Month: March 2025

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Mwalimu Andrew’s World

Welcome to My World!

Welcome my world! I am Mwalimu Andrew, Esquire, GHC, CRE, Kiswa – the only dear husband of Fiolina, a captivating storyteller and the esteemed Senior Head of Institution at Mwisho wa Lami Comprehensive School, the greatest school this side of the Sahara. Every Sunday, in The Sunday Nation, I share with you riveting stories about […]

Books and Bookmen

Moses Series

Moses Series: The school ultimate badass of our time! When Moses Kibaya was expelled from school – for the sixth time – , even his guardians, Uncle Silasi and his wife did not think that there was a school out there that could admit such a boy, except, perhaps, a reformatory. But the risk of […]

Books and Bookmen

Havoc of Choice

Havoc of Choice: The Search for Kenya’s Heart and Soul When the recent history of Kenya is told, 2007 occupies a big a place as the year when the country’s fledgling democracy and the nation’s delicate tribal balance, were tested to the limit. While a lot has been written on the events proceeding, during and […]

Books and Bookmen

Across the Bridge

Hail Jail! You did not speak about novels until you had read Across the Bridge! “Hail jail! The house for all. The only house where a government minister and a pickpocket dine together, work and discuss matters on equal terms. The only place where equality is exercised regardless of the social class.” If there ever […]

Down Memory Lane

Broke and dejected after election loss at the KU

By Mwalimu Andrew Like many other Kenyans, I dream to be elected to Parliament one day. Who knows, I may even be Your Excellency one day. According to my plans, once I complete my university degree, should the government not promote me, then come 2017 I will resign from this thankless job to run for […]

Down Memory Lane

Pack of cigarettes saved Apostle from the knife

By Mwalimu Andrew When we parted ways on this page last week, Nyayo, Mwisho wa Lami’s finest jack of all trades, had been camping at Mwisho wa Lami bus stop waiting for the arrival of Apostle Elkana, The Revered Spiritual Superintendent of THOAG (The Holiest of All Ghosts) Tabernacle Assembly; to alight from a Nairobi […]

Books and Bookmen

THURSDAYS: Dancing through the contradictions of Nairobi

THURSDAYS: Dancing through the contradictions of Nairobi If you have never found yourself alone in a Nairobi Bar, listening to an uneasy band playing to only you, then you need to ask yourself whether you know Nairobi well. Perhaps, you need to visit Rugged Hut, the bar where Vina Wira band plays every Thursday. Vina […]