GENERATIONAL BAGGAGE, PERHAPS

Hating on social media is on unprecedented levels, they call it 'Pull Him/Her Down' syndrome(phd), in fact it sells like hot cake. We are a generation that coalesces and perhaps relates so well with negatives to an extent of igniting hatred and making people feel bad about themselves. Social media has replaced the role of...

BRING BACK OUR GIRLS

International Labour Organization estimates 1.2 million children are trafficked worldwide, and the US State Department says as many as 27 million men, women and children are victims of trafficking at any given time. It is these statistics that cause outrage and anger among millions across the globe when a terrorist group, Boko Haram invaded and...

ALCOHOL SCOURGE

From a young 16 year old form 3 student to a high school Biology/Chemistry teacher, all wiped by the poisonous liquor laced with methanol is certainly a sad reality poking holes on virtues we uphold as a generation. Do Kenyans have a drinking problem? Well, a recent study indicated that 75% of alcohol consumption in...

SUBTLE RACISM CLINGS ON

Quoting the words of legendary Bob Marley, "Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everything is war." In retrospect, racism has evolved as civilisation came along from a simple human problem, ballooning to something subtle that has refused to be shaken away . Adolf...

NANYUKI MY TOWN

Sitting strategically along the ever busy Nairobi - Meru highway, a 3 hours drive from the capital city, sand winched by highlands of Nyeri and Meru. Nanyuki town dances on the backdrop of an all time huge branding besides a rich history dating all the way from times of construction of the railway.Everyone has had...