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Peter Kimani

Lost and found: A tale of torn boxers, leaking roofs and overzealous taxmen at the airport

Nairobi traffic jam is horrendous when it rains, and it must be particularly bad at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport where roofs have been leaking, while power is intermittent

By Peter Kimani 18 days ago

Lost and found: A tale of torn boxers, leaking roofs and overzealous taxmen at the airport

Nearly 50 years in the making, now Dodoma finally coming of age

By Peter Kimani 18 days ago

Presidential decree allowing logging was to pave way for the planting of seedlings

Presidential decree allowing logging was to pave way for the planting of seedlings

By Peter Kimani 18 days ago

Ugandan men and the folly of asking questions whose truthful answer they can't stand

Ugandan men and the folly of asking questions whose truthful answer they can't stand

By Peter Kimani 1 month ago

Journey from source of the Nile to the enchanting vistas on foot of Mt Elgon

Uganda, a land of beauty, superstition, and illegality.

By Peter Kimani 1 month ago

Journey from source of the Nile to the enchanting vistas on foot of Mt Elgon

Two visions of Uganda frame a future blighted by unmet past promise

Is there anything going right in Uganda?

By Peter Kimani 1 month ago

Two visions of Uganda frame a future blighted by unmet past promise

Why Kenyan men are working hard to an early grave, so women will outlive them

What does culture mean to men? Probably eating and drinking their fill with regularity, growing beer bellies and nursing hangover through weekends.

By Peter Kimani 1 month ago

Why Kenyan men are working hard to an early grave, so women will outlive them

State of our nation: Now we have hit rock bottom only place left to go is up

As for farmers who have been planting in anticipation of the El-Nino rains, word on the street is that it was a hoax intended to access public funds under false pretenses.

By Peter Kimani 1 month ago

State of our nation: Now we have hit rock bottom only place left to go is up

Biotech firms: Why Kenyans risk weeping with one eye while the other tightly shut

Folks, listen and listen good; when these chaps are done with us, we shall weep with one eye, and the other tightly shut.

By Peter Kimani 1 month ago

Biotech firms: Why Kenyans risk weeping with one eye while the other tightly shut

Darkness at noon as my leading light has now dimmed forever

Baaba was a slight man with a soft voice and, for the most part, treated everyone softly, rarely raising his voice even when most upset.

By Peter Kimani 1 month ago

Darkness at noon as my leading light has now dimmed forever

Prezzo 'Ruro' gains ideological clarity with American-flavoured 'pan-Africanism'

Of course, the US masquerades as the world policeman and Joe Biden specifically singled out “President Ruro” for praise at the recent US Security Council in New York.

By Peter Kimani 1 month ago

Prezzo 'Ruro' gains ideological clarity with American-flavoured 'pan-Africanism'

An unlikely alliance of teammates brings Afcon to East Africa, let 'sarakasi' begin!

Let’s wait for the sarakasi that’s sure to unfold, on and off the pitch. First off, there is the little matter of money which each of the three countries is supposed to contribute to the common kitty.

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

An unlikely alliance of teammates brings Afcon to East Africa, let 'sarakasi' begin!

A lukewarm shower on the slopes of Mt Kenya, then a theatrical treat

The past should not deny a future that belongs to the young, she philosophizes, pointing to Augustus’s other son Samora born and raised abroad.

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

A lukewarm shower on the slopes of Mt Kenya, then a theatrical treat

The miseducation of teachers promoting apemanship of 'British' accents in our land

When the rest of the world is plotting to get to the moon, or invent contraptions that can run on water and air, why are our teachers teaching nonsense to the young ones?

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

The miseducation of teachers promoting apemanship of 'British' accents in our land

Equitable dressing for bankers could revamp sector in hard times

Folks at Equity Bank have unveiled a dress code for their staff to project a “professional, put-together look.” I don’t know what that means, but it is a huge transformation.

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

Equitable dressing for bankers could revamp sector in hard times

Miracle worker at City Hall makes Sh600 million fortune from modest salary of Sh55,000

The City Hall employee having a modest income of Sh55,000 has reportedly amassed a fortune of Sh600 million in a couple of years.

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

Miracle worker at City Hall makes Sh600 million fortune from modest salary of Sh55,000

Riggy smells the coffee in South America, with Alfie Mutua on hand to receive him

I know we have diplomatic relations with Colombia, and yes, it requires one whole day of travel from Nairobi to Bogota, but a VIP of Riggy G’s calibre must be received appropriately.

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

Riggy smells the coffee in South America, with Alfie Mutua on hand to receive him

Riggy G finally gets a 'handshake' with Baba but doesn't hurl anything on his head

Riggy G is an interesting man, he put a whistle in his mouth and blew at the top of his lungs that he would not greet “that man,” whose proper name is Raila Odinga aka Baba.

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

Riggy G finally gets a 'handshake' with Baba but doesn't hurl anything on his head

Pres Bongo is freed from house arrest to seek medical treatment abroad

Junta's have displayed their human side by releasing Bongo from house arrest who was preceded by his father, Omar Bongo, capping the Bongos’ domination of the nation’s politics at 56 years.

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

Pres Bongo is freed from house arrest to seek medical treatment abroad

The Nairobi declaration spotlights art of naivete in defining Africa future

This has been such a strange week, when Prezzo Bill Ruto drove himself to work in a small, electric car, while his able Deputy Rigathi Gachagua aka Riggy G decided to take a walk.

By Peter Kimani 2 months ago

The Nairobi declaration spotlights art of naivete in defining Africa future

Why sugar barons take pride of place in Ruto's heavenly vision of earth

I’m repeating his exact words because of the precise way in which they were delivered. Prezzo Ruto knows the precise problem that besets the nation and its solution.

By Peter Kimani 3 months ago

Why sugar barons take pride of place in Ruto's heavenly vision of earth

Tears for Jozi, the city of gold, and the reckoning that we are doing just fine

But let’s focus on the positive and say how wonderful it is to be back home, and how delighted I was to escape the blackout at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by a whisker.

By Peter Kimani 3 months ago

Tears for Jozi, the city of gold, and the reckoning that we are doing just fine

Met folks have mastered the art of conveying the expected in a most unexpected manner

Folks at Met long mastered the art of obfuscation so that we’re not even remotely aware what to expect. And we’re happy to receive whatever nature unleashes on us.

By Peter Kimani 3 months ago

Met folks have mastered the art of conveying the expected in a most unexpected manner

A Cabinet shuffle is in the offing, and this is more than just 'hearsay' from corridors of power

A Cabinet shuffle could be in the offing. Reason? Prezzo Bill Ruto is incensed that most, if not all members of his Cabinet, are incompetent.

By Peter Kimani 3 months ago

A Cabinet shuffle is in the offing, and this is more than just 'hearsay' from corridors of power

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