It must have been the sixth stairs, though my right foot was already resting on the seventh. There, was a beggar seated on the step with a cup scantily filled with coins. The footbridge at Ngara was choked with people; descending and ascending in quick succession. It was in the evening, the sun was oglingContinue reading “Daddy Days: Missing Our Fathers”
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Mama’s Love-Happy Mother’s Day
Because you bore in fulfillment all the naggings, The pain, the deserting miseries of motherhood, Certainly knowing, believing, And praying that the fetus will grow past childhood And become a person that would fix your broken pieces And embrace your inadequacies, You’re the true mother Because you’ve always taken a chance with your babies YourContinue reading “Mama’s Love-Happy Mother’s Day”
Happy Birthday Winnie- A Tribute
It was evening, and the skylarks flew; As they sang their sweetest melodies; Cattle, gracefully, carried home their bulging bodies; The stars tarried, brightly shining, it was hope While the clouds to a far horizon had eloped; Winds moved with whispering conspiracy of tales untold And the trees swayed to a quieting rhythm That wasContinue reading “Happy Birthday Winnie- A Tribute”
JUST SCREAM Revamped, Revised, Reedited and Republished
I come to you with a message, a good one; That my maiden book got rebirthed. You see, when I first published this book, it was quite naïve and innocent like a virgin. It bore in it my raw, novice and indeed green thoughts. And from my estimation, it wasn’t properly done both from theContinue reading “JUST SCREAM Revamped, Revised, Reedited and Republished”
Grace and Gratitude- My Birthday Reflections.
It’s in the afternoon, the sun ogles at the earth with intense scrutiny. We are seated at the beautiful sunny beach of Gerard Larose, Seychelles. The water shore swings rhythmically like two lovers, enamored into a romantic chit chat while dancing salsa in a less tense atmosphere. We are seated shoulder to shoulder, very close.Continue reading “Grace and Gratitude- My Birthday Reflections.”
To My Friends Whom We’ve Lost Touch Yet, I Still Think About
Had we imagined we could get this far, we would have maximized those moments. How easy was it then when we were all in one place? We were sure to see each other as frequently as possible. We didn’t anticipate much change. Even though we felt things would change but we didn’t give it aContinue reading “To My Friends Whom We’ve Lost Touch Yet, I Still Think About”
We Lost 14 Lovely Young Souls in a Stampede, Yet We Are Only Mourning Mzee
It’s a bizarre occurrence of how young pupils to a total of fourteen lost their lives in the Kakamega stampede. The fuzziness around the happening isn’t enough to cure Kenyans’ curiosity. And the government’s ambivalence and triviality of it is quite telling. Hence it has staged a situation of no certainty and grayness, as conspiracyContinue reading “We Lost 14 Lovely Young Souls in a Stampede, Yet We Are Only Mourning Mzee”
Diary of the Miaha- Review
It’s one of the rawest and perhaps the realest memoir that I have read in the recent. Verah Omwocha Dinda through her story ushers a reader into the ‘house’ called marriage, which seems to have so many rooms with many intricate hallways and doors. With her little but rich experience in marriage life- as aContinue reading “Diary of the Miaha- Review”
MY BEST READ 2019
First forward, I challenged myself to devour 52 books this year. Unfortunately, due to my small ‘tummy’ and my slow ‘chewing mechanism’, I have only done 45 books. I have failed! But I have learned a lot through the 45 copies, out of which I have enlisted what I may call the best 10 ofContinue reading “MY BEST READ 2019”
Too Young and Skinny: Why I got Booed by My Students
“Wooiiiii! This is a student.” “We can’t be taught by a student!” a rascal female student shouted on top of her voice. She was plump, weighty, thick and looked motherly. The other one, skinny, brown skin with some funny hairstyle joined to chant a rebellious noise against the lecturer who had just stepped in forContinue reading “Too Young and Skinny: Why I got Booed by My Students”
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