/Features/money/-/435440/435440/-/8eo57h/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/The+lengths+people+can+go+to+celebrate+Valentines/-/435440/1322592/-/omuhyw/-/index.html It is February again and the deluge of red hearts, pink teddy bears and paper cupids is about 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/A+knack+for+top+class+living+rooms/-/435440/1322606/-/ynnclxz/-/index.html A dawn encounter with a local authority’s bulldozers is perhaps what any roadside trader 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Take+feedback+correct+your+course/-/435440/1322608/-/veciilz/-/index.html In “Wealth comes through faith and action” we discussed the place of action in reaching your 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/How+mobile+banking+has+changed+lives/-/435440/1322604/-/mtiqu3/-/index.html Long queues and journeys to the bank for payment of salary is a thing of the past for 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Fresh+training+for+investment+advisers+and+stock+traders/-/435440/1322600/-/2wkmumz/-/index.html When it comes to investing, you cannot afford to make mistakes. Making money decisions to earn 2012-02-08T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Beating+the+cost+of+chronic+illnesses+/-/435440/1318100/-/y1g5m3z/-/index.html Healthcare costs have spiralled out of control. Over the last one year, medical institutions have increased their fees while insurance companies have raised their premiums. 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Making+waffles+has+cemented+his+future+/-/435440/1318116/-/g054uh/-/index.html He is young, outgoing, and confident; a go-getter who believes in achievement. At 31, Geoffrey Matanda is the brain behind Mpe Holding Company Limited 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Wealth+comes+through+faith+and+action++/-/435440/1318124/-/8q8gx4z/-/index.html IN “WEALTH IS THE PRODUCT of action”, we elaborated going beyond setting goals and differentiating between desire and wishes. 2012-02-01T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/How+can+I+invest+my+sacco+cash/-/435440/1318120/-/tvbqqx/-/index.html I am a 36-year-old woman who has just moved out of an abusive marriage with three children under my care. 2012-02-01T14:38:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/He+quit+his+job+as+pilot+for+a+garage+++/-/435440/1313800/-/kvka7d/-/index.html Leaving a job is a risky career decision to make; walking away from a steady well-paying one is even more difficult. 2012-01-25T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Going+it+alone+now+a+trend+but+at+what+cost/-/435440/1313776/-/gihs50z/-/index.html During the Apprentice Africa competition in 2008, Joyce Mbaya made a name for herself. 2012-01-25T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Entrepreneurs+too+need+counselling+on+business+loss+/-/435440/1313790/-/vyndwd/-/index.html A year ago, Shirley Jepkosgei ran a successful clothing and beauty business to supplement her salary from a non-governmental organisation in Nairobi. 2012-01-25T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Wealth+is+the+product+of+action++/-/435440/1313806/-/b3sntj/-/index.html IN “GET STARTED on a definite action plan” we considered the questions a wealth plan seeks to answer 2012-01-25T14:03:02Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Even+in+January+the+fun+can+still+go+on/-/435440/1309654/-/byfg1f/-/index.html As everyone tries to beat January’s financial blues, it is clear that this is one 2012-01-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Picking+success+from+failure/-/435440/1309664/-/fcu7f3z/-/index.html While in college Peter Nduati used his school fees to start a photocopying and gift shop 2012-01-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Get+started+on+a+definite+action+plan/-/435440/1309666/-/6in8a2/-/index.html In the “The road to greatness is paved with clear goals” we said that anyone can use 2012-01-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Develop+a+savings+culture+to+achieve+financial+freedom/-/435440/1309662/-/8yxn57z/-/index.html Financial stability is more about learning how to control spending, eliminating or avoiding 2012-01-18T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/To+secure+your+dreams+insure+the+house/-/435440/1303784/-/105m4aw/-/index.html When Angela Kanini was building a house a few years ago, she mainly wanted 2012-01-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/You+bet+its+a+losers+game+The+plight+of+city+gamblers/-/435440/1303794/-/4e7om3z/-/index.html Lady fortune knocks at every man’s door once in a lifetime, so said famous 2012-01-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/The+road+to+greatness+is+paved+with+clear+goals/-/435440/1303800/-/38gy4d/-/index.html