It had been almost three years since they had started dating so it was not surprising when Ted asked Kawira if he could introduce her to his mother. Kawira was elated, to say the least. She reminisced about how fate had woven their destinies together in the oddest of circumstances. She had just turned 25 […]
It started when I met this guy at my friend, Maggie’s party. It was a Friday evening. I was looking all fine, if I do say so myself but I was just out of a relationship so I was not looking for anything besides having a reasonably good time and catching up with friends, maybe […]
Who wants to be an M.P? Me Please! I want to earn a big fat pay cheque I want to embarrass myself By issuing statements that I shall deny Please let me act like a fool Let me wail like a mad one And make silly facial expressions Who wants to be an M.P? Me […]
We love and fight with words. He is so confident But around me he gets nervous, Loses his words, Gets shy on me. I love words, I play with them, Turning them into bits and pieces of things, So when he is silent, I have nothing to use to bridge this gap between us, To […]
I still remember the day I got married. The one image that would be etched in my memory was of the amazing life I would have with the love of my life. The image of two little human beings who had his brown sparkling eyes, running around the house was more than bliss to me. […]
I look down at the sticky wet mess between my legs. The red stain attached to my dress and choke on a heart wrenching sob. It was happening again. “No God! Please no…” the sharp pain in my gut overtakes my cries as it seems to also take the oxygen from my lungs. Where is […]
How long are 60 seconds? The simple answer would be one minute. Philosophically speaking time is the experience of durations thus in reality 60 seconds can pass in the blink of an eye but at times it can feel like a lifetime. I had always thought I would die a natural death; sleep never to […]
I haven’t written poetry for a couple of years which is strange because even before I was a short story writer I used to write poetry. I am coming back to my first love, and although I don’t have a muse anymore I have some inspiration from the past. Here are 2 poems I have […]
We are just friends and we hang out talking and we have lunch and take long walks and enjoy our talks but we never really say what is to be said so now it is time to leave and we bid each other farewell but as soon as we get home we both reach for […]
Every Wednesday we have our Man Around Nairobi segment where we feature men who work and play in this beautiful city. Our Man Around Nairobi is Magunga Williams. Magunga Williams is a writer. He says he is not an award winning anything but telling a good story is his only vanity. Sometimes he sell stories, […]
I have always loved stories. Storytelling was one of my favorite parts of the evening (after eating of course!). We would always have my dad telling us stories of how he grew up or the things he went through as he grew up. These were the good old days where our parents, grandparents and other […]
This is the story of a modern Cinderella Zawadi. Zawadi is the daughter of a wealthy man, but she is the maid. Her step mother takes advantage of the fact that her father is not in the country to mistreat her. Her luck changed and she got an invite to Rafik’s party. Rafik is the […]
It’s another Wednesday and time to meet one of the men who live, work and play in Nairobi. Our Man Around Nairobi today is Bryan Ngartia. Ngartia says that he is a country boy stuck in the city. He is trying to find his way through it, often wandering into film sets and performance stages. […]
If you have been a participant in the Nairobi art scene in the last ten years or so, you will probably agree that Spoken Word has achieved considerable excellence in the last decade. It has evolved from bar stool open mics, to church shows to individual artists filling auditoriums. One concern though, has been its […]
Dear Dad and Mum, I hope this finds you well if at all you will take time to read it. I’m getting used to this new Boarding school and all is well. I know your lives are very busy and I shouldn’t be bugging you with my silly thoughts, but I am not seeking attention […]