To show he was digital or to cut on costs or perhaps for both reasons, he shared the invitation via a WhatsApp group specifically set up for the event...
I still remember Mr Mate’s final day in school because of the unusually long morning assembly and the endless prayers. His soon-to-be-former coll...
The narrow street teeming with crowds milling in and out of its souvenir shops empties into an open square just outside the great cathedral. Even o...
I accepted my flat-mate’s invitation to the event mainly as a test of my own tolerance levels and to while away the day. Like with many Kenyans, ...
The guy behind was screaming obscenities and cursing so much that the child seated next to me with his daddy began agitating to go home. I figured ...
I know the phrase has existed long before Fred Matiang’i popularised it in Kenya but I just can’t trace its origin on Google. That is because ...
Two unrelated events, one in the UK and the other in the US, this past week have delivered eloquent examples of how the bad often outlives the good in...
What really annoyed me was the fact that he was exceedingly polite even when apparently discriminating against me. Even with my cap lowered, I coul...
Even then, I thought it took real courage for the young man to turn up at the Chief’s office as he did. Long before men blurred the gender lines ...
I doubt that developments in the education sector in the past week have endeared the teachers unions to their members. On the contrary, KNUT and KU...
I may not have heard about him for over two decades but seeing his name on the list rattled my heart. My reaction was a mixture of surprise and ang...
At a glance, the pictures of the helmets allegedly ordered by Wiper for anti-IEBC demos look like a timely and wise purchase. But a scrutiny of the...
In her younger, activist days, Priscilla Nyokabi used to spot a curiously worded tee-shirt. “Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go everywhere”. ...
He had caught my attention while we were boarding because I thought he was overdressed for an economy class flight from Doha to London. A charcoal ...
It took some persuasion to convince me that the farewell party was worth a whole seven pounds. For that amount, I could buy myself two whole “roa...
The usual anxieties that plague me moments to a doctor’s visit overwhelmed me Wednesday afternoon. I find sharing with someone, even a doctor...
After what I hoped was a well-received presentation at the end of a difficult, anxiety-filled week, I had retreated to my flat hungry for a quick na...
I had to go back on my promise to never again attend those Kenyan get-together dinners out of honour for a special friend. But that is really n...
Being shortsighted, I thought the problem was that I was trying to read the details from a distance, so I moved to just beneath the display boards mou...
I was musing at the irony of the Manchester cathedral being encircled by so many bars and so much evil when she suddenly appeared. It was around 7p...