PAIDWORK PLATFORM

PAIDWORK PLATFORM

Paidwork platform is an online earning platform which one enables to earn money. Paidwork platform provides various methods of earning money.  Each method has it’s own way of earning varying from each.

The methods of earning money on Paidwork platform include:

• Playing games – On this,  one earns by installing a game one likes and then completing specific tasks required by the game and depending with task which paid according to how difficult it is. Some tasks take long period to achieve while other’s less. The more difficult the task the more one earns from such. Some of the links that offers include : Fyber,  adjoe,  tapjoy and others. 

• Filling out survey – It involves filling out survey according to one’s interest. It includes providing feedback and personal data depending on category of survey. 

• Watching videos – A member is paid by watching video ads ranging from one minute and other 30seconds  and after finishing watching the stipulated reward granted. 

• Online Shopping – A member has to purchase several products and participation on free trials.  Reward is granted according to the product purchased. 

• Microtasks – A member needs to complete courses in order to access various tasks. The courses offered provides opportunity to allow one earn new skills and again being paid. 

Courses offered are under various categories which include: writing article’s graphic design, programming,  translation,  testing, making videos including others. 

Referral program 

Referral program is whereby, a member has to invite a person who is not a member of a particular platform to sign up under the link shared to his/her prior to creation of account.

Paidwork grants its members the same opportunity referral program so that it can reward also a new member who joins under users link and both get rewarded. A referral link is shared to an individual via social platforms including: Facebook, WhatsApp,  X,  Instagram and even mails.

As skills,  perseverance,  dedication and interest to earn money through online opportunity,  paidwork ranks to top improvement on achievements attained over period and skills to top.  

Wish to encourage all young members who are always using their phone to find this opportunity to earn through this platform. 

Daily Prayer 53, 2023

Dear Lord, I freely and with my whole heart yield all things to Your will and direction. You are mine and I am yours. Let this be for eternity.

I humbly pray that we may always prove ourselves a people who remember your favor and are glad to do Your will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way.

And finally, may the grace of Christ our Savior, and the Father's boundless love, with the Holy Spirit's favor, rest upon me, and all of us, from above. Thus may we abide in union, with each other and the Lord, and possess, in sweet communion, joys which earth cannot afford. This is all I ask through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen

Daily Prayer 52, 2023

Dear Lord, You are an almighty and everlasting God, who has safely brought me to the beginning of this day. I give You thanks for all the blessings in my life. In Your grace and mercy, may we know that you watch over us.

Give me wisdom each day to see which things are important, and which things are not. Show me the best time on how to use the talents that you have given me. Help me to use all my opportunities wisely, that I may share the good gifts I have received from you.

Help me to be a good steward of yours. Help me to spread Your love more and more to the people around me. We receive this gift of salvation that you gave long ago that comes from You. We love You, Lord.

Amen.

Daily Prayer 51, 2023

Dear Lord, I thank You today for Your amazing grace! Thank You for showing me, in the greatest way possible, that You love me. Help my life to demonstrate my love for You.

Thank You for the gifts You have given me so that I might serve the body of Christ. Help me to be faithful to use my gifts to bring You glory. Have compassion on my weakness, and mercifully give me those things which for my unworthiness I dare not, and for my blindness I cannot ask.

Grant me, O Lord, to design only what is lawful and right. And, afford me calmness of mind and steadiness of purpose, that I may so do thy will in this short life, as to obtain happiness in the world to come, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen

Daily Prayer 50, 2023

Dear Lord, I thank You today for Your amazing grace! Thank You for showing me, in the greatest way possible, that You love me. Help my life to demonstrate my love for You.

Thank You for the gifts You have given me so that I might serve the body of Christ. Help me to be faithful to use my gifts to bring You glory. Have compassion on my weakness, and mercifully give me those things which for my unworthiness I dare not, and for my blindness I cannot ask.

Grant me, O Lord, to design only what is lawful and right. And, afford me calmness of mind and steadiness of purpose, that I may so do thy will in this short life, as to obtain happiness in the world to come, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen. 

Daily Prayer 49, 2023

Dear Lord, I thank You today for Your amazing grace! Thank You for showing me, in the greatest way possible, that You love me. Help my life to demonstrate my love for You.

Thank You for the gifts You have given me so that I might serve the body of Christ. Help me to be faithful to use my gifts to bring You glory. Have compassion on my weakness, and mercifully give me those things which for my unworthiness I dare not, and for my blindness I cannot ask.

Grant me, O Lord, to design only what is lawful and right. And, afford me calmness of mind and steadiness of purpose, that I may so do thy will in this short life, as to obtain happiness in the world to come, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen

DailybPrayer 48, 2023

Dear Lord, I thank You today for Your amazing grace! Thank You for showing me, in the greatest way possible, that You love me. Help my life to demonstrate my love for You.

Thank You for the gifts You have given me so that I might serve the body of Christ. Help me to be faithful to use my gifts to bring You glory. Have compassion on my weakness, and mercifully give me those things which for my unworthiness I dare not, and for my blindness I cannot ask.

Grant me, O Lord, to design only what is lawful and right. And, afford me calmness of mind and steadiness of purpose, that I may so do thy will in this short life, as to obtain happiness in the world to come, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Amen

Baobab tree export

Kenya is now exporting Baobab tree from Coastal region. 

The processes of uprooting, transportation and taking giants Baobab tree fromCoast region to United states of America is worth for Kenya doing and a concern that led to President Ruto to direct the relevant ministry to follow up on beneficts of such acts. 

On the other side, the jobs he could give poor jobless youths if plan to plant more trees. 

Safaricom Bonga points expiry

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Safaricom move on having their clients bonga points expiry is a move under deemed updated terms and conditions. 

Terms and conditions which are later updated to fit the client is null and void. Made under no consulation and new agreement with the other party. 

For Safaricom this is anopportunity to generate more revenue in their profit scope. 

Validity of bonga points is 3 yrs

Each Promising Day

Yesterday was promising, 

We did whatvwe did, 

Today is promising, 

We will do what we will, 

Tomorrow will be promising too, 

We will wake to fight to do the rest. 

