Matatu lies – Hatusimami njiani
HATUSIMAMI NJIANI #KitengelaChronicles A wise man will tell you that it is a fallacy when the conductor tells you that the shuttle will ABSOLUTELY NOT STOP, especially when it is…
What matatu to board, according to mood
Matatu Marketing #KitengelaChronicles Zusha! Angukia Chapaa! Zephania 3:17, JayZ, Obama, Malcolm X... These are some of the culture establishing pieces of art in minibuses that take me to town. I…
I’m sorry about what I said about Kitengela
I'm sorry for what I said about Kitengela... 2 years ago. I chided about the dust and sprawling polyethene bags. I spoke of sewers and booming Wamasaa shutles. I spoke…
We hate dust, we hate rain
We hate dust, we hate rain #KitengelaChronicles 4:30 PM and I was riding through Kyang'ombe in Kitengela, hoping to make it safely to the main road (They say it's a"lil"…
Cut the demand for cut girls by engaging men in FGM fight
The more effort is put on the number of men sensitized (P), the less the demand of cut girls (Q), and also less men want to cut their girls. In a typical supply/demand situation in a free market, lack of demand automatically kills the supply. If men are willing to marry uncut girls, FGM will end faster!
FGM Killed Jelida
JELIDA, a 14-year-old, took her last breathe battling a sacred wound she was forced to acquire. Jelida ailed, was forced to bear the pain, and shame. ‘Shame’ which she did…
Maralal, don’t say you were not told!
I peep from the rough tank in Ng'ari, overlooking the dust-choking town of Maralal, enjoying the aroma of lost coins... the aroma of laxating khat from the wet side of Lowua Keri. I widen my nostrils to clear my gut of another morsel of lies and feigned loyalty. I light my pipe and shove some ash... a piece to my ancestors... and make a dash to dodge the fiery rage from the men that ate.
A sad day in Maralal
Last Sunday, I was in Maralal, a town I have seen so many, seemingly, or truly, crazy people. One shines my shoe and for the shining cream, applies a white…
Kajiado does not need a university
This savior mentality, "doing for our people," instead of supporting our people in what they are already doing is going to drag pastoralists behind, give them a development gap bigger than how New York has left Kondele village.