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Living for the dead: When you have to stop grieving

In the end, you mourn more for those who are left alive than those who are dead.

Kamaley and I: Original kings of Valentine's mistari

Corporates will craft syrupy messages for the day, not because they love you but because they love your wallets.

A cube and a stove: The 90s marriage starter pack

Men who grew up in the 80s and 90s often entered marriage with little to their names.

Five food items that carried us through Njaanuary

Leading the pack is matumbo—those greenish, spongy entrails that polite folk prefer to call tripe.

1990s era: When love was simpler, cheaper and priceless

A mature couple enjoying an affectionate moment outdoors

Forget Tik Tok, writing can truly take you places

Let’s face it, writing isn’t exactly the ‘it’ career in the age of bootylicious TikTok queens and six-figure YouTubers.

Of 90s sportsmen's hairy chests and smelly arms

Village footballers were the equivalent of today’s music stars, drawing women in like moths to a flame.

Surviving January: Herbal wonders or street tricks?

At the top of this is a curative herb called ‘kiruma’.

From Eastlando's past glory to Pipeline chaos

There were no haphazardly constructed skyscrapers, poor infrastructure, or overcrowded streets full of stray dogs, lactating pigs and ducks.

Impromptu '90s marriages that stood the test of time

Many are the women who went to the posho mill, the river to fetch water or the fields for firewood and never returned home

How Prophet Elvis Mbonye foretold Dr. Kizza Besigye's abduction

In a stunning turn of events, the recent abduction of Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye appears to have fulfilled a prophecy made over a year ago by Prophet Elvis Mbonye.

Men are what their testosterones say they are

It took me years to forgive him and when I think about it hard, I doubt I ever forgave him.

Joys, exploits of school vacations in the 1990s

Every one of us during the era looked forward to the season more so the December holidays which came also as a festive season.

1990s love was brewed on church holy benches

Church activities were the most promising hunting ground as youths worshiped and engaged in various activities such as music festivals and practice sessions.

The owner you didn't expect: Lesson from judging a Kinyozi by its cover

So we were having a conversation as he went through a newspaper that he came in with when a young man walked in.

When breasts and thighs were private body parts

For women, it was the era of showing very little skin. It was the generation that did not parade boobs and thighs in public.

Caught in the act: When a nanny's lover fell through the ceiling

Apparently, a woman popularly known as Mama Sydney had caught her nanny with a strange man in the house.

When an engine rev made girls go gaga in the 90s

The greatest magnets for girls and women in the 90s were the few men who drove cars or lorries.

A man, his wife and hired killers

The next attack was in block E which was the target, luckily an alarm had been raised for the earlier attack.

When a mother's love gets in the way

The diagnosis on Lewis – could possibly be an infection like tuberculosis or a cancer, most likely a sarcoma on the leg