Where to buy fish in Kisumu.
We first learned about these old school fishermen from a relative who has lived here for years. He gave us a hack for getting affordable fish, which in my one month here has proved to be the most useful.
Travelling through Kisumu, beware trailers falling from the sky
Same place, same spot, same type of vehicle, only this the sugar transporting trailer lost control and veered off the flyover to land twenty meters down into two saloon cars.
Kisumu reveals the best poets in East Africa
Even if the regional title is gone, it seems, the Kenyan title is contested.
Gen z debate the Kenya family unit in Maseno
I found these young men and women’s heated arguments and boisterous words quite informed and even learned a thing or two on their perspectives on family and the community's space in it.
Refurbished Kisumu Jamhuri park rekindles memories of old dates
After I discovered this space it became a personal favourite, I went for dates, business meet ups, did my first paying outdoor photography
Vinyl addiction; Kisumu edition
The set, a tent shaped open space with tarpaulins held up with beams hanging overhead a canopy of trees over a raised platform delivered a cozy airy space for a warm Kisumu afternoon and early evening. They threw bundles of hay covered
The burial of a General and Luo customs
After the years of quick silent burials, the news that General Francis Ogolla would be interred in 72 hours accompanied with a simple ceremony, a cheap casket from which he would be removed and wrapped in simple clothing before the interment was
Married in Rowo
For Odiero, this was a magical moment, it confirmed everything in his belief in choosing Kakwe for his wife. This could not have happened in Germany on a cold winter night thinking of gas prices, it could only happen in Sindo, tonight,
Inflation ta’ngo? Janabi wuoyo
The sounds of the gong, shake, thump, and sax from his live band punctuate the air. Like lemmings, the crowds are drawn towards this pied piper, crawling over each other just to get a little closer to the goosebump-raising voice.
Married at Namalo Part 1
I had to break out of the chant of repeated prayers and it was difficult to decide whether I was part of the proceedings or outside it as an observer.
CSR budgets turned on worthy cause for International women’s day
International Women’s Day is celebrated to address pertinent issues that affect women such as gender equality, reproductive rights, violence and abuse against women and discrimination based on sex.