Sub-division of ancestral land has all but wiped out farming in Kisii, driving poverty and malnutrition and pushing the population into migration in search of greener...
A slew of blogs is eating into the monopoly of the mainstream media, one-man online tabloids spreading salacious gossip that are highly sought after by digital...
Literary scholars have a way of frowning upon other literary media not in their stable. Poets often assume theirs is the best medium. Those who study...
After the Garissa massacre, universities became like military installations. Private security firms were deployed to man the gates and the buildings within universities. Non-students must produce...
I came back to Kenya immediately after my studies, armed with a master’s degree from one of the world’s most prestigious universities – and two years...
If a doctor were to diagnose millennial marriages, he would find them diseased, plagued by forces of nature beyond their control. These three anecdotes illustrate the...
On June 8, 2015, I stood in a labour ward waiting for our bundle of joy. When she arrived, shortly after 10.30 a.m., I was beside...
“Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent” ~ Glen Cook Before the Friday, March 9, 2018 famous handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and NASA...
Presently, you can divide Kenyans into three groups. There are those who are ambivalent, unsure of which political direction the country should take, trusting neither the...
The biggest frustration for a rational thinking Kenyan, is the flimsy justification of extra-judicial killings by the police. Whether it is the Wagalla Massacre (they provoked...
When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you’re telling them that they’re less than somebody else. Gwendolyn Brooks -American Poet. The...