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…
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Age Is Nothing But A Number Until You Get Old
Have you noticed that they are hardly any news presenters over 50 on our screens these days? Julie Gichuru is about as old as it gets and if she wasn’t easy on the eye, she would have had to take up a managerial position. The obvious reason is that older women are not firmly curvy…
Where Absurd Is The New Normal
One of the most commonly repeated witness accounts after the Westgate tragedy was how frequently we heard the statement, “we thought it was a normal robbery”. In good old Nairobbery, gunmen shooting up a place in broad day light are normal affairs. We have generally learnt to how to mind our business and keep out…