Outstanding individuals in the past had great visions of who they wanted to be 2012-01-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Learning+to+finance+a+costly+education+system/-/435440/1303778/-/2rqhrt/-/index.html When Education minister Sam Ongeri released the 2011 KCPE results on December 2012-01-11T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Better+days+ahead+as+cost+of+living+set+to+ease/-/435440/1300022/-/18nkeh/-/index.html Escalating energy bills raised Mrs Apondi Nyang’aya’s ire so much that she 2012-01-04T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Back+to+work+and+other+tough+lessons+of+the+new+year/-/435440/1300030/-/im99q4/-/index.html I have come to terms with the Christmas and New Year spending reality that comes 2012-01-04T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/A+different+taste+of+Somalia+with+extras/-/435440/1300026/-/ll45pjz/-/index.html Mark Gitonga relishes the days when he goes out to eat with his friends. The university student says that 2012-01-04T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/How+to+overcome+the+post+holiday+financial+trauma/-/435440/1300028/-/15g9six/-/index.html Are you already suffering under a heap of bills, school fees and feeling a sense 2012-01-04T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/dalit+millionaires+look+to+inspire+other+untouchables/-/435440/1296698/-/apxxjez/-/index.html On the face of it, entrepreneur Ashok Khade is just another one of India’s growing wealthy, heading a successful $27 million infrastructure and oil and gas business group that employs 4,500 people. 2011-12-28T16:24:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Low+key+festive+season+as+inflation+bites+/-/435440/1296638/-/2n8wsiz/-/index.html Kenyans have seen the cost of their festive dinner rise faster than the overall inflation rate this holiday season as chicken, meat, wine, beer and other consumables cost more than they did during last Christmas. 2011-12-28T15:48:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Building+a+name+in+the+competitive+construction+sector+/-/435440/1296632/-/12ulkpmz/-/index.html She was comfortable in her white-collar job and was afraid to take any risk in any business. 2011-12-28T15:41:05Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Securing+the+Sh51bn+diaspora+inflows+/-/435440/1296622/-/uce6yoz/-/index.html James Mweri* lived and worked illegally in the United States for four years. 2011-12-28T15:35:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Offer+gifts+like+the+Wise+Men+Stick+to+a+tight+budget/-/435440/1293368/-/7rn4ijz/-/index.html It’s that day of the year again. The sound of jingle bells is all over town. You can see 2011-12-21T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Booking+a+place+in+hall+of+knowledge/-/435440/1293370/-/t0kkpjz/-/index.html He is well built and has an eye for fashion. He has a broad smile and a penchant 2011-12-21T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Shedding+debt+is+like+losing+weight+difficult+but+possible/-/435440/1293372/-/rwfw4d/-/index.html I have been following the Slimpossible programme currently on television for the simple 2011-12-21T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Beat+the+Christmas+rush+Shop+online/-/435440/1293350/-/on0gqx/-/index.html Fate conspired to send Michael Murimi on a business trip to Rwanda just before 2011-12-21T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/-/435440/1289346/-/10hcw4az/-/index.html Mr James Mburu, a businessman in Nairobi, urgently needed Sh30,000 to fix 2011-12-14T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Being+broke+is+one+habit+that+can+easily+be+broken/-/435440/1289360/-/frnhw8z/-/index.html Last week I joined Ndugu na dada in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to celebrate 50 years of uhuru 2011-12-14T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/-/435440/1289356/-/10hcw3ez/-/index.html Former roadside mechanic Patrick Wambua has gradually risen from humble 2011-12-14T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Hotel+scores+big+with+its+happy+guests/-/435440/1289358/-/bln6r2z/-/index.html It is said that business is never so healthy as when, like a hen, it must do a certain 2011-12-14T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Dog+business+keeps+profits+streaming+in/-/435440/1285526/-/10hxkwn/-/index.html In 1996, Mr Silas Maina bought a German shepherd dog for his own security 2011-12-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Saying+I+Do+on+a+tight+budget+as+wedding+season+peaks/-/435440/1285524/-/3duf4v/-/index.html Melanie Ng’ang’a’s wedding almost never happened. The spiralling food and fuel 2011-12-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Think+like+the+wealthy+step+by+step+and+soon+you+will+be/-/435440/1285528/-/yvbgy9z/-/index.html