They are the leaflets of our time
I once saw one of those Facebook posts that we Kenyans love to share. In it, the author of the post takes God's role, and creates the most beautiful land on the planet; a country he calls Kenya....
View ArticleJack Mkenya and John Msoto honeymoon
A time comes in a Nairobian's life when living on their own becomes unacceptable. When a man or a woman gets tired of eating at the local kiosk, or eating microwaved food from Naivas, they opt to...
View ArticleSaba Saba grows up like the rest of us
There is one event that has been the talk in town the past few weeks – Saba Saba. When the opposition in Kenya held the first Saba Saba rally in 1990, chaos erupted leading to loss of lives and massive...
View ArticleThe next generation of Kenyan fact-finding
Once upon a time, the only Kenyans who would be seen gallivanting around the globe at the taxpayers' expense were senior government officials like ministers and high-ranking technocrats. Also in the...
View ArticleThe next generation of Kenyan exhibitions
An art exhibition is something that we are yet to appreciate in Nairobi. For those who do not understand, an exhibition is a public display of works of art such as paintings and sculptures by artists....
View ArticleThe 'devil' makes Nairobians do things
If you follow the news in the mainstream media and social media platforms, you will quickly realise that something is not right in Kenya. It is only in our country that citizens would rush to Busia...
View ArticleNairobian 'defensive' ways never stop!
The matatu industry is notorious at making drivers acquire 'survival tactics'. The hustle-and-bustle of hustlers, if you like 'sufferers', seems to heighten anxiety among drivers owing to demands of...
View ArticleLove in the time of Ebola
In Kenya, we have enough problems to deal with ranging from breathalyser, road accidents, terrorists attacks, forced circumcision of young boys in Western Kenya and socialites seeking cheap publicity,...
View ArticleTry the Nairobi marriage challenge
A few days ago, presidents drawn from 50 African states were hosted by the the USA President Barack Obama for a three-day summit which focussed on security, investment and trade of the continent. The...
View ArticleWhen all your pals are married but you
It's that time of the year. No, not the time when children are at home with their parents for August holiday – you know, when most parents have had to increase their budget on food with bread and...
View ArticleMaybe Kenyans want luxurious footbridges
After many moons of waiting, and loss of needless lives on Mombasa Road, footbridges at Bellevue and General Motors are finally coming up. What piqued my interest about this triumph of ingenuity that...
View ArticleKenyans can invent riddims of their own
Almost all of us are baffled and perplexed at the rate in which technology has developed and wonder how we survived in the past, given we were not advanced as we are now. The advent of the new media...
View ArticleThe over pitching under delivery of PowerPoint
You know one thing Nairobi folks love? Microsoft PowerPoint. It’s one software that is in common use during presentations in the city. Usually, it doesn’t matter whether the presentation – which could...
View ArticleWhat about coining our homegrown spying ways?
Last weekend was a trauma-inducing one for many Nairobians. September 21, which fell on a Sunday marked one year since the Westgate shopping mall terrorist attack. The attack on one of the prestigious...
View ArticleThe over pitching under delivery of PowerPoint
You know one thing Nairobi folks love? Microsoft PowerPoint. It’s one software that is in common use during presentations in the city. Usually, it doesn’t matter whether the presentation – which could...
View ArticleWhy being a deadbeat dad is a better option
There are things that you wish are best forgotten and you would never have to deal with them again. You wish that Nairobians would kick out some of the bad habits they are known for. Let’s take for...
View ArticleNairobi road users are the real Shujaas
On Monday, Mashujaa Day was celebrated around the country in recognition of Kenyan heroes – an event that was full of pomp and colour. But who are the heroes of Kenya? In days gone by, it was easy to...
View ArticleThere is no end to the Nairobi loan disease
In the last few weeks, we have been talking about deadly diseases – Ebola and Marburg, which have killed more than 4,000 people in West Africa. Thank God no case of Ebola has been reported in our...
View ArticleWhy Nairobians need secondary education
The hottest, most sensational piece of news last week involved a rogue Kenyan preacher. Not the one in South Africa playing golf in Pretoria lambasting ‘haters’, but the one whose church was exposed by...
View ArticleNairobi life ain't easy, it is a daily struggle
The government of Kenya recently published a report detailing the status of her counties. As is expected, Nairobi county came out on top with only 4.1 per cent living below the poverty line, with each...
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