Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappI was supposed to have written this article last week but I haven’t had a single free minute to sit down and pen anything. Thursday last week, there was a poetry and spoken word event at the little theatre club of Mombasa being hosted by Fatuma’s voice. For […]
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappAccording to Wikipedia, a vacation or holiday is a leave of absence from a regular occupation, or a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism. It states that vacations are often spent with friends or family. In an amusing turn of affairs, I
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappThis is how it all begun. It was the beginning of the end. If you ask me really, I cannot explain how I got into this situation. The events happened so fast it was over before it had even begun. Occasionally I ask myself, is this how she
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram Whatsapp “That….that thing lying over there is not my baby,” he said slowly through clenched teeth, making sure not to draw any attention to them from the other new mothers in the ward. She sat up straight. “I beg your pardon?” “I said that is not my baby!”
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappI can’t help myself; I am howling with laughter as I write this. Seriously. Not that I am complaining, on the contrary I am really grateful for the comic relief. God knows I needed it! It’s been a week full of laughter and tears; the week of valentine’s.
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Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappI have never understood why I dread this day so much. Year after year, whenever the date draws closer I would get a fever and almost become sick. I’d get into a foul mood; a bottomless pit that no one would be able to draw me out of,
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram Whatsapp When it was announced in the news that Mugo wa wairimu will be vying for the Roysambu member of parliament seat I was with some friends and for some weird unknown reason the room went deathly quiet. No one said anything for a while as we stared
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappSTALKER The man I love thinks that I’m a stalker That’s what he actually calls me,I saw how he saved me in his contacts And its got me asking, Where do we draw the line? When do you decide that someone is a stalker Or maybe they just
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram Whatsapp Gasoline Plastic bags Starter fluid Acetone hydrogen Gunpowder and guncotton * * * This place is dry and dusty; and I don’t like it one bit. It’s six pm in the evening but the temperatures are getting out of hand. 30 degrees, is what.
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappI want to pull out my hair and gnash my teeth in anguish. I want to slit my wrists and gorge out my eyes. I want to cut off my arms and legs and breasts; breasts that now defy my orders to stay put, and are instead intent
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram Whatsapp September 4th, 2011 “His examination revealed that he had no fever, no pain anywhere, and that his only concrete feeling was an urgent desire to die. All that was needed was shrewd questioning…to conclude once again that the symptoms of love were the same as those
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappChimamanda Ngozi Adichie would probably cuss me out if she read this. Which is a good thing in real sense because I am safe in the knowledge she would never read this article. Not in a thousand years. Maybe in a hundred….but by then the world order would
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappHonorable Ontii stretched himself leisurely on the coach, although leisure was the last thing on his mind at the moment. He was becoming a tortured man and the worst thing was that he did not know how to maneuver through the whole situation; simply because he had never
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram Whatsapp The tension between them was palpable. So much so that in fact, you could feel it through your fingers. Chris uncrossed his legs and crossed them again almost immediately. He watched the woman he loved, the woman he could easily exchange his own life for working furiously.
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappThe truth hit her so hard it felt like a physical blow. She tried to steady herself, tried to stay focused and not let the pain show on her face. It was an attempt in futility. Her breathing came in short labored gasps and her head felt dizzy.
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappShe was a late bloomer. The sudden revelation was the only thing going through his mind as he sat there in the kitchen counter and watched her chop vegetables. He was fighting with a number of emotions he couldn’t exactly place. In the midst of all the confusion
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram Whatsapp“Now that you’ve calmed down about the dead lion in Africa…. #realissues #starvingchildren #realtalk #africa It’s funny how the masses will FREAK OUT over an animal but when you have real babies dying daily people be like “meh…whatever”… #priorities Thanks Garrett Robins for the image.” Said one Rachel Jackson on
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram Whatsapp#someonetellsouthafrica #someonetellnigeria #someonetelluganda #someonetelltanzania #someonetellCNN #someonetell…. Well, someone tell anyone who cares to listen. Because it seems that’s all we are doing of late; telling someone something. Looking at all those hash tags leaves you shaking your head in amusement. Could this be a pointer to bigger underlying
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappYou know how when a good person passes on and almost everyone has got something to say about an experience or two they had together? A few days ago, that person happened to be Pascal Kilei; a young, bubbly, ever happy, sunshine inducer and promising actor. Actually, using
Share this… Facebook0 Pinterest0 Twitter Linkedin0 Telegram WhatsappMost men from the coast and especially Mombasa will confess their dark escapades at the clubs or wherever it is they go at night if they are honest enough. Most probably wouldn’t because they are married. Which is fine, we understand. Trust me, we do. The nightlife scene