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Lockdown reunion: Curfew took us to lodging, slept with barmaids
Come morning, I saw my wife, Nimo, peering from the lodging door. Skonye’s boobs had spilled to my mouth The ‘bubu game’ at home from the resident nagger saw my legs transporting me to Teke Teke Wines & Spirits, local yetu. After three months of curfews and lockdowns, it was time to reunite with […]
Baba Drycleaners: Where traffickers, gun runners and looters do laundry
Cons, corrupt brokers, international crooks among financier’s of his presidential elections By Pascal MJ Owade Contributing Editor/Crime A child trafficker, gun runners, mercenaries, looters, thieves, con artists, corrupt brokers and ‘pastor-preneurs’ were some of the cash cows bank rolling the presidential ambitions of Raila Odinga. The former Opposition leader-now with his two Bondo feet firmly […]
Drinking indoors: My wife, my barmaid, my counter girl…the master of Bubu game!
When I shouted “wewe ni wetu! my mother in-law shot me that dagger look reserved for the mad man during village market days in shags I caused mywife so much aibu ndogo ndogo from drinking inside the car at the parking lot she finally allowed kukata maji indoors. But there were several prison like conditions […]
Polycarp Igathe’s Sh40 million Bentley…one of only 50 in the world, five in Kenya!
This also means his pay slip reads better than most thriller novels By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist Former Nairobi Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe also gets stuck in Nairobi traffic, but unlike you and me, it’s inside the head turning Sh40 million luxury Bentley. That cost is minus insurance, fuel and maintenance. Igathe’s 2018 Bentley Bentayga […]
Job hunting: So what if President Uhuru is a Referee in your CV?
Many Kenyans list useless hobbies like listening to music, travelling and watching movies in their resumes Sometimes job seekers who are dropped turn out better than the ones hired and the college or university, one attended can influence who gets the job. Feature writer SHIFA MWIHAKI spoke to ESTHER MWANGI, CEO of Executive Edge […]
Polycarp Igathe: Why he gets new jobs at the speed of light
I have been promoted every six months in every role I have been. It’s been fantastic, but I have also been extremely lucky By Shifa Mwihaki Feature writer/Essayist This dude, Polycarp Igathe, is bloody lucky. He drops jobs, paying salaries the length of a telephone number, then gets hired again, for more dough. How come […]
I undressed, mistook slay queen’s door for our bedroom
I confused the many doors of our majirani with our rooms and thought I had arrived at our bedroom Drinking in these times of lockdown curfew is a sobering experience, mtu wangu. So, now si I slept at the cubicle of the watchie in the estate coz I couldn’t go home with makaro doing msako […]