On any given Saturday afternoon, Nairobians can be classified depending on what part of their body aches the most. And…
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Then that policeman cocked him gun at me. I do not know guns, so I do not know what model he was carrying. Must’ve been an AK47, but don’t take my word for it. That shit does not sound like it does in the movies.
He had moved in before I knew it. I had a small bedsitter. He had problems with his landlord. I liked him well enough. It wasn’t rocket science. Once again, I didn’t think it was a big deal for him to move in. I mean, this was Nairobi, right? I knew my mother wouldn’t approve, so I didn’t tell her, because I am a big girl. I send her money, after all, don’t I? That was enough.
So here’s the hardest thing about living in Nairobi. And I know I said it was the dating, in my…
All I could think of is, enyewe in this our Nairobi the only loyalty you can ever be sure of are the loyalty points you earn in supermarket card.
The point here is that surviving Nairobi without being conned is an extreme sport. An average Nairobian is in a constant state of thief-dodgery. But you know what? At least all these kleptos want is money. Money can be made again.
Parents really showed how much they trusted you, by the amount of money they sent you to the shop with,…
The faces started to blur after a while. Why remember them? Each one was the same, yet different, yet the…
Teresa, according to the all-knowing internet, is ‘generally believed to have been derived from the Greek word therizein, meaning to…
Picture this. A man on a black mamba that is no longer black. He rides around it in the neighbourhood,…
The first scenario happens some time in December last year. In it is a couple in the backseat of a…
The matatu did that thing Number 14s do where they lie ati they will pass through Mai Mahiu Road, and…