Vengeance is not mine.
By Clifford Oluoch.
The news that Felix dreaded the most finally reached him. It was a still morning, the skies grey with scattered clouds, an indication of another warm Nairobi day.
“He is dead!” the rough male voice simply told him. “Come and collect his body!”
The room spun, a constellation of stars [...]
By Clifford Oluoch
7.48 a.m. Anne looked at the guest list for the umpteenth time. She wanted to make sure that all the members of The Club were going to be present for the workshop dubbed ‘Assertiveness is not Aggression’. She did not want any apologies; all had to attend.
Anne’s phone rang and she looked at [...]
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 [...]
Encounter with matatu hijackers (Ngui Ici)
By Clifford Oluoch
The jostling as we boarded the matatu was normal. Impatient Kenyans forever in a hurry to get nowhere. The matatu terminus was filled with public service vehicles, mostly14 seater Nissan vans, most of them recently painted with yellow strips, a result of the tough new regulations that had [...]
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What’s ours is ours; what’s yours is also ours.
Three buddies – Kariz, Onyi and Kip – grew up in the compound of Thika Prison: their parents were prison wardens. The three boys interacted and ran errands for some of the death row inmates, often being paid handsomely for petty errands. [...]
Three thundering roars.
The heavily expectant woman walked in with her husband, Lenku, by her side. Lenku was clad in full masai gear, complete with a rungu. This was early morning war.
Student Sr.Mary was there to receive them at the casualty.
“Please bring a wheel chair,” Lenku barked at the orderlies. “My wife is in [...]
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.
Kamau has been a grave digger at Nairobi’s Langata Cemetery for the last 21 years. He has seen it all, from the high and mighty humbled by death to the low and lowly finding their moment of fame at the cemetery.
Jack has never needed a job before with this kind of enthusiasm. His wife had just given birth, and the expenses related to delivery squarely rested on him. Being upcountry, no job interview was in the offing. Numerous phone calls to his Nairobi city friends bore no fruit. As a father figure, he direly needed [...]