Blessed weekend 

Masomo ya Misa, Jumapili ya 33, Mwaka C. 13/11/2022

Somo la Kwanza
Mal 4:1-2
Angalieni, siku ile inakuja, inawaka kama tanuru; na watu wote wenye kiburi, nao wote watendao uovu, watakuwa makapi; na siku ile inayokuja itawateketeza, asema Bwana wa majeshi; hata haitawaachia shina wala tawi.Lakini kwenu ninyi mnaolicha jina langu, jua la haki litawazukia, lenye kuponya katika mbawa zake;

Wimbo wa Katikati
Zab 98:5-9
Mwimbieni Bwana zaburi kwa kinubi,
Kwa kinubi na sauti ya zaburi.
Kwa panda na sauti ya baragumu.
Shangilieni mbele za Mfalme, Bwana.
(K) Bwana anakuja awahukumu mataifa kwa haki.

Bahari na ivume na vyote viijazavyo,
Ulimwengu nao wanaokaa ndani yake.
Mito na ipige makofi, Milima na iimbe pamoja kwa furaha mbele za Bwana;
(K) Bwana anakuja awahukumu mataifa kwa haki.

Kwa maana anakuja aihukumu nchi.
Atauhukumu ulimwengu kwa haki,
Na mataifa kwa adili.
(K) Bwana anakuja awahukumu mataifa kwa haki.

Somo la Pili
2The 3:7-12
Mwajua wenyewe jinsi iwapasavyo kutufuata; kwa sababu hatukuenda bila utaratibu kwenu; wala hatukula chakula kwa mtu ye yote bure; bali kwa taabu na masumbufu, usiku na mchana tulitenda kazi, ili tusimlemee mtu wa kwenu awaye yote. Si kwamba hatuna amri, lakini makusudi tufanye nafsi zetu kuwa kielelezo kwenu, mtufuate. Kwa kuwa hata wakati ule tulipokuwapo kwenu tuliwaagiza neno hili, kwamba ikiwa mtu hataki kufanya kazi, basi, asile chakula. Maana twasikia kwamba wako watu kwenu waendao bila utaratibu, hawana shughuli zao wenyewe, lakini wanajishughulisha na mambo ya wengine. Basi twawaagiza hao, na kuwaonya katika Bwana Yesu Kristo, watende kazi kwa utulivu na kula chakula chao wenyewe.

Shangilio
Lk 21:36
Aleluya, aleluya
Kesheni kila wakati, mkiomba, ili mpate kusimama mbele za Mwana wa Adamu.
Aleluya

Somo la Injili
Lk 21:5-19
Watu kadha wa kadha walipokuwa wakiongea habari za hekalu, jinsi lilivyopambwa kwa mawe mazuri na sadaka za watu, alisema, Haya mnayoyatazama, siku zitakuja ambapo halitasalia jiwe juu ya jiwe ambalo halitabomoshwa. Wakamwuliza wakisema, Mwalimu, mambo hayo yatakuwa lini? Nayo ni nini ishara ya kuwa mambo hayo ya karibu kutukia? Akasema, Angalieni, msije mkadanganyika, kwa sababu wengi watakuja kwa jina langu, wakisema, Mimi ndiye; tena, Majira yamekaribia. Basi msiwafuate hao. Nanyi mtakaposikia habari za vita na fitina, msitishwe; maana, hayo hayana budi kutukia kwanza, lakini ule mwisho hauji upesi. Kisha aliwaambia, Taifa litaondoka kupigana na taifa, na ufalme kupigana na ufalme; kutakuwa na matetemeko makubwa ya nchi; na njaa na tauni mahali mahali; na mambo ya kutisha na ishara kuu kutoka mbinguni. Lakini, kabla hayo yote hayajatokea, watawakamata na kuwaudhi; watawapeleka mbele ya masinagogi, na kuwaua magerezani, mkipelekwa mbele ya wafalme na maliwali kwa ajili ya jina langu. Na hayo yatakuwa ushuhuda kwenu. Basi, kusudieni mioyoni mwenu, kutofikiri-fikiri kwanza mtakavyojibu; kwa sababu mimi nitawapa kinywa na hekima ambayo watesi wenu wote hawataweza kushindana nayo wala kuipinga. Nanyi mtasalitiwa na wazazi wenu, na ndugu zenu, na jamaa zenu, na rafiki zenu, nao watawafisha baadhi yenu. Nanyi mtachukiwa na watu wote kwa ajili ya jina langu. Walakini hautapotea hata unywele mmoja wa vichwa vyenu. Nanyi kwa subira yenu mtaziponya nafsi zenu

Kazi Mtaani Project abolished

ABOLISHMENT OF KAZI MTAANI PROGRAMME

Kazi mtaani program was launched in the year April 2020 by retired President Uhuru Kenyatta. The program was for local economic recovery initiative, also was a local source of livelihood for thousands of youths who are unemployed and was source of income to cater for their families and siblings. It gave hope to thousands of youths who lost their jobs during the pandemic of covid-19.

 What kazi mtaani program offered.

Youths benefitted from Kazi mtaani is estimated 280,000 and the government funded in terms of phases and the first being Kshs 1.3billion and the second phase being Kshs 2.4billion. The program began as pilot and later on rolled to all counties countrywide. 1,100 informal settlements in 47 counties benefitted hygienically and health wise.

                                                photo used for illustration of kazi mtaani program

Impact of kazi mtaani project.

There was training structured and life skills which included Business setting, HIV/AIDS prevention, mental health awareness and counselling. Most youth would benefit as they could support the parents, their families and establish a business from earnings.

 The rate of crime reduced so much since idleness and lack of source of livelihood would would be catered here. This was a sure bet to many youths and a hope for a better family, community and psychologically wellness of many youths.

Many urban settlements where garbage and siltation had clogged was periodically cleared and improvement of health and sanitation.

photo used for illustration of kazi mtaani program

Abolishment of Kaazi Mtaani Program

The current president His excellency William Ruto on 25^th October 2022

A substitute of kazi mtaani

Youths are offered alternative of planting trees and to be engaged in the construction of affordable housing projects yet to be initiated in many counties across the county rather only Kibra has had opportunity of the program being launched.

