Category: People
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Jacaranda, the Only Propaganda We Need
They say the more things change the more they remain the same, but not for Nairobi. The Nairobi of four decades ago is worlds apart from the Nairobi of today, because the city has changed and little if anything remains the same when it comes to the city’s greenery and its built environment. Despite the…
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The Time I Watched Football Because Of A Boy
When I was 18 years old, I pretended to like football because of a boy. It was the 2014 World Cup and we were sitting in his parent’s living room…
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Lend By the Rules Or It’s Goodbye From Google Play Store
We all know someone, of someone, or we are that someone who has been on the receiving end of the wrath of angry mobile loan debt recovery agents. In the recent weeks, I have been that someone, bombarded with calls and text messages from agents incessantly nagging me to have someone on my contact list…
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What We Get Wrong About Diabetes
If you were to spend a day in the life of Marion Agunda, you would have to find a secluded room or corner at least four times a day to administer an insulin shot. You would have to do it privately to avoid drawing attention to the procedure, because not everybody is calm about the…
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Jacaranda, the Only Propaganda We Need
They say the more things change the more they remain the same, but not for Nairobi. The Nairobi of four decades ago is worlds apart from the Nairobi of today, because the city has changed and little if anything remains the same when it comes to the city’s greenery and its built environment. Despite the…
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Why Baby Pendo’s Case Won’t Start Yet
The Tragedy. 11 August 2017, Kisumu Baby Samantha Pendo‘s life was short, her death abrupt and painful. That way, Samantha Pendo became a metaphor of Kenya’s 2017 electoral violence. Days after the 2017 general election, Pendo’s family was fast asleep in their Kisumu home, a one room rental in Nyalenda Kilo estate, in Kisumu, when…
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The World Cup, Filling Dancefloors Since 1962
My earliest memory of the World Cup dates back to 1998. My mother’s living room, fully packed, laughter and good cheer, bated breaths, and all eyes glued on the TV.
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It’s Smokin, Not Smoking!
If you wish to be modest about your accomplishments, then that is well and good. But that isn’t Dr. Smokin Charles Wanjala’s portion…
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The Guy Who Went to Alliance
Justice Isaac Lenaola isn’t exactly your typical Alliance High School guy, the ones who never tire of reminding you that they went to Alliance.
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I Listen Louder
Ibrahim’s arrest shunted him deeper into the liberation movement and shaped his philosophy on working towards a just society.