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I’m loading bottles of drinking water into the Hino bus at 5:45 AM when Korir eases his car into 4th Ngong Avenue. As the Nairobi City Stars CEO, I am headed to Kakamega with the team because he had said I could. I’ve always wanted to travel with a football Read more…
Gilgil. Kenya. 14. 09. 2022 Towns fly past as the bus speeds by. Kinungi, Morendati, Gilgil, Kanyawa. I tug at my seatbelt, as the lights in the distance keep me fascinated. Vibrant towns during the day, they are white dots in the distance now, and are only slightly visible in Read more…
As posted on the KCB blog here KASARANI Thursday, 23rd June 2022. I find Wango near the arc where Nkrumah Avenue joins Moi Avenue, at the ATMs on KenCom House. The 70s-style, beige-coloured building, is one of Nairobi’s most distinct landmarks is KCB’s headquaters. Wango is dressed exactly how you’d imagine Read more…
In the early afternoon of 29th December 2002, Uhuru Kenyatta read a concession speech in a packed hall, at the Serena Hotel, a few minutes from State House Nairobi. It was a formal, written acceptance of a resounding loss at the polls as KANU’s flagbearer, to Mwai Kibaki, then an Read more…
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was Read more…
I like the question and answer website Quora. There are a lot of answers to questions you might have on any topic you might come up with. Like this guy who wanted to know whether his MacBook will weigh heaver if he downloads huge files, . So when I heard Read more…
To get to your mother’s house, you’ll be torn between taking a matatu and taking a taxi. She lives in a high rise housing complex in the old part of the city. With the refugees who speak little Swahili, and sell jeans that have been flat ironed, and the godforsaken Read more…
If you’ve played the song ‘Baby Shark’ around a child, their reaction probably explained why it’s a viral hit song. Children, at least the ones I’ve seen, tend to get overly excited when the song is played, too excited in fact. They know the lyrics, the dance moves, and can Read more…
A running joke in Nairobi is that if you slap the word ‘executive’ in front of an item, it doubles in price. A haircut can cost Ksh 100, but the same haircut, branded as ‘executive’ will cost Ksh 200. Replicate that across apartments, furniture, transport and you have an idea Read more…
Tuesday, 15th January 2019 In Nairobi’s blistering afternoon heat, a tabby cat lies lazily on a ventilation system, oblivious to its surroundings. In the adjacent building, Club Sabina Joy is open for business, it’s almost as dark as it would be at night, like it’s an ingredient to what’s being Read more…