The initial Kazi mtaani programe was sighted as with low income, outdated with no new initiatives and could only absorb few youth as compared to his proposal of Affordable housing program which will create more jobs and transform the informal settlements.

 

Conclusion

• Many youth are now in limbo since many questions are what they are failing to answer?
• Will they have another source of income within?
• Will government be able to fulfill a project of affordable housing?
• Will this be a worthy opportunity for youths who will be absorbed in this program yet many who graduated from the field of building construction and civil engineering are yet even to get opportunities to put their skills to use.

MASOMO YA DOMINIKA YA 31, MWAKA C, 2022

 Masomo ya Misa 30/10/2022

Somo la Kwanza

Hek 11:22-12:2

Ulimwengu wote mbele zako Bwana, ni kama chembe moja katika mizani na mfano wa tone moja la umande lishukalo asubuhi juu ya ardhi. Lakini Wewe unawahurumia watu wote, kwa sababu unao uweza wa kutenda mambo yote; nawe wawaachilia wanadamu dhambi zao, ili wapate kutubu. Kwa maana Wewe wavipenda vitu vyote vilivyopo, wala huchukii kitu chochote ulichokiumba.Kwa kuwa hulingalifanya kamwe kitu chochote kama ungalikichukia; tena kitu cho chote kingaliweza kudumu, ila kwa mapenzi yako? au kitu kisichoumbwa nawe kingaliwezaje kuhifadhika? Lakini Wewe unaviachilia vyote, kwa kuwa ni vyako, Ee Mfalme Mkuu, mpenda roho za watu, maana roho yako isiyoharibika imo katika vyote. Kwa hiyo wawathibitishia kidogo kidogo hatia yao, wale wanaokengeuka kutoka katika njia njema; wawaonya, ukiwakumbusha kwa mambo yale yale wanayokosa, ili waokoke katika ubaya wao, na kukuamini Wewe, Bwana.

Wimbo wa Katikati

Zab 145: 1-2, 8-11, 13-14

Ee Mungu wangu, Mfalme, nitakutukuza, 

Nitalihimidi jina lako milele na milele.

Kila siku nitakuhimidi, 

Nitalisifu jina lako milele na milele. 

(K) Ee Mungu Mfalme wangu, Nitalitukuza jina lako milele

Bwana ana fadhili, ni mwingi wa huruma, 

Si mwepesi wa hasira, ni mwingi wa rehema,

Bwana ni mwema kwa watu wote, 

Na rehema zake zi juu ya kazi zake zote.

(K) Ee Mungu Mfalme wangu, Nitalitukuza jina lako milele

Ee Bwana, kazi zako zote zitakushukuru, 

Na wacha Mungu wako watakuhimidi.

Wataunena utukufu wa ufalme wako, 

Na kuuhadithia uweza wako. 

(K) Ee Mungu Mfalme wangu, Nitalitukuza jina lako milele

Ufalme wako ni ufalme wa zamani zote, 

Na mamlaka yako ni ya vizazi vyote.

Bwana huwategemeza wote waangukao, 

Huwainua wote walioinama chini. 

(K) Ee Mungu Mfalme wangu, Nitalitukuza jina lako milele

Somo la Pili

2The 1:11-2:2

Kwa hiyo twawaombea ninyi sikuzote, ili Mungu wetu awahesabu kuwa mmekustahili kuitwa kwenu, akatimiza kila haja ya wema na kila kazi ya imani kwa nguvu; jina la Bwana wetu Yesu litukuzwe ndani yenu, nanyi ndani yake, kwa neema ya Mungu wetu na ya Bwana Yesu Kristo. Basi, ndugu, tunakusihini, kwa habari ya kuja kwake Bwana wetu Yesu Kristo, na kukusanyika kwetu mbele zake, kwamba msifadhaishwe upesi hata kuiacha nia yenu, wala msisitushwe, kwa roho, wala kwa neno, wala kwa waraka unaodhaniwa kuwa ni wetu, kana kwamba siku ya Bwana imekwisha kuwapo.

Shangilio

Lk 2:36

Aleluya, aleluya

Kesheni ninyi kila wakati, mkiomba, ili mpate kusimama mbele za Mwana wa Adamu.

Aleluya

Somo la Injili

Lk 19:1-10

Yesu alipoingia Yeriko alipita katikati yake.Na tazama, palikuwa na mtu, jina lake Zakayo, mkubwa mmoja katika watoza ushuru, naye ni tajiri. Huyu alikuwa akitafuta kumwona Yesu ni mtu wa namna gani, asiweze kwa sababu ya umati wa watu, maana ni mfupi wa kimo. Akatangulia mbio, akapanda juu ya mkuyu apate kumwona, kwa kuwa atakuja kuipitia njia ile. Na Yesu, alipofika mahali pale, alitazama juu, akamwambia, Zakayo, shuka upesi, kwa kuwa leo imenipasa kushinda nyumbani mwako. Akafanya haraka, akashuka, akamkaribisha kwa furaha. Hata watu walipoona, walinung'unika wote, wakisema, Ameingia kukaa kwa mtu mwenye dhambi. Zakayo akasimama, akamwambia Bwana, Tazama, Bwana, nusu ya mali yangu nawapa maskini, na ikiwa nimenyang'anya mtu kitu kwa hila namrudishia mara nne. Yesu akamwambia, Leo wokovu umefika nyumbani humu, kwa sababu huyu naye ni mwana wa Ibrahimu. Kwa kuwa Mwana wa Adamu alikuja kutafuta na kuokoa kile kilichopotea.

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Mambo tunayo jifunza kutokana na injili 

1. Mwenye dhambi anapata kusamehewa na ana nafasi bado na mwenyezi Mungu 

2. Mungu hachagui anapokuita na kukubariki, hatazami maumbile, hadhi katika jamii bali moyo wako. 

The best of experience is from a worst scenario

Nobody has ever made it the soft way, the best scenes are full of anger, regrets, decision making, painfull emotions and experience evwn physically to have all set and in peace.

