July Outlook: Can Kenya bear the cost of annual insurgence

July 8, 2025

July 2025 will be a pivotal month for Kenya’s economic trajectory, balancing social stability against fiscal consolidation. The government is facing waves of unrest from the unemployed youth, buldging the ranks of Gen Z protests as well as from civil service over unmet labour promises amidst austerity. Read Also: Out of the Box; NEW July Issue The chaos of political

The symphony of moving judges during an open day, and rethinking mobile courts

I am told that a funeral at Ahero, along Kisumu Nairobi highway is enough to create a gridlock

Maseno University and Dunga Fisherfolk partner to curate new knowledge

For my Maseno University fourth year media project, we shot a documentary at Dunga Beach, across a raggedy

July Outlook: Can Kenya bear the cost of annual insurgence

July 2025 will be a pivotal month for Kenya’s economic

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Out of The Box Monthly Magazine

July 2025 Issue

Issue: Issue 02

Published: June 30, 2025

The lake was never lost — we were.

“We were told the future lay inland — but the lake has always been the beginning.”
— Otiato Guguyu

OUTLOOK (Pg 4):
- Can Kenya bear the cost of annual insurgency?
HIDDEN GEMS (Pg 6):
- Exploring the mysterious islands of Lake Nyanza.
INDEPTH (Pg 10):
- Encounter with ‘Lifinda’ – the deadliest one-hour Nyanza storms.
FISHERMAN (Pg 14):
- A personal story: Dreaming of civil engineering, ending up fishing.
TRAVEL & LEISURE (Pg 18):
- Lawo Thum – how to get on a boat party.
MZEMBE TALES (Pg 20):
- Tripple Distilled – storytelling feature.
FICTION/NON-FICTION (Pg 24):
- Reinventing Quinto’s Absinthe – a blend of literary narratives.

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The cement and steel tariffs that had Guru singing Kanu’s a hundred years

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In 2024 cement consumption decreased by 7.2 per cent to 8,537.0 thousand metric tonnes, over the same period, while private employment in the sector

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The Gupta-like capture of Kenya’s steel and cement sector, that has everyone speaking Guru

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My steel business has been affected; we can’t get scrap metal. If I were close to the president, would I be suffering as I

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Mtu wa Ukimwi’: Why Kenyan Youth Fear the Shift to General HIV Care

May 6, 2025

Kenya PLHIV communities remain highly stigmatized, according to the Stigma Index impacting adherence to medicine, and reporting very high prevalence of people afraid of

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GNP+ the HIV lobby that saw Trump cuts coming, is leading PLHIV leaders out of the fog of the funding crisis

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IWD: Absa Women executives write the story of the future of female finance

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In the tone of a friendly elementary teacher, Ms Vuyo took us through her bag of trick words, Total Return Swaps, Repos, Buy and

Photography

Outdoor·Photography

Kenya’s inexpensive Christmas

January 3, 2025

Held over a week to Christmas at Che's Bay Hotel, Isambo means celebration, for the Manyala tribe on the shores of the great lake INyanza.

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It is clear that this show can fill a stadium

From Vinyl Addiction to R&B Brunches, Kisumu Catches the Old School Fever

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The second edition of Vinyl Addiction took place on Saturday,

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October 4, 2024

Events like Kisumu Old School Brunch and Vinyl Addiction had

Events & Travel

Events & Travel

Kenya’s construction boom runs into biodiversity losses

May 5, 2025

I had to recall this story when lately two black-and-white-casqued hornbills have been spotted hanging off

Events & Travel

Does literacy month help Kenyans balance Easter celebrations and Back to school

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This season, several institutions are beginning to reimagine how financial literacy can show up in daily

Events & Travel

Walking with raised skirts over Kisumu’s drainage problem

March 26, 2025

The infamous violent evening storms with forked streaks of lightning splintering over the great lake INyanza,

Events & Travel

The Olympus at Kaptagat

February 24, 2025

His humility is infectious, he sat down on the grass to receive Absa’s wisdom on money

Events & Travel

Running in the winds of Absa Sirikwa classics

February 23, 2025

The young boys and girls some even barefoot stood proudly adorned with medals elated by legends

Fiction & Non Fiction

Fiction & Non Fiction·Non Fiction

Rethinking the Place of Dowry in Today’s Marriages

May 10, 2024

Initially, the ‘token of appreciation’ was in the form of cattle or other livestock, and, or farm produce, however, the bahasha phenomenon has taken precedence, where a certain amount of money much more like a priced good in the market is set

Fiction

The vinyl thief

May 7, 2024

The vinyl had been replaced by the tape, the tape by the CD, by the flashdisk, memory stick, now everything's in the cloud. What chance did they have against virtual storage, but some few eccentrics and lost souls.

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How to tour Diani in local hands

April 9, 2024

If they would throw him in the middle of it, he could navigate his way to shore. Floating like driftwood as the current sailed back on familiar tide.

Poetry

Killing a god

April 6, 2024

They will come to you Son When the world Is at a precipice They will be desperate And you, Clueless Keep this wisdom That history grants you That when money’s power is at a zenith Tyrannical And they are unable to control

Poetry

Reincarnations

April 6, 2024

My gods Look at me Like gelded phantoms From the ruins of their tombs As I supplicate to foreign gods And they serve me well Maybe better My deities toss and turn Trying to catch my attention Managing momentary accessibility In my

Fiction·Fiction & Non Fiction

they cut off her wings right before she could fly

February 2, 2024

I could tell it was serious business by the way it was talked about in low tones. Rukiya was placed before the adults in the wide sitting room and she looked squeamish on the seats like she could fall over and disappear

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