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Cycling from Kisumu to Kampala and back; Part 2, The madness in Kampala.

December 11, 2024

Motorbikes will be hooting at you and I'm like, where do you want me to go? There was a point in Kampala city both motorbikes cyclist and pedestrians were all riding and walking on the same pavement.

Cycling from Kisumu to Kampala and back; Part 1, A journey of Faith and climate

I remember I had hallucinations of like getting to Iganga three times! I was constantly checking the kilometers

Kenyans are raiding the granary to survive IMF austerity

The survey findings indicate that the main reason for stopping savings is current financial constraints, cited by 90.5

Family Bank bucks industry trends to grow loan book

The Lender’s loan book grew by Kes10 billion to Kes94

Bankers reveal common type of cons during fraud awareness week

Most cases of fraud are seemingly social engineering, stealing credentials

Kenyans are raiding the granary to survive IMF austerity

The survey findings indicate that the main reason for stopping

Safaricom face backlash building backdoor access for Kenyan police

Safaricom is accused of helping to obfuscate call record data

Long Read

Long Read

The life of Dr Habil Olaka in retirement in Kitale

November 26, 2024

I have got coffee that I do, avocado, beekeeping and some macadamia. Initially, I was doing telephone farming, but now I have got time

Long Read

Lucky unlucky, the march for Kisumu preterms with no neonatal-ICU

November 19, 2024

Premature births are quite a common occurrence in Kenya, with 12 percent out of all babies born annually being premature.

Long Read

Why banks are finally interested in business

November 12, 2024

With credit to the private sector having tumbled to 3.7 percent in July from 13.9 at the end of last year, banks are coming

Sleepy villages at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. The mountain’s base measures up to 40 km across and covers an area of about 388,500 hectares.

Events & Travel·Long Read

Climbing Kilimanjaro, no downhill task

October 29, 2024

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, which at 5,895 meters is the highest peak in Africa, is not for the weak of heart. Most importantly, it is

Long Read

The Battle for Laikipia, a documentary you cannot UNSEE

October 22, 2024

At the end of the documentary, you feel that something you have seen cannot be unseen. Most of the white people in the audience

Photography

Photography

The language of the Great Lake of East Africa

August 11, 2024

‘An Nelson Janyakach’, he greets me, typical of Luo-folk whose identities are tied to their village dhot’s that constitute an important part of greeting.

Ol school RnB is queen of Kisumu parties

November 30, 2024

It is clear that this show can fill a stadium

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

October 6, 2024

The second edition of Vinyl Addiction took place on Saturday,

Party after party to end the year in Kisumu

October 4, 2024

Events like Kisumu Old School Brunch and Vinyl Addiction had

Events & Travel

Entertainment·Events & Travel

Party after party to end the year in Kisumu

October 4, 2024

Events like Kisumu Old School Brunch and Vinyl Addiction had such a tremendous showing on demand

Events & Travel

Kenyan government sees the great lake

September 27, 2024

There lies immense opportunity for watersports activities to thrive here, much like the marine parks in

Events & Travel

Kisumu Kakamega black spot where residents predict accidents

September 12, 2024

Structurally it slants too suddenly, off the slopes and one then has to negotiate a roundabout

Events & Travel

Part 1: The culture shock of traveling through Rwanda

August 20, 2024

President Paul Kagame united his people and he gave them a mentality, everybody is your brother,

Events & Travel

Travelling through Kisumu, beware trailers falling from the sky

June 27, 2024

Same place, same spot, same type of vehicle, only this the sugar transporting trailer lost control

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.

Fiction & Non Fiction·Non Fiction

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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