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    THE FABRIC

    See this picture? This is my mum when she was in form two. Now being her son, it is hard to believe that this is really her when I compare the way she looks now and the way she looked back then. Well, basically because she is not slim anymore. I believe that is the […] More

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    SISTER TO MOTHER

    “Weh Vick… Come tupande teke tupande ii mat inadunda hadi tao. Inajaa tu sahi.” “Madox ni mat ngori? ” “Eiy! Weh unadhani kwa nini inajaa haraka. Panda panda… Mark ashaingia. “ That was in Machakos town back in the old days of high school. My school dad, Madoka(What a name. Okay okay he is a […] More

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    THE ‘L’ WORD

    “Mjango! Amka tujenge nchi !” That is the Kenyan saying that my conscience uses to force me to wake up, very early and sometimes just early; seven days in my week. It’s a conviction that cannot be brushed off. Similar to that mjango in the old AIDS advert that tells married men on the bed […] More

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    THAT AWKWARD MOMENT.

    Being a blogger is a good thing. The glory that comes with it I won’t say. Lakini saa zingine inafanya nikae mtu wa kiherehere sana. Meet someone who knows I am a blogger; they will be very careful around me; lest they leave themselves loose and find themselves the main feature the next Monday. You […] More

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    GENTLEMAN OR GENITAL MAN?

    “Some ladies have no issue when a guy satisfies his eyes on them. …” You won’t believe I was told this. I did not want to either. Last week’s blog post, ‘Birds of the Same Feather’; sprouted several reactions. A good number of mjangoz confessed being guilty of the same kula kwa macho mannerisms. But […] More

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    BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER

    I never thought id dispute any English saying, though I’m an English man. They were all very applicable, practical and realistic. It was that way when telling it to other people. But wait until you discover that one is applicable to you. It could be through your own assessment or anyone who implies it while […] More

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    FATEFUL FATE

      As I write this I’m seated on a stone pavement, staring at a gay sky. It was the most calm place I could find though the sound of a construction site across the road is taking away the innocence of my cherished moment. My mind was blank. But in some way it managed to […] More

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    IT’S A GIRL’S DREAM

      This is a Valentine special. Juliet wakes up one morning. It’s on a weekend. She has this weird lazy feeling. She just didn’t want to leave bed. The only thing that later forced her to get up was….. Waaait for it… Or take a guess. You’re wrong. She is a bachelor. Hold on. What […] More

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    THE BEAUTIFUL WERE BORN IN RWANDA

    So many things cross the mind of a typical sane man. I hope we all know why I had to include the word ‘sane’ there. Because who knows what a mad man thinks about? Any mad man who escaped from Mathare and was never captured again, now you are reading this to please tell us. […] More

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    TRYING TO BE A MAN OF THE LADIES

      A research was done by a local philosopher. He discovered (from experience) that every feminine human species is likely to have at least one male species prospect for her. Mark you, the female species is sickly more in population than the male species. However, not all male species are likely to have a feminine […] More

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    WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER, A TEENAGER WAS I

      Mjango! You remember those days when, hehe, wanaume I’m talking to you. Those days you constantly peeped at the mirror very closely to investigate whether there was a black strand on the way under your chiny chin chin? We are not interested in those other places it can grow. That’s yours to worry about. […] More

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    TOUT BEHAVIOURS

    The Kenyan matatu touts in this case. I don’t know whether you will believe me when I break it to you that I have ever been harassed by a tout, not once and not twice. Well, maybe you are thinking of how that is possible for a mwanaume like me. Your blogger for that matter! […] More

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