We hear thousand of successful people in the worl, at one time, they had it to their lower periods, but determination and courage to make decisions has made them who they are today.

Patience and hope grants us the best of rewards.

Stay positive, be open minded and courage in all the undertakings.

KPLC Announces Attachment for Diploma and Degree Students

KPLC has announced opportunities for attachment continuing Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma and Craft Certificate students

available in various departments for a maximum period of three (3) months effective Sept to November 2022.

Students pursuing Craft Certificate in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Mechanical/Automotive Engineering are also encouraged to apply.

Attachment period is a key period where students attain practical aspects on their careers and studies persuing, an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on work experience and develop key employability skills.

Requirements

Interested candidates should:

1. Be available full timefor the duration of the program (3 months).
2. Be  a continuing student pursuing a Degree, Diploma or Craft Certificate from a recognized institution
3. Have a valid introduction letterfrom the learning institution

Deadline for application is 25th July 2022

Follow the link to apply KPLC attachment

Or log into KPLC website.

KRA Attachment opportunities for Diploma students and degrees

KRA has announced attachment opportunities to students persuing Diploma and Degree courses for a period of three months ( September to November 2022).

For Diploma students, there must ne in their final year while Degree students be on their third year or fourth year.

Kindly follow the link, kra attachment check the requirements you need to apply or log into their portal under careers and apply.

Deadline for application is 31st July 2022

POOR LEADERSHIP MANIFESTO BY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES 2022

Photo courtersy of Kenyans suffering in search of water

As the nation is prepared for August 2022 polls, political aspirants are on their busy schedules moving from one region to another convincing the masses why they should be voted to the offices.

The two horses  on the race the Deputy presided Dr. William Samoei Ruto on UDA Party  and Hon Raila Amolo Odinga on Azimio la Umoja an umbrella having ODM, KANU, Wiper, NARK Kenya

The people 👫 , the nation, and the masses are suffering and are culprits to scores of politicians who are using to ascend to power and later break their promises. It will be easier for a spectator to judge a nonperforming athlete but if put the spectator in that position, that's when he/they understand the reality.

Let us unite as we focus to have competent leadership, not from point of being from my tribe that's why I elect him/her, to find a worthy one.

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Airtel Kenya online Sim card update details

SIM registration details 

Copy and Click  the link https://bit.ly/Airtel-KYC

Or follow link below 

Airtel

to update your details by uploading a clear image of your ORIGINAL ID.

Telkom kenya sim update details online

To avoid disconnection, upload your ID (front & back) to 

https://idupload.telkom.co.ke

Or tap the link below

Telkom

For more info call 100 or visit a Telkom Shop.

Sim Cards update and registration

The Communications Authority of Kenya CK is the regulatory authority for the communications sector in Kenya.

Unregistered SIM cards in Kenya will be deactivated by April 15 2022 as the government steps up the fight against crime and improve data accuracy. 

Communications Authority (CA) has already ordered all mobile network operators ( Safaricom, Airtel, and Telkom) to speed up the data cleanup exercise, adding that no more time will be added.

This is the third time in a decade the regulator is coming up with a switch-off deadline after a similar attempt in 2012 and 2018.

Most of the network providers have since persistently sent messages to their customers to visit their outlets to do updates on their registration details, 

Airtel; " Avoid disconnection! Update your SIM registration details at any Airtel outlet countrywide. Carry your ORIGINAL ID." 

" Avoid disconnection! Update your SIM registration details by visiting any Airtel outlet with your ORIGINAL ID. Dial *106# to check the registration status."

Safaricom " 

USSD CODE TO DIAL TO CHECK NUMBERS REGISTERED WITH YOUR ID

Network providers have provided a way to check numbers registered under your details by using USSD CODE 

For Safaricom,  dial *106# 

1. Check my numbers
2. Report unknown numbers
3. Check reported numbers
4. Cancel a reported number 
5. FAQ
6. Jichanue - Fraud tips

For Airtel, dial *106#

Registration status check

Self sim registration update

Numbers registered with my ID

It is indeed frustrating many Kenyans on this exercise since upon purchase of sim card one is required to produce a National identification document to get registered, however; the exercise will cost many in terms of:

• time  
• those in marginalized areas are not able to act 
• those working outside countries cannot participate, 
• those who walk hundreds of kilometers just to update their details are not able to do so, 

In the end, it will cause disconnection to customers on their network providers and drop-in customers in each provider, drop in profit, and some staff working on those network providing companies laid off.

It is a smart move for the communication authority to make but should the exercise be done more effectively by even mobile network providers trucks and by even some selected mobile money shops who will devote to be part of the change.

Thanks to airtel who are embracing technology to enable users to submit their details, 

" to self-update your SIM registration details, click 

self-update

Or enter the link below

https://bit.ly/Airtel-KYC

Kindly stay updated, visit the network providers outlets to stay connected.

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The coming, existence, thriving and setbacks of Bodaboda business in Kenya

The Bodaboda is a transport sector in Kenya mainly by motorcycle but previously before the introduction of motorcycles,  were bicycles that were used as means for ferrying individuals and goods from one location to another. 

This means of transportation is common in urban shopping centers as it enables users to get to their destination fast as riders would maneuver through a heavy traffic jam, whilst in rural areas, users can reach where it is inaccessible to vehicles, especially public transport vehicles which majority of Kenyans rely on their daily movement. 

This mode of transportation has made it easy for people to get to their doorsteps and mobility anywhere possible and fast. 

Many youths are engaged in this business majority of who have been unemployed and those who haven't attained education. Many families depend on this business for their daily living,  education of children by fees payments, and also easy means for transportation of the patients to their near homes or hospitals. 

This sector of motorcycle transportation has made robust the country's economy, through the purchase of thousands of motorcycles,  purchase of spare parts, employment of youths, and consumption of fuel. A daily estimate of Ksh 1 billion which is equivalent to 3.4% of GDP is being generated that government collects.

