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KAWANGWARE TO KAKAMEGA: FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME

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…

By Victor, 2 daysMarch 23, 2023 ago
Long Reads

The Safari Rally. An Enduring Icon of Roaring Entertainment

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…

By Victor, 2 monthsFebruary 7, 2023 ago
Profiles

TONY INTERVIEW: FINDING PURPOSE, DEALING WITH LOSS AND STAYING TRUE TO THE PROCESS

WHATSAPP | 11TH JULY 2022, 21:50 The first time I talked to Tony was after a game they had at Impala in January. I took photos of him and Robin, his teammate, and I had to take his number so I could share the photos after I got them from Read more…

By Victor, 8 monthsJuly 19, 2022 ago
Profiles

GONE TILL SEPTEMBER

I remember what breakfast was on the morning of March 4th, 2013. Hot mandazi that needed to be pinched carefully to avoid searing my fingers, and over-sugared, black tea. Like a lot of my agemates, it was my first time voting, and I had stayed up all night from the Read more…

By Victor, 11 monthsMay 6, 2022 ago
Long Reads

THE SECOND COMING OF RUTO

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…

By Victor, 12 monthsApril 6, 2022 ago
Medium Reads

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
Short Reads

DIFFERENT TYPES OF NDUTHI GUYS

If you have overslept, run late in Kenya or gotten home at odd hours of the night, then you’ve most likely used a motorbike. Motorbikes, commonly known as ‘nduthis’ beat traffic, get to places where public service matatus don’t, and due to their increasing number, are often very affordable. The Read more…

By Victor, 2 yearsJanuary 18, 2021 ago
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