Author Archives: Anthony Simiyu

Student at the University of Nairobi pursuing a Bachelor in Law (LL.B) degree.

The month of August: Time to man up

Young initiates [Photo courtesy of the author][

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 …

Mpango wa Kando: The Sly Marriage

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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

A Eurocopter AS 350 B3e similar to the ill-fated one that crashed killing the all the 6 passengers on board.

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?

POLICE-BRUTALITY

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

Boxing gloves: Nyeri men have been facing the wrath of women lately.

– 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?

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– 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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