Most of the bodaboda riders have joined Sacco which has enabled them to bring them together and together strive to have a change in their lifestyle whereby others have benefitted with projects such as house construction as they contribute daily to own their homes and farms. This is the most recommendable ideology that some are proud of their efforts.

 

 Despite its dominance all over the country,  it's faced with many challenges, 

• Acquiring a motorcycle is very expensive. Most riders opt for credit offered by several credit firms like Mogo and payments till completion are costly.  Many don't have options since they are incapable of affording between Ksh 130,000 to 160,000 for the cash price for cc between 100 to 150. On credit, it requires a deposit of Ksh 15,0000 and thereafter a daily payment of between Ksh 350 to 450 depending on the cc of the motorcycle.  This has caused many to default of which they end up losing their motorcycle to the credit firms. 

• Most riders don't possess the necessary documents as the law requires,  including driving license and insurance cover. It's troublesome as the unqualified individuals risk million of pillions during their work.  The carelessness of riders has caused the loss of many lives,  injuries, and disabilities to many people. 

• The motorcycle owners are also at risk as they are targeted by thugs to get away with their motorcycles. Many riders especially those working during night hours,  have suffered and murdered in cold blood by these thugs who prey on their hard-earned motorcycles.

• Some bodaboda riders have aided the execution of many crimes as it makes easy getaway for them. This has caused many people on streets,  homes,  business places, and motorists to lose valuables to thugs.

• Protest,  assault and loss of other peoples properties in the hands of bodaboda operators has been trending in recent times. This occurs after an accident and they take matters on their hands against motorists after an accident. Others have had their vehicle burnt reduced to shell and others assaulted as they respond to the accidents with one of them. 

• Over speeding within speed limit zones especially in urban areas has led to accidents with pedestrians and other riders. Speed regulations should be observed too. Some of bodaboda are under age youths who have refused to pursue education for quick win money daily

• The cost of treatment is huge to most after undergoing surgery, other never adjust to disabilities and frequent pneumonia cases as most lack safety gears to wear during their daily operations.

As the nation is thinking twice about this sector to bring about reformation and sanity to be able to curb unethical amongst its members and point on moral behavior among some raiders, it’s not an easy task to come in place to able to control this industry. Let government involve stakeholders to incorporate and maintain the interest of the government and that of the bodaboda business people. To lay down procedures and processes of members intending to join, those already undertaking and for future members. It entails a slow gradual process within a certain timeline. After that, it will have a great impact in society as it maintains, dignity in our roads,  streets, and cities.

Evening Bible inspiration

 You can't outgive God. God has a boundless supply of blessings. God too wants us to extend such blessings we have to the less fortunate. He teaches us to give by example. Luke tells us here that, when we give, we will experience a return the likes of which we cannot manage. He says we give, it will return to us "pressed down..and running over." Our generosity inspires God's generosity and He certainly has a whole lot more to give than we do!.

May you develop the calling of generosity and help others too. 

Daily Prayer 50, 2022

Daily Prayer 50, 2022

Dear Lord, thanks be to thee. Thank You for all the benefits thou hast won for me. And thank You for all the pains and insults thou hast borne for me.

O most merciful Redeemer, Friend, and Brother, may I know thee more clearly. Let me love thee more dearly. And, follow thee more nearly for ever and ever.

Walk with me, dear Lord, so that I may not be alone as I face this day, but always in Your presence. Your joy is a lighthouse in a world often dark with sin, and I pray that I may reflect the light of Your truth, to inspire others as I have been inspired. In the name of Christ, bless me this day, and all whom I may meet.

Amen

KNOWING YOURSELF IS TO KNOW OTHERS

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It's more difficult for one to know other untill understood  thyself. As famous philosopher Socrates would say unexamined life is not worth living. 

Perhaps we have to know all that surrounds us,  be it our emotions,  ego,  wants and appetites,  this derives to core of ourselves thus what we feel and experience is what others too. 

A journey of knowledge is involved,  since it requires knowledge to contextualise and put into experience. Increasing knowledge of the self requires reflection, distancing, experience, contemplation, and suffering.

Living in a state of not evolving in knowledge,  nothing can change even perspective of thyself. 

THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

Bible Historical Books

THE HISTORICAL BOOKS

Where the Hebrew Bible comprises three sections—Torah or Pentateuch; Prophetic Books, both the Former and the Latter Prophets; and the Writings, including everything else in the Hebrew Canon—the Christian Old Testament has traditionally been arranged along different lines. After the Pentateuch comes a series of books that continue, in roughly chronological order, the history of Israel. The Book of Joshua depicts Israel taking possession of the land of Canaan. Judges collects stories about the leaders of early Israel in the two hundred years before the emergence of the monarchy. After the tale of Ruth, a sort of interlude in the narrative sweep of these books, 1 and 2 Samuel tell of the rise and fall of Saul, Israel’s first king, and the succession and successes of David. The Books of Kings take us from the death of David and the enthronement of Solomon, through the division of the people into the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah, to the destruction of the Northern Kingdom, Israel, at the hands of the Assyrian invader (722/721 B.C.), and the fall of Judah, the Southern Kingdom, to the Babylonians (587 B.C.) and its ensuing exile, the Babylonian captivity.

Except for Ruth, these writings bear the marks of a specific theological outlook, that of the Book of Deuteronomy, and together with that book as its introductory volume constitute what is called the Deuteronomistic History. In this theology, what has characterized Israel’s history, in the six hundred years from Moses to the Babylonian exile, has been a dynamic of fidelity or infidelity to Israel’s covenant Lord, and the consequent destiny Israel forges for itself of covenant blessing or covenant curse. This dynamic of choice and consequences serves to explain the disasters Israel incurs throughout its history, from the so-called conquest and the days of the Judges to the fall of the North. In its preexilic edition, the Deuteronomistic History would have stood also as warning and wake-up call to the surviving Southern Kingdom.

The Books of Chronicles recycle much of the material found in the previous works, but the author (“the Chronicler”) treats it selectively, with a characteristic theological point of view; its focus is the Jerusalem Temple and its cultic arrangements, which by way of legitimation are attributed to David, the ideal king. The Chronicler’s interests carry through the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which recount the restoration of Jewish worship and life in the period of Persian rule following release from exile in Babylon.

