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CORRUPTION AND TASTY SAMOSAS

I was nine the first time I was caught up in a corruption scandal . Mother sent me to the British Petroleum filling point near Ndurarua Primary to buy paraffin and I let myself be used by the forces of darkness and evil I was walking with my jerrycan, holding Read more…

By Victor, 1 yearNovember 25, 2021 ago
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MONEY, SEX AND A BLEAK FUTURE : ON YOUTH, WHY KENYA NEEDS TO CROSS THE RUBICON.

In a dimly lit alley in Dandora, a young woman walks nervously. She’s carrying a baby on her back, and the bag she is half-carrying, half-dragging is clearly heavy. She keeps looking behind her, like she is running from something or someone that would pop up any minute, and her Read more…

By Victor, 1 yearNovember 16, 2021 ago
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NO MORE PARTIES IN LA

The world’s biggest showerhead is in South B. There’s an estate past the second bump after ‘Sanasana’, where the fruit shack owner has a lisp and it never gets old to hear him ‘fresh salads’. My friend lives in that estate, him, his girlfriend and the world’s biggest showerhead. They Read more…

By Victor, 2 yearsApril 1, 2021 ago
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GEORGE WEAH, MANSA MUSA AND THE ROYALTY THAT RUNS IN OUR BLOOD

In 1995, the very first year that players born outside of Europe were eligible for the award, George Weah won the Ballon d’Or. After the glitzy award show in Paris, he would parade the 12 kg, spherical, dipped-in-gold trophy around then-battle weary Monrovia, and proudly so. To date, he remains Read more…

By Victor, 2 yearsMarch 29, 2021 ago
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A GENTLEMAN JACK BOTTLE IN KIBERA : A LINK BETWEEN CADILLACS, KONYAGI, AND FINANCIAL THERAPY.

I was looking up financial therapists online earlier today in Nairobi. To say the numbers are lean is to do what Trump used to do to facts. I’ve been curious about financial therapy since I was in Kibera two months ago, hunting for stories with my friend Don, (because juicy Read more…

By Victor, 2 yearsMarch 19, 2021 ago
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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD PEOPLE

When I walk around places, I like to play a face guessing game. I pick out a random stranger’s face and guess their age. Of people I come to know their ages later, I have a surprisingly good success rate, and only extremely neanimorphic faces throw me off, (that’s people Read more…

By Victor, 2 yearsJanuary 14, 2021 ago
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THREE BEERS WERE MORE THAN ENOUGH TO REMEMBER NOTHING

It’s about half past nine, the streets are deserted, and the wind blows slowly.  Disinterested. Like a worker who can’t wait to go home when morning comes. It blows away the loose pieces of litter left behind by a careless population, pieces of paper, groundnut wrappers, shopping bags, promotional material, Read more…

By Victor, 2 yearsJanuary 1, 2021 ago
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IN THE FACE OF COVID STUDENTS FACE THE FEAR OF REPEATING CLASSES

Lewis Kobatek is a worried twelve-year-old. Since March this year, COVID-19 has suspended learning for him and his classmates. The time in between has been spent trying to catch up with schoolwork, attending to chores, and stressing about what now seems like a wasted year.

By Victor, 2 yearsDecember 24, 2020 ago
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