How do you react to experiences determines who you become. We have seen how 2011-12-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/-/435440/1285520/-/10hfmv0z/-/index.html When Mrs Agnes Maina quit her formal job in 2003 and shared a business 2011-12-07T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/The+unforgiving+effects+of+rising+petrol+prices/-/435440/1281912/-/m61kv8z/-/index.html Unless you absolutely have no access to information or have been able to function 2011-11-30T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Enjoying+the+season+on+a+budget/-/435440/1281924/-/12eldfy/-/index.html Sarana Wang’ombe will be celebrating her second Christmas this year 2011-11-30T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/How+you+react+to+experiences+determine+who+you+become/-/435440/1281934/-/inqcrnz/-/index.html In “Wealth Evades Drifters”, we articulated how habits around a definite purpose 2011-11-30T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/School+dropout+lighting+up+villages/-/435440/1281930/-/u3monrz/-/index.html When Charles Otieno Ogwel, 35, dropped out of school in Form Three 2011-11-30T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/-/435440/1278034/-/10i07p3z/-/index.html Skyrocketing interest rates are forcing borrowers to find ways of balancing 2011-11-23T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Wealth+evades+drifters/-/435440/1278044/-/icpl2yz/-/index.html Previously, in “Centuries-old wealth lessons from Professor Willam James”, we discussed 2011-11-23T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Saccos+fuelling+loan+defaults+say+experts/-/435440/1278042/-/13n58d2z/-/index.html Moses Mugo, a driver in Nairobi, once guaranteed a friend a loan of Sh300,000 2011-11-23T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Negative+remark+has+grown+into+successful+hospital/-/435440/1278038/-/7rt13yz/-/index.html It is not every day that a negative remark can turn a business idea into a roaring 2011-11-23T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/A+month+in+the+life+of+a+public+university+lecturer/-/435440/1274196/-/yehru3/-/index.html Mr Richard Wafula, a lecturer at Kenyatta University, peruses a book in his 2011-11-16T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Spaniards+turn+to+home+swapping/-/435440/1274202/-/11pe07n/-/index.html When Jorge Lucero decided that he needed a bigger home for his growing family 2011-11-16T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Men+only+salon+pays+her+handsomely/-/435440/1274204/-/6r9kiw/-/index.html A “Men Only” notice may not be inscribed anywhere on the walls of Studio 76 men’s 2011-11-16T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Faith+the+beginning+of+all+great+achievement/-/435440/1274206/-/njtamnz/-/index.html The Book of Genesis in the Bible, Chapter One, describes an excellent picture 2011-11-16T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Community+initiative+pays+dividends/-/435440/1270138/-/e89dij/-/index.html In January 2002, George Bundi, an IT engineer, quit his job with a local 2011-11-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Why+jua+kali+workers+have+reason+to+smile/-/435440/1270134/-/y7eda8z/-/index.html For many years, companies dealing with retirement planning have focused on individuals 2011-11-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Is+hire+purchase+on+its+death+bed/-/435440/1270130/-/mltnw8/-/index.html From the 1980s to the late 1990s, buying goods through hire purchase was 2011-11-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Overcome+fear+and+indecision+they+can+paralyse+your+dream/-/435440/1270142/-/11hsken/-/index.html The life story Steve Jobs wrote everyday at Apple reminds me of the experiences 2011-11-09T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/How+to+date+on+a+budget+and+still+please+your+partner/-/435440/1266192/-/13fhbcez/-/index.html Going out on a date is supposed to be a fun experience, a time when a couple 2011-11-02T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/She+dresses+societys+top+cream/-/435440/1266196/-/fxupq9/-/index.html Susan Onchoke, 45, looks at the fashion and design business she set up in 2009 2011-11-02T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/-/435440/1266204/-/10in3qhz/-/index.html Our previous article talked about persisting once you have launched your wealth 2011-11-02T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Are+cooperative+societies+dying/-/435440/1266200/-/n09ox5/-/index.html Over the years, savings and credit cooperative societies (saccos) in Kenya 2011-11-02T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Internet+software+developer+finds+own+market+niche++/-/435440/1262114/-/pko5nn/-/index.html For Eric Mulamba, the director of 360 Microsystems Limited, giving up ownership of a position at a company he helped create was not easy, although it was worthwhile. 