Emmanuel Juma, that droning drawl of a voice behind NTV’s political satire show Bull’s Eye, introduced me to MOHAS, the Movement of Hustlers and Sufferers. I rolled my eyes at first glance. MOHAS talking heads had several issues to protest about but their main beef was the job experience requirement that employers insist on. I…
Month: April 2013
The Iron Lady Is Not For Turning: Remembering Margaret Thatcher
When I heard that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had died, the Falklands islands jumped to mind. My first impressions of Thatcher were defined by the disputes over these islands. In 1982, Argentine forces invaded this archipelago provoking the wrath of the Iron Lady. Thatcher decisively sent off the British military, 8000 miles away…
Of Uhuru And The Hustler Generation
For the longest we heard the phrase,’ The youth are leaders of tomorrow’ was replayed like a radio station jingle. In primary school it held a lot of promise. By high school we had gotten cynical and at college it was out rightly mocked. Tomorrow did arrive but all that remained was the same old…