Tag: Nairobi

Cupidity meets stupidity

Things don't change a lot in our small world. Although when Friday is 13th of Feb, and Valentines Day is the following day, folks...

t’s a bastard city this

  Welcome back to the city, formerly green and in the sun. Wonder where the lush disappeared replaced by trash and the sun replaced by...

Fear as Olympic School’s male mugomo withers

By Erick Wamanji Fear. Anxiety. This is the mood at Olympic Primary School in Kibera. Reason. The Mugumo (fig tree) in the compound is withering....

The cock is crowing in Kibera

By Eric Wamanji Malnutrition, most Kenyans know, is a native of Kibera much as is flying toilets or uprooting railway lines. But life is changing...

Why city is trapped in the coffee mug

Coffee-taking has become a religion in Nairobi. The coffee shop is the new cathedral where the city congregates as if for vespers (evening prayers). By...
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