Guest Blog Post By Eric Ng’eno Instead of addressing the question at hand, Salim Lone has embarked on a platitude-ridden verbal excursion not worthy of even a third rate blogger. Whilst a discursive engagement on […]
In the Holy Bible, the story is told of how Moses obeyed God’s call to go and rescue the Israelites who were suffering in the hands of Egyptians as slaves, only for the same people […]
If there is one person who is thrilled by Raila Odinga’s comics dominated speeches, then that’s me. Those football match narrations preceded by a kitendawili leave you with no doubt that the scion of Jaramogi […]
Dear Dad, “Son, as you venture into the big city – a totally unfamiliar territory – always be wary of two things: 1. Illegally acquired wealth; it’s counterproductive in the long run. 2. A law […]
On 19th October 1905 – in a purported peace meeting that took a rather ugly turn – legendary Nandi medicineman and prophet, Koitalel Arap Samoei was murdered by the British, bringing to an end Kenya’s […]
Since time immemorial, there is that one kid in every African family, who right from birth, turns out to be their father’s favourite. That one child who the man of the house naturally gets fond […]
Dear Dad, Boom! …..Boom!……Boom, boom, boom, boom!…….. A bullet has been fired….followed by another and another and another……. That’s the early morning alarm that has – for six years now – replaced the chirping birds […]
Guest blog post. Writer: Anonymous The bull has always been a symbol of the Odingas. In 1969, Mzee Kenyatta went to Kisumu to open a hospital, he was met with hostile chants of ‘Dume! Dume! […]
Guest blog post (Writer’s identity withheld) Dear Mr. President! Hope this finds you well, bwana Kenyatta. For close to 9 years, we’ve waited for what Ken Walibora could have called ‘Siku Njema.’ A day when […]
No one claiming to be conversant with Kenya’s political history will deny that, Jeremiah Joseph Mwaniki Nyagah was once the most powerful Embu politician. Whether you ask my nonagenarian paternal grandfather – a Mau Mau […]
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