The Books of Maccabees give us two overlapping but somewhat differing accounts of Jewish resistance to Seleucid persecution in the early second century B.C., and the assumption of power by the leaders of the resistance, the Maccabees or Hasmoneans.

The traditional designation of these books as “historical” describes their scope and contents, and is not meant to assert factual verifiability; while they contain much valuable historical information, in the narrow sense, their purpose is theological rather than historiographic.

The Books of Tobit, Judith, and Esther are sometimes reckoned among the historical books, but they differ from the writings sketched above, and call for special treatment; see the introduction to those books

Daily Prayer 48, 2022

 

Dear Lord, let Your forgiveness find me. Hold me in Your strong arms and give me Your new life. Live in me and with me this day, that I may by Your power find forgiveness and be made ever anew, reborn from above, living fully in Your Spirit every minute.

Let me not forget all of those around the world who are frightened at this moment. Help those who are victims of terrorism and war. Hold us all in Your loving arms and let us be comforted by the strength and peace You make available to us through the birth of Your son, Jesus; and thank You for all the many gifts You offer us, during our life on earth and for all eternity.

The Lord bless us and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, this day and evermore.

Amen

Introduction to the Bible

THE PENTATEUCH

The Pentateuch (Greek for “five books”) designates the first five books of the Jewish and Christian Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Jewish tradition calls the five books Torah (Teaching, Law) because of the centrality of the Sinai covenant and legislation mediated through Moses.

The unity of the Pentateuch comes from the single story it tells. God creates the world and destines human beings for the blessings of progeny and land possession (Gn 1-3). As the human race expands, its evil conduct provokes God to send the flood to wipe out all but righteous Noah’s family. After the flood, the world is repopulated from his three sons, Ham, Shem, and Japheth (Gn 4-9). From them are descended the seventy nations of the civilized world whose offense this time (building a city rather than taking their assigned lands, Gn 10-11) provokes God to elect one family from the rest. Abraham and his wife, Sarah, landless and childless, are promised a child and the land of Canaan. Amid trials and fresh promises, a son (Isaac) is born to them and Abraham takes title to a sliver of Canaanite land, a kind of down payment for later possession (Gn 12-25). Gn 25-36 tells how their descendant Jacob becomes the father of twelve sons (because of which he is called “Israel”), and Gn 37-50 tells how the rejected brother Joseph saves the family from famine and brings them to Egypt.

In Egypt, a pharaoh who knew not Joseph subjects “the seventy sons of Jacob” (“the Hebrews”) to hard labor, keeping them from their land and destroying their male progeny (Ex 1). Moses is commissioned to lead the people out of Egypt to their own land (Ex 2-6). In ten plagues, the Lord defeats Pharaoh. Free at last, the Hebrews leave Egypt and journey to Mount Sinai (Ex 7-18), where they enter into a covenant to be the people of the Lord and be shaped by the Ten Commandments and other laws (Ex 19-24). Though the people commit apostasy when Moses goes back to the mountain for the plans of the dwelling (tabernacle), Moses’ intercession prevents the abrogation of the covenant by God (Ex 32-34). A principle has been established, however: even the people’s apostasy need not end their relationship with God. The book ends with the cloud and the glory taking possession of the tent of meeting (Ex 36:34-38). “The sons of Israel” in Ex 1:1 are the actual sons of Jacob/Israel the patriarch, but at the end of the book they are the nation Israel, for all the elements of nationhood in antiquity have been granted: a god (and temple), a leader, a land, and an authoritative tradition.

Israel remains at the holy mountain for almost a year. The entire block of material from Ex 19:1 to Nm 10:11 is situated at Sinai. The rituals of Leviticus and Numbers are delivered to Moses at the holy mountain, showing that Israel’s worship was instituted by God and part of the very fabric of the people’s life. Priestly material in the Book of Exodus (chaps. 25-31, 35-40) describes the basic institutions of Israelite worship (the tabernacle, its furniture, and priestly vestments). Leviticus, aptly called in rabbinic tradition the Priests’ Manual, lays down the role of priests to teach Israel the distinction between clean and unclean and to see to their holiness. In Nm 10:11—22:1, the journey is resumed, this time from Sinai through the wilderness to Transjordan; Nm 22:2—36:13 tells of events and laws in the plains of Moab.

The final book of the Pentateuch, Deuteronomy, consists of four speeches by Moses to the people who have arrived at the plains of Moab, ready to conquer the land: 1:1—4:43; 4:44—28:68; 29:1—32:52; 33:1—34:12. Each speech is introduced by the formula “This is the law/words/blessing.”

The Priestly editor used literary formulas. The formula “These are the generations (the wording can vary) of …” occurs five times in the primordial history (Gn 2:4a; 5:1; 6:9; 10:1; 11:10) and five times in the ancestral history (11:27; 25:12; 25:19; 36:1 [v. 9 is secondary]; 37:2). In Exodus and Numbers the formula (with slight variations) “They departed from (place name) and encamped at (place name)” occurs in two groups of six: A. Ex 12:37a; 13:20; 14:1-2; 15:22a; 16:1; 17:1a; and B. 19:2; Nm 10:12; 20:1a; 20:22; 21:10-11; 22:1.

Who wrote the Pentateuch, and when? Up to the seventeenth century, the virtually unanimous answer of Jews and Christians was “Moses.” Moses wrote the Pentateuch as David wrote the Psalter and Solomon wrote the wisdom literature. Though scholars had noted inconsistencies (compare Ishmael’s age in Gn 16:16 and 21:5, 14) and duplications (Gn 12, 20, and 26), they assumed Mosaic authorship because of the prevalent theory of inspiration: God inspired authors while they wrote. With the rise of historical criticism, scholars began to use the doublets and inconsistencies as clues to different authors and traditions.

