Category Archive For "Mine"
#OdetoYouth: Lesson 1 – Learn hard, Make a brave choice
I left Malindi, where I grew up for a major part of my life on January 6th 2000. I knew that moving to the great big city – at a time that my parents had different ideas of what I should do after high school, was scary. But I chose to still follow my heart …
Ode to youth: 30 days of reflections from an ex-youth.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have spent a bit of time with young(er) people who have come to “sit at my feet” as it were. I really would never imagined the experience of having ‘youths’ come to see me for advice. It made my head swell for a few seconds and then it …
Larry Madowo on Digital Migration (Oops!) – a hoi polloi response.
Larry Madowo has spoken on digital migration and as a Kenyan (who is a big Larry Madowo fan), I am perplexed. For one, I am perplexed at his tone. As a public personality myself (okay, just on social media – and not nearly as big time as Larry), I know that it does not pay …
Masaibu: couples at the supermarket – heaven and hell depending on who you ask.
Have you ever watched couples in the supermarket? The chap usually looks (and feels, I assure you) like he would calmly stroll over to the knife section and stab himself multiple times… he is using his limited intelligence to finds all ways to exercise patience. He is thinking ” we have a list. There is …
Flow-etry: I need a prayer
I need a prayer. I. need. A prayer. A prayer for divine consolation, insulation – at least a diversion to rid my brain of these reverberations… See, these reverberations going through my head render me utterly disconsolate with acrid pictures of devilish sphincters, lurid images of legs and arms and rabid eyes, devouring the meat, the …