2011-10-26T19:00:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Where+to+go+when+bank+rate+is+too+high+/-/435440/1262112/-/124ppv6z/-/index.html Banks have ignored a request by the Central Bank to maintain low interest rates and eight of them have already raised their lending rates. Some are even charging as much as 20 per cent. 2011-10-26T15:00:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Airtime+reversal+not+possible+yet+says+firm++/-/435440/1262110/-/e7ld92z/-/index.html On October 13, 2011, I sent Sh500 credit by mistake to a wrong number. The airtime was intended for my husband in Rwanda. 2011-10-26T15:00:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/The+cost+of+being+a+bridesmaid+++/-/435440/1262108/-/cpvgjc/-/index.html It is approaching year-end and despite the difficult times brought on by a falling shilling and rising inflation, wedding preparations are, no doubt, in top gear as couples prepare to roll out that one splendid, memorable day that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. 2011-10-26T15:00:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Toys+and+lessons+on+environment+bring+in+dividends+/-/435440/1258080/-/ktbo2ez/-/index.html For Boniface Kamiti, director of EcoPlant Limited, teaching children how to care for the environment using toys was something he always wanted to do. 2011-10-19T15:00:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/The+rising+class+of+female+entrepreneurs+/-/435440/1258076/-/newgswz/-/index.html A group of women sits huddled around a giant ledger, counting and dividing piles of money. 2011-10-19T15:00:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Prepaid+electricity+meters+test+the+patience+of+consumers+/-/435440/1258074/-/8of26ez/-/index.html In 2009, there was a lot of excitement from consumers when the then Kenya Power and Lighting Company, now Kenya Power,  announced that it would be introducing prepaid electricity meters. 2011-10-19T15:00:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Is+it+better+to+take+a+mortgage+or+build/-/435440/1258078/-/yva04j/-/index.html Is it better to build my own house or take mortgage? I would also like to save more and invest in land. 2011-10-19T13:23:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Everyone+has+the+power+to+change+their+financial+status/-/435440/1254232/-/2ovetz/-/index.html Several comments on our last article, “Wealth formula unveiled”, centred on 2011-10-12T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Where+adult+education+is+big+business/-/435440/1254228/-/eejgv6/-/index.html When Mr Joseph Mathenge and Mr Chris Mbugua decided to start an adult education 2011-10-12T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Off+plan+buying+eases+financing+for+home+buyers/-/435440/1254230/-/xh21ej/-/index.html Off-plan buying, where home buyers pay a percentage of the home price 2011-10-12T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/The+future+is+not+too+far+plan+for+your+nest+egg+now/-/435440/1254222/-/q6em5yz/-/index.html A happy and fulfilling retirement may mean different things to different 2011-10-12T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/New+student+Here+are+tips+on+campus+survival/-/435440/1248552/-/6xqkthz/-/index.html With the value of the shilling nosediving in recent times and the cost of goods 2011-10-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Wealth+formula+unveiled/-/435440/1248560/-/cumeslz/-/index.html In our latest article “Risk Something for Wealth”, I talked about giving up your 2011-10-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Tourists+flock+to+former+herdsmans+firm/-/435440/1248558/-/sb8a7b/-/index.html Less than 20 years ago, Mr David Lokia was a herdsman in a small dusty 2011-10-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/On+farming+and+how+to+make+money+from+it/-/435440/1248556/-/e3fet0/-/index.html One area that one can invest in and get good returns is agriculture. But making money 2011-10-05T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/How+to+beat+escalating+medical+bills/-/435440/1244386/-/6dhgoo/-/index.html Mr Abdul Mirimo never imagined that he could be admitted to hospital. So he did 2011-09-28T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Risk+something+for+wealth/-/435440/1244394/-/me7rsjz/-/index.html In our article of October 13, 2010 entitled, “Take a self-risk assessment”, I spoke about this important 2011-09-28T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/money/Location+plays+critical+role+in+real+estate/-/435440/1244392/-/fv5wk6/-/index.html The real estate market shift to apartments rather than maisonettes was initially 2011-09-28T15:00:00Z