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Month: July 2012

Dying To Go Shags

Posted on July 16, 2012July 9, 2016 by OP

 The word shags is one of those few slang words that has endured from the 80s. It really should be in the sheng graveyard alongside words like Sonyi  and Wuch from its era. I guess it holds a lot of sentimental value for many Kenyans.  Shags is where the grandparents live, where your parents refuse…

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Another Classic We Won’t Buy

Posted on July 16, 2012August 21, 2012 by OP

The latest tell-all book on coalition intrigues, “Peeling Back the Mask” by Miguna Miguna, a former aide to the Prime Minister Raila Odinga has the country buzzing with excitement because everyone relishes a good scandal. The Kibaki presidency has provided ample fodder for investigative journalists’ but interestingly nothing out the Moi ‘error’ seems to be…

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Where Only The Brave Survive

Posted on July 16, 2012August 12, 2016 by OP

I use to sleep with a Somali simi sword under my mattress and a carved club with a knob the size of a baby’s head within reach disguised as tribal art. Fortunately, it has been years since I had to step outside in a vest and shorts wielding a club to repel opportunistic thieves. I picked up…

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