NEW AGE SUPER KIDS

With schools closed what could be your kid(s) up to? Probably in up country enjoying shosh's vibe, while breathing in unpolluted air and making new friends as they go fishing in nearby rivers. In my childhood times, holidays meant lots of grazing, feeding rabbits and listening to radio. That was then. These days kids are...

A CANDID TALK – HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR.DRU

I have penned close to 150 articles in this blog but can't remember one which was dedicated to this guy who sits behind his laptop quite regularly, to share stories about other people but never his. And what better time to spoil myself with some self-love than today when I can already smell my birthday...

MUSES OF AN ACCOUNTANT – WHEN AUDITORS LED TO YOUR WEIGHT LOSS

Accountants will agree that it's all fun and games until auditors come knocking. A day with them is what accountants dread for, in an entire year. They scare the shit out of you. Their demeanor is akin to that of a parent scrutinizing a report card of their standard five average performing kid. If there...

JANET KANINI IKUA AND HER INCREDIBLE HUSBAND

Luke 12:48 "From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. "First things first. If you haven't navigated your phone to the M-pesa section and selected pay bill and dialed 895790. Account Name: JanetKaniniIkua and donated whatever amount you...

THE MAN WHO MADE THE REST OF US LOOK BAD

I wrote this article with a very heavy heart. Saddened and shocked by this rare piece of two legged animal disguising as a male human being. So, last week we were treated with a gruesome news item of a battered woman one Ruth Gakii formerly married to a UNEP working guy, Alphonse Kambu. I watched...

ISN’T SHE A WIFE MATERIAL?

You met her accidentally on your maiden evening class while you searched for a vacant seat in that stuffy class. You found one next to this lady whom you gave a genial smile and which she responded cheekily. Your friendship was conceived almost immediately starting off as just ordinary desk mates. This was the case...

DR.STACEY, KAGESHI AND MY LIMPING LEG

Hardly 24 hours after I published my last week's article dubbed Of Tummies And The Struggle which I had disclosed of my ailing right foot, I found myself seated in waiting area of this hospital with white, leather sofas, staring at the humongous TV, preoccupied with lost thoughts. So much was going through my mind...

OF TUMMIES AND THE STRUGGLE

A few weeks ago I posted a photo on social media which apparently exposed my bulging tummy. How I hate tummies. Interestingly, my sweet Niece Whatsapped ‘hurling words’ at me demanding to know why an uncle should be gaining weight when everybody else is burning hours in the gym cutting weight! Well well well! That...

DOWRY DAY IN EMBU

D-day will finally be here. Culminating a series of family and friends meetings all for the sake of ensuring this day turns out to be a success. As I've said previously in this blog, as weddings are huge to ladies so are dowry occasions to men. A man who goes ahead to pay dowry, is...

THE CORNERED MALE SPECIES

Do they say the fish rots from the head? Come to think of it and while at it, ask yourself how you'd describe the chairman of Maendeleo ya Wanaume and these three adjectives would surface and do justice; a tired, laid back and comic guy. Who even appointed him if he wasn't elected? And speaking...

WHAT LIFE MEANS FOR A BACHELOR

You are 27. Sitting pretty on a six-figure salary bracket. Your colleagues have been making these jokes of how your weight gain has been directly correlated to your steady rise on the promotional ladder. Sounds true. On the side, you are servicing a car loan, doing your Masters and a proud owner of several parcels...

STIGMA OF A SINGLE MOTHER

She is a mother of two. Both from different fathers. A charming, shy boy with a bubbling, full of life, younger sister. For the boy, his dad passed on while he was 6 months in his mother's womb. Very sad. He died of a short illness. It was very devastating for the mum. Attending the...

YOUR PREGNANT WIFE

After you did your wedding vows, the patting shot you fondly remember from your mum, was that she was awaiting several grand kids. In hindsight, you thought you were done with pressure. No. After the lobbying from all and sundry, small talks and persistent, ugly questions of "kama ulipata mtu", you finally surprised them with...

HER CHARMNESS IS UNBOWED BY A LIFE’S LOATHE

She is 21. Beautiful, intelligent, confident, charming and sweet. Her alluring face, skillfully personality and time, has concealed what she has gone through in life. A life summed by four words. Sadness, fear and denied freedom. From a distance, you may be forgiven to assume she's one of those PYT(Pretty Young Things) from campus who...

DEAR FUTURE WIFE

"........Take me on a date; I deserve it, babe; And don't forget the flowers every anniversary 'Cause if you'll treat me right; I'll be the perfect wife; Buying groceries; Buy-buying what you need You got that 9 to 5; But, baby, so do I; So don't be thinking I'll be home and baking apple pies I never learned to cook; But I can...

WHEN YOUR ROLE MODEL IS KIM KARDASHIAN

Your life is all about playing hide and seek with STIs. Contraceptive pills are more like your breakfast. You spend few nights and more days in your house. What this means is that nights bring you to life while days are meant to nurse your hangovers. You cannot quantify the millions of litres of alcohol...