Aunt wa Harrier braked by the road side and rushed, lifting her kitenge up towards the trees We were gassing towards Naivasha “for just one drink” with Aunt wa Harrier when Uhuru-the Chief Kanyui-shut all pubs for a month. No ‘Kagwe Special’ of one sausage and 10 beers. So, Aunt wa Harrier was forced to […]
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Kuwashwa na pesa: From Kenol to Naivasha… for just one drink!
If there were face masks for windscreens, Aunt wa Harrier would have 10 for her guzzler So now si we were hapo Kenol looking for a pub suitable for the class of Aunt wa Harrier when my favourite uncle from shags joined us. Kenol, for those not in the know, is that meeting point for […]
Meet my family: The Afro-Sinema of ‘Aunt wa Harrier’
‘I only deal with men who buy more tires than shoe!’ is the attitude she carries in her wine red car My in-laws were very embarrassed. They had come prepared to squeeze endless fines from my folks. See, I had gone drinking past curfew hours and the barmaid suggested we komboa the lodging and cut […]
Uncle from Shags, slept with wrong number…in wrong lodging
Nimo’s father looked at me with glassy eyes and said: ‘Nishawahi kukosea?‘ The day had come for coming face to face with the wazees from angry in-laws. Besides breaking their daughter’s leg before paying ruracio I was to answer charges of being caught red-handed, sleeping at the lodging with Skonye the barmaid, her one tit […]
Blood is thicker than engine oil: SportPesa, Uhuru cousin & the ‘economics of affection’
When the firm made Sh9 billion of pure, unadulterated profit, Peter Kihanya’s one percent translates to Sh90 million By Idris ‘Shoes’ Lule Contributing writer/Sports Uhuru Kenyatta, the businessman first with Presidency as side hustle, recently gave a sober nod for the return of betting firms. How convenient. Betting again on betting companies came after Uhuru’s […]
Lodging blues: Barmaid’s hot boobs milked Cold War…kesi with in-laws!
I have now been subjected to ‘Bubu game’ as Nimo communicates through handwritten notes It has been hard explaining to Nimo, the nagger, how the barmaid’s boobs ended up with one tit in my mouth at the lodging. Locking ourselves for after curfew drinks was the idea of Skonye, the counter girl at Teke Teke […]
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 […]
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 […]