A riot of colorful hats and flags, exuberant dancing, and the Vuvuzelas, (those rasping, meter-long plastic horns) blaring relentlessly with zest but much less melody, capped the deafening sounds that greeted us at the entrance of the K1 Klub House, along Ojijo road in Parklands, Nairobi, that Friday the...
It is tragic that Mukami Kimathi, Dedan Kimathi’s widow, died last week aged 96 without knowing her husband’s grave. For the last 66 years of her life, Mukami longed to give her husband a decent burial, a wish that she couldn’t fulfil because the freedom fighter’s rumoured burial site...
There’s a traffic accident reported every hour every day every year in Kenya. As a result of these hourly accidents, between 9 and 11 people die each day. During the same 24 hour period, a further 14 to 29 people will be left seriously injured after a traffic crash....
It is a Sunday afternoon and the sun is playing hide and seek with a lazy cumulus cloud that stubbornly hovers above Uhuru Park, Nairobi. The park is teeming with a sea of humanity. For hours, they have been singing, clapping, dancing and cheering. Now, oblivious of their own...
Raptors, the generic name for birds of prey, are hyper-carnivorous bird species that survive by hunting and feeding on other animals. Currently, Kenya has 103 species (including owls) of birds of prey ranging from the tiny Pygmy falcon to the Lappet-faced vulture, which is the largest raptor on the...
There are national subjects that require assemblage of evidence and closure. The land settlement deals with the British and the fate of the Mau Mau are prime candidates as we continue to write the official history of Kenya as a nation. The origin of our upper economic echelons is...
I am trying to design a life I like. A life I don’t need to run away from, or sedate myself to get through. It’s a trial and error thing, one whose rewards manifest in rest, ease and quiet joy, nothing glamorous. An inner-life thing, you know? Central to...
One must-do if you ever travel to Japan is signing up for a Japanese tea ceremony in Osaka. You will end up in a ragtag group of other itinerant tourists eager to immerse themselves into a centuries-old tradition. Like you, they are looking for something to make their trip...
I just spent an idyllic three days in Homa Bay County by the shores of Nam Lolwe, eating fresh fried fish caught from the lake every day, and enjoying magical sunsets. I found my hotel through a quick internet search, Victoria Sands Lodge, and confirmed its existence and quality...
Have you ever agreed to attend an event you didn’t want to go to? Or hide your true feelings about an opinion a friend has? I think we’ve all done that from time to time. But if you’re like me, this constant violation of your own values is a...
Among the demands that the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party (Azimio) made in its call for protests against government inaction, the one that was most likely to “set” the negotiating table was their call for a more broad-based process of selecting nominees to the Independent Electoral Boundaries...
