By Viscount K’Owuor This is how majority of my peers and I grew up; 1. In the early years , there was no posho mill. Our mothers used a small stone over a bigger stone to grind posho. Sometimes, what was meant for lunch was prepared as late as 2pm. It was called oiu (impromptu). […]

By E Njega Sometime the reasoning you see on social media makes you feel like quiting social media. I have seen so many people you can consider intelligent asking ridiculous questions. I am seeing a lot of people asking why people are not dying in their numbers if coronavirus is really in Kenya. Their argument […]

By S G N I read the story of man who lost his wife and a newborn, because they had to stay the night, hoping against hope that she can survive the labour pains until the following day… When police are under express order, it is hard to reason with them. We saw people jumping […]

By Wandia Njoya At first I was resisted the idea of digitizing education because I was thinking of how many children will be thrown under the bus. But this morning, I thought: wacha iendelee. It will collapse this capitalist education system, which is a good thing. You see, e-learning works only if learners are mature […]

I think the thing most people don’t understand is that the lock down is in place to slow the progression of the disease, NOT to eradicate it by end of May. I think people are missing the point because they naively think the govt will somehow get rid of it so life goes back to […]

By Silas Gisiora Nyanchwani When I lived in America briefly, the most commonest word (double superlative on purpose), was “Sorry”. And the commonest phrase was, ‘I don’t know’. The four words nearly go together, ‘I don’t know, sorry.’ It can be annoying if you come from Africa where there is an explanation for everything. And […]