Micere’s intellectual curiosities distilled the black-white divide in literature. She believed only dismantling and reorganisation of power structures could yield just systems.
“When is the next maandamano?” the youngest man in my household posed on Monday. His elder brother said it was slated for Wednesday.
The elusive jobs that our youths desperately need will be found - for many businesses went bust because they couldn’t open during regular hours.
The reason for my optimism is the Nairobi Expressway, which was vandalised in last week’s anti-government protests, has been restored at supersonic speed.
“It’s hard to believe he was the President of Kenya for ten years,” said the youngest political analyst in town, who also happens to be the oldest man in our household.
I have no way of knowing if Baba and Prezzo Ruto did mend their relations, but they ran in different directions and went head-to-head in the last General Election.
People who smoke bangi don’t always remember to tidy up their hair the way Njoroge does. So, those hellbent on tarnishing her reputation should find more intelligent ways of doing it.
It is not clear why parents thought it prudent to sell their land or houses or take up loans to send their children to little-known colleges in Finland to succumb to bouts of racism
I don’t know if locals were asked to nominate a day that would work for them, or if Riggy G simply arrived in town and announced he was throwing a bash for whomsoever was available.
South Africa is in the thick of winter; well, that’s an exaggeration, the sun still shines through, though it does get frosty sometimes, as on that first night of arrival.
Even the most skilled plumbers cannot get to close to the mess; they use an assemblage of pipes to prod and probe from afar and do so with multiple layers of protective gear.
Baba being Baba can say anything and nothing much will happen to him. That’s the sort of power that makes others cower in their boots.
The term “poor” does not define the status of the dogs: they are well cared for, including comfy sleeping bags where they snuggle.
A Cabinet shuffle could be in the offing. Reason? Prezzo Bill Ruto is incensed that most, if not all members of his Cabinet, are incompetent.
Unsurprisingly, the “fees” collected at police checkpoints run into millions each day, as matatus are assigned a daily rate to guarantee them a safe passage in and out of town.
I’m repeating his exact words because of the precise way in which they were delivered. Prezzo Ruto knows the precise problem that besets the nation and its solution.
Folks at Met long mastered the art of obfuscation so that we’re not even remotely aware what to expect. And we’re happy to receive whatever nature unleashes on us.
But let’s focus on the positive and say how wonderful it is to be back home, and how delighted I was to escape the blackout at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by a whisker.
Junta's have displayed their human side by releasing Bongo from house arrest who was preceded by his father, Omar Bongo, capping the Bongos’ domination of the nation’s politics at 56 years.
Riggy G is an interesting man, he put a whistle in his mouth and blew at the top of his lungs that he would not greet “that man,” whose proper name is Raila Odinga aka Baba.
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