I was in Mogadishu, Somalia courtesy of a work assignment and everyone back in Kenya I told about it responded in predictable fashion. “Oh God! Jesus! Are you safe? Be careful”. Ever since the civil war in the 90s following the toppling of strong man Said Barre, Mogadishu has been synonymous with words such as…
Month: February 2015
Way Of The Constant Gardener
I have a friend who politely requested me to take care of his plants while he went out of the country for a month. His house plants were now straining his relationship with an otherwise great woman. He had returned to withered plants on more than one occasion and decided to he was not going…
How To Help Friends And Annoy Kenyans
I was trying to get to grips with the land grabbing mafia spreading their tentacles all over the city’s public spaces and hoping to go beyond the tip of the ice berg that was the Langata Road Primary tear gassing episode. The brewing mysterious Singhs saga simply dissipated like a fart in the wind thanks…