Life & Experiences
A Man Is Dead
Some of you were born in Nairobi, in houses with lavish compounds or estates with swimming pools where you would cool the heat off in chilled treated waters. For some of us, the…
Life & Experiences
This Is Why So Many Maasai Ladies Are Not Married
If you want to bring down the firmest structure you will start out by figuring out how you will crash the strongest pillars. There was a very big reason why the Maasai were…
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Climate Change Has Really Affected the Maasai
Ukunda is not your ordinary town. It is not as boisterous as the so-called armpits of Nairobi town; River Road , Nyamakima, and the like. Compared to Nairobi, Ukunda is dull and…
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Maasai Men, You Need to Stop This Habit
It is a Wednesday afternoon, three Maasai men enter ‘Enkine butchery’ to masticate the 2kg of roasted meat they had ordered. They come out with toothpicks between their teeth and…
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Bring Rani & Rina Home
Hi. My name is John Mburu Kinyanjui: Long story short- 2016 was dynamic and life changing: was single, got married to Jeniffer Nyambura Kamande and became a parent. As eager and…
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Let's Talk About Death (Part 3)
2 years back I lost 2 people in my life. One was my dad ( Part One ) and the other was a friend ( Part Two ) who worked earnestly to ensure am close to Christ. Well, this one is a…
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Dear Grandmother
Dear grandma, How are you? It’s been a while since you went to Paradise. How is the place? Is it as beautiful as people describe it? I will join you once my work on earth is…
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He Took Away My Innocence
It was one of my favorite lecturer. I was really excited. “I want us to talk about rape today,” he bellowed. As a therapist that wasn’t weird, that was going to be part of my job,…
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Celebrating My Birthday in Oloitokitok
I am seated in the business class of this plane. It is cold, freezing cold. It is also dark, pitch dark and all I see is this… Hitting the road at midnight in Oloitokitok I am…
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Why I Deleted My WhatsApp
On Wednesday July 6th 2016 at 11.59am, I deleted my WhatsApp account. I was an addict once but I overcame that by disabling WhatsApp notifications from the Apps Menu. I never used…
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Donkey, We Are Screwed!
The feeling you get when you really don’t believe what you see. “Donk, you know what?” “I don’t know, but am really good at giving that irritating neigh while farting! Am also…
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It Is Not Unfortunate Being Maasai
So a mail pops in my inbox and this lengthy email from a beautiful Maasai lady unwraps itself and I don’t hesitate to write it. I have been doing Maasai activism articles before…