I almost peed on my pants when the karao chewing miraa lit his torch towards the windscreen So now last week I was drinking inside the car at the estate parking lot before curfew time. I dozed off and woke up at 9pm. I had no mask. Cops were leaning on the bonnet, smoking, drinking […]
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Cops, the blunder of bursting bladder after curfew
I woke up at 9pm, some makarao doing msako were leaning on the car The closure of bars including our local, Teke Teke Wines & Spirits, over curfew was like shutting down maternity during labour. But our president is also the country’s Chief Kanyui and pubs were reopened on condition tipplers ate something inside 30 […]
Nataka kuendesha: Of Kenyan bank tellers, toilets and diarrhea
Why asking for the washrooms is like demanding a loan without collateral By Undercover Reporter @Undercover KE Money has ways of making one feel like visiting the toilet. Kwanza when withdrawing something like Sh1 million in cold cash and you’re not sure whether your neck might be rinsed by a ngeta guy and the dough […]
Grave curiosity: Why Kenyans love viewing dead bodies
Those scrambling to view Moi’s body are motivated by their only chance of entering Parliament By Undercover Reporter @Undercover KE They have been jostling, pushing, shoving. Others jump queues, effects of impatience, the baking sun. The purpose: A second to file past a dead body. Indeed, Kenyans from all walks and runs of life […]
Cops & Robbers: Why police becoming criminals is a good thing
Most are just trying to make amends for their fathers for the sake of their children By Kenyatta Otieno Contributing Editor @stuttistics I take pride in being an asker of questions. My inquisitive mind recently remembered the above question after the Kenya Police Service raised an alarm at the rising number of police officers facing […]
You take a sip, the world turns on its axis
A bar is like a lover. You can fall out of love at first fright There is a bar, and there is ‘my bar.’ The first is any bar with booze, an opener and urinal. My bar has the possessive form of owning it through being a habitué of its drinking tables. You own it […]
Land Without Thunder: Life in exile worse than a Kenyan jail- Miguna Miguna
Fiery lawyer Miguna Miguna was until this year’s Mashujaa Day the only Kenyan political deportee. He told Nyambega Gisesa of Baba’s betrayal after Uhuru bought him for 30 pieces of silver Learned friend, how was Canada? As you are aware, I was forced out of my country of birth and citizenship, Kenya, by Uhuru Kenyatta […]