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Skyscrapers

The bus slowly drove into the city as the outlying suburbs gave way to cheap tenements that straddled the Atlantic, each claiming its right to exist against the backdrop of New York City’s superlative skyline. In a fe…

Aug 11, 2016
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Rein in Foreign Missions

News that the Kenyan embassy in Berlin has no records of fixed deposit accounts holding a whopping Sh38.8 million makes for grim reading of how public funds are being managed by the foreign missions across the globe…

Aug 9, 2016
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Two Competing "Realities" and Versions of America's Past, Present and Future

At a recent book event in San Jose I encountered one of those moments that my son and I had dreaded since our first children’s book Malo’s Amazing Adventures! Excitement Along the River was released and the two of us…

Aug 1, 2016
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Olimpiki 2016: Kikalenjin, Kiswahili ama Kiingereza?

Olimpiki 2016 inabisha hodi huko Brazil. David Rudisha atairudisha dhahabu nyumbani. Kemboi atacheza rumba ya ushindi. Kiprop ataipeperusha bendera. Hussein Bolt atatimuka kama radi.  Wakenya na Waethiopia wataonyesha…

Aug 1, 2016
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How Nakuru County is Throwing Rocks at Colgate, Aquafresh and Close Up Manufacturers

The community of Kiambu is believed to have formed a strike and threw stones at Colgate, Aquafresh and Close Up manufacturers. This is the bias that helps explain why many have teeth covered with “sugar tortoise.” If…

Jul 31, 2016
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Kenya's School Burnings: Perhaps, the Chicken are Home to Roost

In the last few months, some of Kenya’s school children have torched their schools for various reasons, known and unknown. Education leaders have shifted blame from one to the other; it is the cheating cartels, it is…

Jul 29, 2016
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Kenya Airline Pilots Association Position on Kenya Airways: KQ Desperately Needs New Leadership and Direction

Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) has for a long time consistently articulated its position on the poor management practices hurting our national carrier.  Financial results over the past few years, culminating…

Jul 27, 2016
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The Best Side Business Idea for the Kenyan Nursing Community in USA

Even without hard statistics it's safe to say that a very significant percentage of Kenyans living in USA work in the healthcare industry. In Kansas City Metro area for instance, that number is hovering around 90% of…

Jul 26, 2016
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Evans Kidero, Donald Trump and the Unbridled Hypocrisy of Their Supporters

Congolese musician Koffi Olomide was caught on camera assaulting (slapping) one of his female dancers outside Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Unfortunately for the musician and thanks to the ubiqui…

Jul 25, 2016
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Kenyans in America, Start Planning a Voluntary Exit Strategy Just in Case Donald Trump Wins

My fellow Kenyans in America, after watching the crowd respond by saying "send them home" or "send them back" regarding undocumented immigrants during Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's RNC acceptance spee…

Jul 24, 2016
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Maybe Thats Why We Are More Interested in Trumpism and Brexist

He abruptly woke up shortly after 3AM on Monday, July 4. His heart was racing and though one of the three windows in his bedroom was wide open thus allowing the delta breeze to waft inside, his skin felt moist and sti…

Jul 5, 2016
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Dear Kenyans Living Abroad aka Diaspora, Take Time to Read Exodus 1:8

"There arose another King who knew not Joseph". That verse should always warn you that if you decide to live in another Country- you will always be seen as a foreigner. Always take time to invest back home, the only p…

Jun 29, 2016
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We Guaranteed Your SACCO Loan in Kenya, Then You Took Off to America, #ShameOnYou

My friend Ole Mateps (not his real name) is a good Masai man. You should meet him. The first thing you notice about him are his very white teeth. And his Masai gap. Allow me to have a little gay moment. I rarely admir…

Jun 17, 2016
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An Open Letter To Hon. Raila Odinga

They say a great soldier knows when to engage an enemy and when to retreat. I am not in any way suggesting that you are a soldier or even half of one. But i would think you have read far and wide. You would think by n…

Jun 17, 2016
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Three Myths about China in Kenya

In recent years, China’s presence in sub-Saharan Africa has risen rapidly. Many fear that China spells doom for the Kenyan economy. Producers of manufactured goods, for example, face more competition from China in b…

Jun 5, 2016
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Open Letter to Kenyan Female Artists (Musicians & Actresses)

I would like to put a disclaimer out, if I mention your name on this article it is not a personal attack am just using you as an example. First, as a fan of Kenyan music am happy to see more ladies releasing music, ac…

Jun 1, 2016
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Thanks, But No Thanks

Have you seen your local Member of Parliament lately? If you have, it’s  because the head of state was in town, perhaps you are among the elite, or a  member of the political cronies in the nation’s capital. In ma…

May 23, 2016
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Wanjala, Busaa na Helikopta

Hivi majuzi katika kaunti ya Bungoma, Sale Wanjala alifanya kitendo kilichowashangaza wengi. Kwenye sherehe za kutoa heshima kwa mwendazake Jacob Juma katika uwanja wa Posta, Wanjala alishika chuma ya helikopta ilipop…

May 20, 2016
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Alert to Prospective Diaspora Returnees

Rule #1: Know whom you are using to ship your hard earned stuff. These fellows can mess you up and with you being in Kenya you will never be able to do jack to regain your losses because the systems here simply don’…

Apr 24, 2016
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Stop Abuse in the Name of Help

In our fight to end poverty and make lives better, in our desire to help people in need and be the voice of the voiceless, many have dressed themselves in the name of well wishers when the bottom line is that they hav…

Apr 2, 2016