Of Cockroaches, and Why They Own You

Knock! Knock! Who’s there? Cock…(continued at the end)

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The Cat Likes to be Kicked…

I stood up to go somewhere, but now I do not know where it was, or what I was going to do when I got there. There’s the door I opened and closed, built by my grandfather’s friend and ‘shipped’ on an old donkey cart, repaired many times since, and still holding.

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The Maid, the Three Weed Cookies and the Girl who gave the DJ her Phone

Everybody Lies. Everybody who has a heartbeat lies to everyone else, including themselves, most of the time. Some lie even after they die, which is interesting given that the dead tell no tales, unless they have written them before, or donated sperm ante-mortem.

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Of Phone Thieves, and the Student who kept a Pet Snake

If you are reading this and you have ever had your phone stolen, grabbed even, in this (used-to-be) city in the sun, then you are either smiling to yourself or holding your chin. A phone is not an easy thing to lose, never has been. The Kenyan phone thief is proof that Darwin was right. …

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Once more into the fray (Live and Die on this day)

“Once more into the fray Into the last good fight I’ll ever know…”   My penance piety does not suffice As the fray takes toll upon my mortal As the dagger slices and dices The fort crumbles…   Hope and pray I be reborn To dive into the fray one other To face demons whose …

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The Beautiful Lady and the House of the Dead

The fact that you have read the title and decided to read this post implies that you find it intriguing that a beautiful girl can have a connection to the house of the dead, what we mortals call a morgue or Mortuary. Well, let me be the first one to tell you this, the beautiful …

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The 7 Most Bizarre Kenyan Traditions and Rituals

Anyway, I am sure you know that each country struggles to market its tribes and their traditions without putting the word bizarre after such events.

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How to Fund the Next Elections

A Modest Proposal for Modern Elections

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7 Things a Nostalgic Kenyan Remembers.

I am at that age where it is easy to remember the days of yore without overly exaggerating for the sake of raising my stature among my would-be grandchildren. They are, actually, still minute cells within my loins and I have little need to lie to them now…at least just yet…

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