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in Community & Opinion, Journalism and Media, Music and DanceInterview: DJ Aludah nominee for Best East African DJ in the African Global DJ Awards
I met DJ Aludah when he was still a young lad fresh from honing his deejaying skills in Nairobi. You could tell from interacting with him that this was a […] More
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4 Hours Later, A Proposal!
It was one of those mornings I woke up with a drinking spree agenda. My quarterly life crisis was kicking me to the curb and my birth control was […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Identity & Culture, Personal Finance, Self-help and InspirationThe Police Cell Felt Like Home.
I cannot wait to make some parts of my life into a television series. I’m still quite young and there’s more to experience, so who knows how many seasons it […] More
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in Environment & Climate, FictionA THOUSAND YEARS AND BARELY COUNTING
Written by Imeldah Kondo Hello. My name is Balla and I have been around for about 1000 years. As I tell you this story, I do realize the age difference […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Politics and GovernmentDear son, your generation has the chance to right these wrongs.
Dar es Salaam, 25 September, 2036. Dear son, Today you turn 18, which is surprising because it feels like yesterday when your mum and I received you in our arms. […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Health and MedicineThe hope of tobacco companies is always in teenagers.
If you go back in your life or talk to smokers you know about when they started smoking, you will realize that almost each one of them started in their […] More
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, Health and MedicineOMENA #Stories4Health
Ma is calling my name again: she must have called my name ten times in three minutes. I have to help her do one or two things around the house. […] More
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in Comics and Manga, Family, Friends and RelationshipsFirst Date At His Mom's House
This had to be what made me leave Tinder forever. I saw this man’s steamy profile and got hooked. He was exactly my type. Tall, dark skin, bearded, neat pompadour […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Identity & CultureWomen will not be recognized as humans until there are policies that discriminate against men.
EXHIBIT ONE A lady advertised for the position of an accountant and specified that no men were allowed to apply for the position. Of course the issue of discrimination came […] More
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The #HustleTales of Magunga Williams, Founder of theMagunga Online Bookstore
Brief Bio: When Mother Karua brought me into this world, she started calling me Magunga and by and by other people also started calling me that. So you can surely […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Environment & Climate, Visual ArtSave Our Heritage: Kenyans get creative with a Campaign to Stop Elephant Poaching
I have always had this lingering feeling that I was destined to work in an ad agency. It started when I discovered Mad Men and became a lifetime fan of […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Career and Employment, Law, Crime and Justice, Sports and Fitness, Writing and LiteratureThe #HustleTales of Alexander Twinokwesiga, Lawyer and Founder of alextwino.com
Brief Bio: Alexander Twinokwesiga is a lawyer and an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, a storyteller (babatwino.com), and a serial social entrepreneur (alextwino.com). Current Location: Kampala, Uganda. Current […] More
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in Finance, Markets and Economics, Politics and GovernmentFROM THE OLD TO THE NEW SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.
Ever since the old scramble for Africa by European countries, with distant participation of the United States, which had just liberated itself from British Colonialism and Imperialism through the power […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Fiction, Identity & CultureCar Guy
The Kamba have a saying that he who waits (for something) doesn’t tire Dressed in a red-coloured overall, Kakai is seated on the bonnet of a car. His legs hang […] More
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in Fashion and Beauty, Identity & CultureHair Stories – Part 1
Some people asked me why I cut off my hair. Here is one reason, and many others will follow with time. 20 years ago, at a time like now, I […] More
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in Travel and Adventure, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureJoining The Great African Caravan
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in Family, Friends and Relationships, FictionLet's Part Ways
I am getting a divorce. It is a shame because I thought my wife and I were going to die in old age – together – holding hands. Or in […] More
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in Environment & Climate, Family, Friends and Relationships, Innovation, Science and Technology, Journalism and Media, Law, Crime and Justice, Minorities and People with Disabilities, Politics and Government, Public Relations & Press Releases, Travel and Adventure, War and ConflictChoppers for Kenya, Hoes for Uganda: A Tale of Two Slopes
In the shadow of Mount Elgon, where mist clings to the ridges like ancestral breath and the soil is both a blessing and a curse, two nations stood on the […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Events, Leisure and NightlifeSauti Sol to headline Cîroc Frost Party as Guvnor turns 6
Kenyan all-boy band Sauti Sol will be the headliners at the Cîroc Frost Party happening next Thursday December 15 at Club Guvnor. The party will be a celebration of Guvnor’s sixth birthday […] More






















