Take a moment and think about where you are today. What it took to get here. The sacrifices and trade-offs you made and continue to make....
I drive a taxi in Nairobi. This has led me to see the world from behind the wheel, the one position I have occupied for close...
Who am I? Am I “Catholic”? Am I “Christian”? Am I Kikuyu? Or am I “Kenyan”? Or am I all of them at once? Or the...
I packed my belongings and left. Found myself heading west. Kisumu. Home. Away from Nairobi, the green city under the sun. Funny, that once all I...
In January 2018, The Star newspaper splashed the headline The Ship has Sailed, It is time to Move on. The report quotes the US ambassador to Kenya...
Recent events in Kenya, including the shutting down of TV stations to prevent them from broadcasting the swearing-in of Raila Odinga as “the people’s president”, remind...
Felistas Waguthi’s mirth is unmistakable: She laughs easily and has lot of hilarious stories galore. When she was young, she must have been stunningly beautiful: chocolate-dark...
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...
I was named after my great-grandfather, who by all accounts, was a big scoundrel with an even bigger heart. I hail from the land of the...
We are at the Modern Coast bus station, waiting for the night bus that goes to Kisumu to pull up. I have decided that perhaps it...
