Crazy Monday – (02/03/2009 )
	Of land sellers and their windfalls
	If a stranger slapped you on the face for no apparent reason, you would probably fight back in fury. But there are times when complains and even looks forward to the slap for it came with financial benefits. … Read More
Lovelorn man’s futile attempt to win back wife
Sephen Muhia spent the entire month of January and part of February preparing for the Valentine’s Day. He thought a surprise visit to his estranged wife’s home in Thika might lead to a possible reunion. … Read more
We all share the policeman’s shame
The only remarkable thing about the UN special Rapporteur’s report on extra-judicial killings is that it was investigated, written and filed in 10 days flat. In this part of the world, Parliamentary Select committees, Judicial Commissions of enquiries and police investigations are tediously long and expensive. And they never see the light of day. … Read more
Human vultures await the naÔve
The case of losing money due to profound generosity is not a preserve of land sellers. Many sugarcane and tea farmers have been known to flush their sweats down the drain after being deceived by women. In between the caresses and the kisses many have squandered their payments for produce faster than they blink. … Read more
In Africa hell is right here
Did Africans of old ever see the need to establish a tribunal to investigate grand theft or crimes against humanity? I don’t know — that is a matter best dealt with by the bearded intellectuals at Kenyatta University’s History Department. … Read more
Fare thee well, Majale and Co
In the minds of a generation of Kenyans, a fulminating Ambrose Adongo, former Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Secretary General, endures as their image of the gigantic teachers’ trade union. Another generation knows Knut to be synonymous with the shrill-voiced Francis Ng’ang’a. And Lawrence Majale? His voice hasn’t registered on the Richter scale yet. … Read more
A sip of beer is the way to go
Beer is good for your health. Hold on, I was just getting started. Treasured statistics reveal that beer helps to prevent, coronary heart diseases and reduces the risk of many others like diabetes. … Read more
An old warrior’s view of the police force
My father was in town last week. To be honest, this was the third time he was visiting the city since he retired from the police force in 1976. While I had imagined he was on a meet-the-grandchildren tour, it turned out that the reason he was here was that he was sick and that some crook in the village had pinched share certificates from his bedroom, faked his ID, concocted his death … Read more

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