The rise, rise of Starehe, Equity Bank

The late Geoffrey Griffin used to quip that no publicity is bad publicity. He should have known since from its early years his school, Starehe Boys Centre, was beset by myriad negative rumours fueled by ignorance or even bad faith.

Recently, a self-styled cultural activist took it a notch higher. According to her, Griffin was gay. Being so, it then behoved his biographer Yussuf King’ala to let us in on his sexuality, the writer thought. It has been said some people separate wheat from chaff and then keep the chaff.