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Written By: admin on June 8, 2010 3 Comments

BY PHILIP KENNEDY
Published June 10, 2010

President Zuma is not the first man to loose his ‘bed’ to another man.

Who doesnt know a neighbour whose wife has begotten a child or two with another man? Which grown up–man or woman–has not seen men bringing up children they know in their hearts of hearts that they [...]

Written By: leotonado on May 1, 2010 10 Comments

Her soft lips – the lips which have been shaping some words and eliciting some captivating sounds into my ears – are really driving me crazy. I really need to taste them – tonight. At the back of my mind, I momentarily play the scenes from a romantic movie “Ghost” acted by Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, and promise myself that if she decides to test her smile against mine, her kiss against my tenderness, and her warmth against my patience, then this night, tonight, this time, I will transform myself into Patrick Swayze and she will be my Demi Moore.

Written By: leotonado on March 21, 2010 8 Comments

This makes me laugh every time I read it. It reminds me of a dog-character on NTV in the 90’s called Rex…. It was always easy to say Sex instead of Rex!!

Written By: leotonado on February 13, 2010 74 Comments

BY LEONNARD OJWANG

Part I: Home bound

When I booked a Lufthansa plane to Kenya via Ethiopia for the December 2009 holidays, it never occurred to me that the discount voucher I held in my hands could also have contained its own angels of luck. Or didn’t it? The 777 Boeing from Houston to Frankfurt is comfortable [...]

Written By: coluoch on January 12, 2010 59 Comments

THE LOST FEATHER.

By Clifford Oluoch

The flame-red feather twirled against the raging winds, a unique and conspicuous colour dancing wildly and erratically to the furious and uncontrolled raging winds of change.

“Auuuuuuuuuuuuui!” a scream shattered the stillness and tranquillity of the starry African night. From their wooden coops, hens stirred, cows twitched from their round fenced [...]

Written By: admin on December 18, 2009 6 Comments

By Mercy Ojwang’

I have always been of the mindset that all human beings are inherently good. Yes, the tenets of the idealists do hold firm with me, even if only in a utopian world. In Utopia, people love one another for who they are, flaws and all. In Utopia, friendships are made easily, and enmity [...]

Written By: coluoch on December 16, 2009 6 Comments

By CLIFFORD OLUOCH

It was while waiting for his car to be washed that Dr. Kioko called.
“Give me ten minutes and I will be there?” Felix told the doctor who wanted Felix to be there when the news was being broken.

Felix decided to walk to the Doctor’s plaza. He gave the car wash man shs.500 and [...]

Written By: leotonado on December 15, 2009 41 Comments

Linda does not see surrogacy as “handing over” the baby, but as “handing back” the baby. “Because, the baby is not yours from the beginning,” she asserts.

Written By: admin on December 1, 2009 46 Comments

By CLIFFORD OLUOCH

There was minimal talk as the four men acknowledged each others presence. The same strategic positions were taken by them and off we went. No one spoke. We all had this premonition that something different was going to take place. We hoped for the best as we snaked out of Eastleigh and when [...]

Written By: admin on November 10, 2009 53 Comments

Mwanaume is surrounded by female pirates in his house – 3 daughters, a wife, a house girl and a pet cat Martha. The only male species in his house is Kivuitu, a mongrel of a dog who is not allowed to set foot in the house.


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