THE STRONG SELF BY SUSAN WAWIRA God created with a purpose. He created us uniquely and intellectually. I feel mine has much to do with writing. Talent is Godly. In fact it can’t be copied. Mostly, we inherit this magnificent potential from our parents and the generation …
Perception. My coat values Just as yours. Until I tell you To your idol it belonged. Mine a shoe values As the market dictates. Until I tell you to To your idol it belonged. What if us they’ve told? What they’re not. What if they are not? As perfect as …
The Pen From South Sudan: The journey of John Monyjok By John Monyjok I started writing in the Magang Village back in 2002 after recovering from TB, a chronic illness that almost killed me, but I got the complete and successful treatment for it by the Medicines Sans Frontier or the Doctors without Borders, MSF. …
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ALL IT TAKES IS A WORD By Ladan Muthengi During these troubled times of pandemics and sequestration, life has turned upside down for some. Jobs have been lost, businesses closed, assets sold off, accounts depleted, relationships tested. Our world is caving in around us and it seems like all is lost. But despite all the …
THE SONNET OF A HUSTLER Bu Ladan Muthengi My life is a mess, My body is obese, Am always under stress And people can’t guess. They kick my ass, And hang me on cross, Then subdue my voice And claim it is noise. They throw me like a dice, And spit on my face, Saying …
Stanton Witherspoon: The “Okello” who brought joy to us By Gabriel Dinda When I met Stanton in March 2019, it took me only a few minutes to realize that I had met a good man. I had been informed that Stanton was so passionate that he couldn’t keep his passion to himself. He wanted …
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The Art of Good Deeds; A Chat with Patricia Mollyne Mataga By Dismass Okombo Smog is silently suffocating us. Tsunamis are consuming cities, and the scientists are now hoarse from preaching about the impending climate change calamities. In the lonely corners of the crowded streets, outstretched, empty hands plead for a coin and a portion …
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Briefcase. So this you support, I didn’t know! There was a briefcase, At the bedrock of it. These were so fine, The finest of utterances. I didn’t know There was a briefcase. At the bedrock of it A briefcase is it? By, Fanon Kihu.
Questions unanswered. How did you amass wealth? What do you mean? Your wealth is in-congruent to your salary. I am a businessman. Which business do you do? I am a person so blessed. I thought you were a public servant. Yes, and I am also a businessman. Which business do you …
The anatomy of losing books to “friends” By Gabriel Dinda If you have one hundred books in your home library, you have probably lost books of the same quantity to you friends. First they pose as utterly trustworthy. And true, they could be-but not with books. When your friends pay you a visit, they find …
United. The states are united The kingdom united. Why then, is it a bother, To unite mother Africa? There is something Against unity hovering. As the united gain. Exploiters endure pain. Theirs a wholesome gain The disunited are in pain. They never want you united Yet they are tightly united. …
Crass materialism. A bus has its owner He hires a poor driver. A public service vehicle It’s supposed to be. At the end of the day It brings remittance. In the form of cash From collected bus fare. To ensure efficiency Owner sets a target earning for driver. One day the bus …