By the late nineteenth century, one theory of the sources of the Pentateuch had been worked out that proved acceptable in its main lines to the majority of scholars (apart from Christian and Jewish conservatives) then and now. It can be quickly sketched. In the premonarchic period of the Judges (ca. 1220-1020 B.C.), the twelve tribes had an oral form of their story from creation to the taking of the land. With the beginnings of monarchy in the late eleventh and tenth centuries, the oral material was written down, being known as the Yahwist account (from its use of the divine name Yhwh). Its abbreviation, “J,” comes from the German spelling of the divine name. In the following century, another account took shape in the Northern Kingdom (called E after its use of Elohim as a divine name); some believe the E source is simply a supplement to J. After the fall of the Northern Kingdom in 722/721 B.C., the E version was taken to Jerusalem where it was combined with the J version to produce J-E. During the exile (conventionally dated 587-539 B.C.) or thereafter, an editor recast J-E to make it relevant for the exiled population. This editor is conventionally known as P (=Priestly) because of the chronological and ritual interests apparent in the work. P can also designate archival material and chronological notices. The audience for the Priestly edition no longer lived in the land and was deeply concerned about its survival and its claim on the land.

Deuteronomy (=D) stands alone in style, genre (preaching rather than narrative), and content. How did it come to be the fifth book of the Pentateuch? The J-E narrative actually ends in Numbers, when Israel arrives at the plains of Moab. Many scholars believe that Deuteronomy was secondarily attached to Numbers by moving the account of Moses’ death from its original place in the J-E version in Numbers to the end of Deuteronomy (chap. 34). Deuteronomy was attached to Genesis-Numbers to link it to another great work, the Deuteronomistic History (Joshua to Kings). Deuteronomy is now the fifth book of the Pentateuch and the first book of the Deuteronomistic History.

In the last three decades, the above consensus on the composition of the Pentateuch has come under attack. Some critics are extremely skeptical about the historical value of the so-called early traditions, and a few doubt there ever was a preexilic monarchy of any substance. For such scholars, the Pentateuch is a retrojection from the fourth or third centuries B.C. Other scholars postulate a different sequence of sources, or understand the sources differently.

How should a modern religiously minded person read the Pentateuch? First, readers have before them the most significant thing, the text of the Pentateuch. It is accurately preserved, reasonably well understood, and capable of touching audiences of every age. Take and read! Second, the controversies are about the sources of the Pentateuch, especially their antiquity and character. Many details will never be known, for the evidence is scanty. Indeed, the origin of many great literary works is obscure.

The Pentateuch witnesses to a coherent story that begins with the creation of the world and ends with Israel taking its land. The same story is in the historical Ps 44, 77, 78, 80, 105, 114, and 149, and in the confessions Dt 26:5-9, Jos 24:2-13, and 1 Sm 12:7-13. Though the narrative enthralls and entertains, as all great literature does, it is well to remember that it is a theopolitical charter as well, meant to establish how and why descendants of the patriarchs are a uniquely holy people among the world’s nations.

The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and deportation of Israelites in the sixth century B.C. seemed to invalidate the charter, for Israel no longer possessed its land in any real sense. The last chapter of the ancient narrative—Israel dwelling securely in its land—no longer held true. The story had to be reinterpreted, and the Priestly editor is often credited with doing so. A preface (Gn 1) was added, emphasizing God’s intent that human beings continue in existence through their progeny and possess their own land. Good news, surely, to a devastated people wondering whether they would survive and repossess their ancestral land. The ending of the old story was changed to depict Israel at the threshold of the promised land (the plains of Moab) rather than in it. Henceforth, Israel would be a people oriented toward the land rather than possessing it. The revised ending could not be more suitable for Jews and Christians alike. Both peoples can imagine themselves on the threshold of the promised land, listening to the word of God in order to be able to enter it in the future. For Christians particularly, the Pentateuch portrays the pilgrim people waiting for the full realization of the kingdom of God.

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THRIVING IN HOLINESS

THE PENTATEUCH

The Pentateuch (Greek for “five books”) designates the first five books of the Jewish and Christian Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Jewish tradition calls the five books Torah (Teaching, Law) because of the centrality of the Sinai covenant and legislation mediated through Moses.

The unity of the Pentateuch comes from the single story it tells. God creates the world and destines human beings for the blessings of progeny and land possession (Gn 1-3). As the human race expands, its evil conduct provokes God to send the flood to wipe out all but righteous Noah’s family. After the flood, the world is repopulated from his three sons, Ham, Shem, and Japheth (Gn 4-9). From them are descended the seventy nations of the civilized world whose offense this time (building a city rather than taking their assigned lands, Gn 10-11) provokes God to elect one family from the rest. Abraham and his wife, Sarah, landless and childless, are promised a child and the land of Canaan. Amid trials and fresh promises, a son (Isaac) is born to them and Abraham takes title to a sliver of Canaanite land, a kind of down payment for later possession (Gn 12-25). Gn 25-36 tells how their descendant Jacob becomes the father of twelve sons (because of which he is called “Israel”), and Gn 37-50 tells how the rejected brother Joseph saves the family from famine and brings them to Egypt.

In Egypt, a pharaoh who knew not Joseph subjects “the seventy sons of Jacob” (“the Hebrews”) to hard labor, keeping them from their land and destroying their male progeny (Ex 1). Moses is commissioned to lead the people out of Egypt to their own land (Ex 2-6). In ten plagues, the Lord defeats Pharaoh. Free at last, the Hebrews leave Egypt and journey to Mount Sinai (Ex 7-18), where they enter into a covenant to be the people of the Lord and be shaped by the Ten Commandments and other laws (Ex 19-24). Though the people commit apostasy when Moses goes back to the mountain for the plans of the dwelling (tabernacle), Moses’ intercession prevents the abrogation of the covenant by God (Ex 32-34). A principle has been established, however: even the people’s apostasy need not end their relationship with God. The book ends with the cloud and the glory taking possession of the tent of meeting (Ex 36:34-38). “The sons of Israel” in Ex 1:1 are the actual sons of Jacob/Israel the patriarch, but at the end of the book they are the nation Israel, for all the elements of nationhood in antiquity have been granted: a god (and temple), a leader, a land, and an authoritative tradition.

