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Deep Insights from a Food Court in Village Market
Saturday, 4.30 PM. The New Wing of Village Market’s Food Court. She could be French or American. She is a Caucasian brunette. Her little boy, maybe four years old, looks like Obama must have looked at that age. He is a four-year-old multi-racial bundle of joy. When she matched into…
I Choose to Unleash This Peace into my Heart
No sooner had I stepped out of my gate into the stinging cold of 5AM than I came face to face with him. He was standing right there, waiting for me with his usual mystical smile. He extended his muscled hand in warm greeting and I clasped it. Mistake number…
The sweetest Christmas Feast
The jingle bells are jingling all the way. Christmas day is here. It’s a day that means a lot to billions in the world. But at this moment, let’s forget about those billions and focus on you. What does it mean to you? First of all, let me answer what…
African Youth Need More Jobs, Not More Conflict
Dear Mama Africa, RE: AFRICAN YOUTH NEED MORE JOBS, NOT MORE CONFLICT How are you today? How are you feeling about the 54 countries that call you mama? You will be glad to know that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Kenya on Wednesday 9th December. I have mixed feelings…
Bobi Wine’s Consistent Call for Ballots to be Cast and Counted Fairly
December 6th, Njeru, Uganda. This small town in Uganda’s central region is home to approximately 160,000 people. Thousands of these people lined the streets of their town on Sunday July 6th to catch a glimpse of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine. They cheered excitedly as the thirty-eight…
La Reine in The Driver's Seat
Earlier that cold October morning when I sat in my home office and began writing a few paragraphs of ‘Green Decisions,’ a book that am writing, it occurred to me that based on the confidence that I had seen rippling through La Reine’s eyes as she drove, time was ripe…
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Five Thirty Eight Bliss (No Excuses)
I wasn’t supposed to go for my morning run on the morning of Saturday July 25th. When my eyes slammed shut the previous night, I had closed the door to a morning run. I never go for this morning run during weekends because I have always been convinced that there… in Morning Glory -
Nairobi's Leaking Roofs
It started with a drop of water that landed on top of the white headscarf of her head when she was cooking sukuma wiki (kales) on her rusty, green stove. She didn’t feel that drop. But when several drops landed in her plate ten minutes later as she was eating,… in Morning Glory -
Tears Cleanse the Soul
Do you remember the last time tears streamed down your cheeks? Your eyes moistened then you felt some wetness as a little river erupted from the depths of your heart, into your eyes then down your cheeks. You sniffed, fished out a napkin from your handbag and wiped those tears.… in 200 Words -
Let us Use 2020 to Invest Our Time into Greatness
I never thought that I would leap from bed one morning right into the arms of the year 2020. Yet that is exactly what happened that bright, first morning of this unique ‘double 20 year.’ Twenty years ago during the dawn of the new millennium in the year 2000, my… in Morning Glory -
Is God Green?
Since those joyous days of my childhood when every game unlocked the gates of heaven for me, I have been to church many, many, many times. I can remember sermons on repentance when I was reminded to repent or face damnation. I repented. Or sermons on prosperity when I was… in Morning Glory -
A Night at Dudu Villas, Lamu
The two donkeys were hurtling towards us with scared looks in their usually expressionless faces. Hot on their heels were three German Shepherd dogs. in LamuTags: LamuRead more -
The High Fever of Habitat Loss
The SANY bulldozer, in all its yellow splendor, charged at your house like a furious rhino. The rugged black teeth of the bulldozer’s massive bucket tear into your weak concrete walls. As the walls crumble into a rubble of helpless concrete smithereens, the bulldozer’s black teeth reminded you of the… in Morning Glory -
Hibiscus and Honey Vibes
“Make sure you try bissap, a unique soft drink that they make from hibiscus flower.” I told my friend Retha. She was in Senegal for a meeting and I had taken it upon myself to give her tips since I had also visited Senegal earlier. “I already drank it last… in Cuisine -
Beautiful Breeze for Realizing Your Dreams
“A dream written down with a date becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by action makes your dreams come true.” These words by Dr. Greg Reid are completely on point. Let’s take a second look at your dream. Maybe its realization… in Beautiful Breeze -
Kissing the Ground in Karura Forest
I am on fire today. My running pants are tucked into black socks, which makes me look really goofy. I started tucking in two months ago after the lower edges of my trouser became occasionally entangled in my bike’s pedals while I was cycling. The first time this happened, I… in Morning Glory