriarchal society where male superiority dominates her life as it has been since the rise of their kingdom.

The past one month or so I have been bumping into expectant women and was wondering what our current birth rate is? In my circles of friends, quite a number have become mothers and are experiencing the joys of bring up a child. Which is in order as we are within the child bearing age. This got me re-thinking, how big or small would I want my family to be? The number of children that I want to have, what implication does it have on me as a parent, my extended family, my community, my country and the world at large.

So I am back to the office after a fulfilling experience in Malindi. I had received several calls from some of my friends who sometimes consider me their " Love doctor"....I often wonder why because I too am looking for answers to some of the very questions they ask!!! Its always about this thing called love, courtship, relationships and how to keep it going.....

Since time immemorial we have heard and witnessed cases of women being bartered. We have heard stories even witnessed men who have killed their wives after a conflict but they never get punished. The resent case of NTV presenter Wambui is still fresh in our minds I still have not heard about that case, what happened to the husband. The last time I heard he was behind bars but not convicted yet. Many are times that we never get to hear the outcome of such cases and some men do not get convicted or jailed for the crime if found guilty.The public too rarely talk about these issue why?