Morning Glory
Kenya's Search for Water
If you live in Nairobi or any other urban center in the country and are able to access water through the taps of your house, you are among the lucky fifty percent urban residents with piped water in their houses. According to the World Bank, barely half of Kenya's urban…
Better, Safer and Cheaper Housing for Nairobi Residents
Have you ever held a honeycomb in your hands? If not, try and do so one day and you will catch a glimpse of Nairobi’s concrete tenements that are known in Nairobi simply as ‘flats.’ They dot the eastern part of Nairobi and host hundreds of thousands of people.
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,…
East Pokot's Flood of Tears
Wrinkles. They were folded all over her face and breasts. Her chest was bare and she didn't care. No one cared. Dangling around her neck was a set of nearly two dozen necklaces that were enjoined together. The bead necklaces, which were black, green, red and blue covered her entire…
When I Fled from Terror
My thigh was shaking as I pressed the accelerator. Truth be told, I was very, very scared. Next to me in the co-driver seat of The Growler, as my friends refer to my Subaru Forester, was Mutua a young Red Cross volunteer who was also fleeing from Lamu. Flee. I…
Lake Bogoria's Invisible Million Dollars
My car was enjoying the drive as much as I was. The road was clear and although it was just after ten, it felt as if noon had already arrived with searing heat. “This AC is not helping much,” I thought with a tinge of irritation as I made a…
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Will I Break the Morning Run Record?
It’s 3.32AM and am wondering if, when I leave for my morning run in an hour’s time at 4.30 AM, I will manage to break my current record of 5:46 minutes per kilometer, for the 12k distance. Am hoping I will, because I tend to break these records on Mondays.… in Morning Glory -
Welcome to Mauritius
There were three of us on the high table, and I was the only one dressed in casual attire. The two other gentlemen there were both in official shirts, tucked in properly. I was too excited to notice this discordant dress code. You see, it was my first time in… in Morning Glory -
When I was a VIP in Congo Brazaville
Never had I seen such remnants of war Bullet halls decorated gorgeous buildings Brazaville the capital city of Congo Discovered by Brazza from Belgium And named after him Were there no people in this city? Before the Belgian came? I decided to call the city, Yetu Yetu, Swahili for ours… in Travel -
Lamu Island's Yellow House
The rotting dhania, coriander, sat gloomily on top of the small fridge. It had been a sweet green color just days back in Mombasa when we bought it at Nakumatt. in Lamu Read more -
Running 10k with Eliud in Mind
‘I will walk for most of the 12 kilometers and just run a little bit here and there. That’s because I have not run for the last one week since I was suffering from malaria. I finished my medication - Dihydroartemisinin+Piperaquine (P-Alaxin) two days ago and I feel fine now.’… in Morning Glory -
Thanks George, for Lighting Up This World
I had just finished depositing my cheque and was about to walk out of SBM Bank Donholm when I felt a tap on my shoulder. When I turned around, I saw one of the biggest boyish grins ever. It was my first cousin George. Our mothers are sisters. “John!” he… in Morning Glory -
Better, Safer and Cheaper Housing for Nairobi Residents
Have you ever held a honeycomb in your hands? If not, try and do so one day and you will catch a glimpse of Nairobi’s concrete tenements that are known in Nairobi simply as ‘flats.’ They dot the eastern part of Nairobi and host hundreds of thousands of people. in Morning Glory Read more -
The Small Room
A quick note to my future wife - if you furtively me catch me in the act of dashing to the washroom with my Samsung phone all the time, it is not because I want to send a quick message to an old flame. The only reason my phone escorts… in 200 Words Read more -
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 -
In Tunisia To Change the World
I arrived in Tunis at 3.30PM on 21st March 2015 aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul. The flight had taken three hours, much shorter than the six and a half hour flight from Nairobi to Istanbul. Together with me on this flight were several fellow East Africans. We were… in Morning Glory