By age eight, they have already learnt that sex is one of those sports that nobody admits they are into. Status now has little to do with how fast you can ride a bike downhill or how many tadpoles you own. Adolescence is an interesting time because all teenagers think they have it all…
Month: June 2012
An Ode to River Yala
Most people can easily name five favourite destinations they would like to visit. However put out the question of a favourite river and many will draw a blank. Modern living does not offer much opportunity for meaningful interaction with rivers. In the cities they are practically open sewers. In the news, rivers are brought to…
Man Eat Man Society
In late 70s, Kenya was described by its socialism-leaning neighbors Tanzania as a man-eat-man society. It was a metaphor that captured Kenya’s whole hearted embracement of capitalism whilst Tanzania was experimenting with Ujamaa. No one ever took the reference literally until Kenya headlined global news with about the most bizarre incident since Baraza who tried…