It is Sunday evening at around 7:30pm, barely minutes after the sun has set and the surrounding is chocking with song and dance. As the rest of Kenya is ushering the night with rehearsals for sleep time, the Bukusu are busy negotiating manhood for their sons, a traditional rite of passage done in the month … Read More …
Author Archives: Anthony Simiyu
Mpango wa Kando: The Sly Marriage
You get to hang out, gaze at each other with romantic looks and even go ahead to explore your sexual fantasies under the sheets. In short, you get to do all that married people do with the exception that you prefer to keep it a secret. Why shouldn’t we consider you married? After all, that … Read More …
Eurocopter Revelations
Loving, determined, hardworking and other sweet-sounding adjectives could not miss out in the eulogies read out at the funerals of the victims of the Ngong Forest helicopter crash. The plane in question, the Eurocopter AS 350 B3e, despite being credited as outclassing all other single engine helicopters failed to display its safety features after it … Read More …
Police Reforms: A Mirage?
18th April 2012 was the fateful date, when once again various constitutional clauses of the Kenyan constitution failed to get proper interpretation. This time the misinterpretation was made public and guess who the culprit was, the National Police Service of course. The setting was Jumuia Conference Centre, Limuru the venue that had been slated for an anti-tribal … Read More …
A Boxing Match with No Referee: Lessons From Nyeri
– By Anthony Simiyu Over the years of my upbringing, life has made me understand and appreciate the family as the basic unit of society. A family is basically the product of the union between two adults of the opposite sex who freely consent to the union. The increasing cases of violence against men have … Read More …
2013: What If President Kibaki Endorses Raila Odinga For President?
– By Anthony Simiyu About 2 weeks ago when President Kibaki visited the lake city of Kisumu to open the recently renovated and upgraded Kisumu International Airport, he was treated to a political test. One that only a sober mind can overcome. Lari MP Hon. David Njuguna backed by ODM leaders urged him to endorse … Read More …

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