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Like ice, my father froze into quietness. He lay still. Hands immobile. Legs straight. Usually, he would wave at people but today, nine years ago, he had not the energy to. He was a jovial man. His milk-white teeth were ever on display. Today, in 2006, his lips were tightly shut by the power of […]Read Post ›

They called it Elder’s Night. The emcees, Alex Musyoki and Mercy Katunge, invited me to give a talk. As I picked my feet towards the dais, Valerie Akinyi and Carol Kinyua were already smiling. They knew I was going to say something funny. Curtains were drawn. Doors were closed. No word was to escape the […]Read Post ›

Mr. President, I know you have received so many cruel and constipatory open letters that you have now run out of laxatives. I know, Mr. President, that your advisers have read so many political commentaries that they find it difficult to demystify all columnists’ messages. I know every day, whenever the sun releases its shoot, […]Read Post ›

First, let me explain the terminologies that make the heading of this piece. The oxford dictionary (7th edition) defines a champion as someone (Gor Mahia cannot be a thing) who has won a race. He is a God who has kicked the ass of Lucifer out of heaven, passed the thick rain clouds, onto the […]Read Post ›

            Homosexuality. Un-African. Before independence, an African woman, because of her perceived infantile behavior, was put in the same category with children. Because you and I were not born yet, we shall believe Margret Ogola’s narrative in her novel The River and the Source. There were days when African women were not allowed to hold […]Read Post ›

A LITIGATED LOVE “Come in, please.” Andy timidly walked into an office on whose door was an inscription Kepha & Co. Advocates. He stumbled before finding a leather-skinned bench to clutch at. At the reception desk was a slender lady.  He offered her a smile and in return got a suggestive look and a sweet […]Read Post ›

BOOKS AND SHORT STORIES YOU SHOULD READ BEFORE YOU TURN 25 At 25, you are assumed to be fully grown. You have learnt a lot from the university of life. You have interacted with people from different ethnic, religious and political backgrounds. You are supposed to have known more about the history of your country […]Read Post ›

HOW A FUTURE LEADER SHOULD DO HIS GROWING  Dear Mr. Politician, I am sure you have gone through Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father – a seminal autobiography that gives insightful observations on the differences between a dream and a nightmare. While going through the book, you must have realized that getting involved in community […]Read Post ›