Israel remains at the holy mountain for almost a year. The entire block of material from Ex 19:1 to Nm 10:11 is situated at Sinai. The rituals of Leviticus and Numbers are delivered to Moses at the holy mountain, showing that Israel’s worship was instituted by God and part of the very fabric of the people’s life. Priestly material in the Book of Exodus (chaps. 25-31, 35-40) describes the basic institutions of Israelite worship (the tabernacle, its furniture, and priestly vestments). Leviticus, aptly called in rabbinic tradition the Priests’ Manual, lays down the role of priests to teach Israel the distinction between clean and unclean and to see to their holiness. In Nm 10:11—22:1, the journey is resumed, this time from Sinai through the wilderness to Transjordan; Nm 22:2—36:13 tells of events and laws in the plains of Moab.

The final book of the Pentateuch, Deuteronomy, consists of four speeches by Moses to the people who have arrived at the plains of Moab, ready to conquer the land: 1:1—4:43; 4:44—28:68; 29:1—32:52; 33:1—34:12. Each speech is introduced by the formula “This is the law/words/blessing.”

The Priestly editor used literary formulas. The formula “These are the generations (the wording can vary) of …” occurs five times in the primordial history (Gn 2:4a; 5:1; 6:9; 10:1; 11:10) and five times in the ancestral history (11:27; 25:12; 25:19; 36:1 [v. 9 is secondary]; 37:2). In Exodus and Numbers the formula (with slight variations) “They departed from (place name) and encamped at (place name)” occurs in two groups of six: A. Ex 12:37a; 13:20; 14:1-2; 15:22a; 16:1; 17:1a; and B. 19:2; Nm 10:12; 20:1a; 20:22; 21:10-11; 22:1.

Who wrote the Pentateuch, and when? Up to the seventeenth century, the virtually unanimous answer of Jews and Christians was “Moses.” Moses wrote the Pentateuch as David wrote the Psalter and Solomon wrote the wisdom literature. Though scholars had noted inconsistencies (compare Ishmael’s age in Gn 16:16 and 21:5, 14) and duplications (Gn 12, 20, and 26), they assumed Mosaic authorship because of the prevalent theory of inspiration: God inspired authors while they wrote. With the rise of historical criticism, scholars began to use the doublets and inconsistencies as clues to different authors and traditions.

By the late nineteenth century, one theory of the sources of the Pentateuch had been worked out that proved acceptable in its main lines to the majority of scholars (apart from Christian and Jewish conservatives) then and now. It can be quickly sketched. In the premonarchic period of the Judges (ca. 1220-1020 B.C.), the twelve tribes had an oral form of their story from creation to the taking of the land. With the beginnings of monarchy in the late eleventh and tenth centuries, the oral material was written down, being known as the Yahwist account (from its use of the divine name Yhwh). Its abbreviation, “J,” comes from the German spelling of the divine name. In the following century, another account took shape in the Northern Kingdom (called E after its use of Elohim as a divine name); some believe the E source is simply a supplement to J. After the fall of the Northern Kingdom in 722/721 B.C., the E version was taken to Jerusalem where it was combined with the J version to produce J-E. During the exile (conventionally dated 587-539 B.C.) or thereafter, an editor recast J-E to make it relevant for the exiled population. This editor is conventionally known as P (=Priestly) because of the chronological and ritual interests apparent in the work. P can also designate archival material and chronological notices. The audience for the Priestly edition no longer lived in the land and was deeply concerned about its survival and its claim on the land.

Deuteronomy (=D) stands alone in style, genre (preaching rather than narrative), and content. How did it come to be the fifth book of the Pentateuch? The J-E narrative actually ends in Numbers, when Israel arrives at the plains of Moab. Many scholars believe that Deuteronomy was secondarily attached to Numbers by moving the account of Moses’ death from its original place in the J-E version in Numbers to the end of Deuteronomy (chap. 34). Deuteronomy was attached to Genesis-Numbers to link it to another great work, the Deuteronomistic History (Joshua to Kings). Deuteronomy is now the fifth book of the Pentateuch and the first book of the Deuteronomistic History.

In the last three decades, the above consensus on the composition of the Pentateuch has come under attack. Some critics are extremely skeptical about the historical value of the so-called early traditions, and a few doubt there ever was a preexilic monarchy of any substance. For such scholars, the Pentateuch is a retrojection from the fourth or third centuries B.C. Other scholars postulate a different sequence of sources, or understand the sources differently.

How should a modern religiously minded person read the Pentateuch? First, readers have before them the most significant thing, the text of the Pentateuch. It is accurately preserved, reasonably well understood, and capable of touching audiences of every age. Take and read! Second, the controversies are about the sources of the Pentateuch, especially their antiquity and character. Many details will never be known, for the evidence is scanty. Indeed, the origin of many great literary works is obscure.

The Pentateuch witnesses to a coherent story that begins with the creation of the world and ends with Israel taking its land. The same story is in the historical Ps 44, 77, 78, 80, 105, 114, and 149, and in the confessions Dt 26:5-9, Jos 24:2-13, and 1 Sm 12:7-13. Though the narrative enthralls and entertains, as all great literature does, it is well to remember that it is a theopolitical charter as well, meant to establish how and why descendants of the patriarchs are a uniquely holy people among the world’s nations.

The destruction of the Jerusalem Temple and deportation of Israelites in the sixth century B.C. seemed to invalidate the charter, for Israel no longer possessed its land in any real sense. The last chapter of the ancient narrative—Israel dwelling securely in its land—no longer held true. The story had to be reinterpreted, and the Priestly editor is often credited with doing so. A preface (Gn 1) was added, emphasizing God’s intent that human beings continue in existence through their progeny and possess their own land. Good news, surely, to a devastated people wondering whether they would survive and repossess their ancestral land. The ending of the old story was changed to depict Israel at the threshold of the promised land (the plains of Moab) rather than in it. Henceforth, Israel would be a people oriented toward the land rather than possessing it. The revised ending could not be more suitable for Jews and Christians alike. Both peoples can imagine themselv