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How posh hotels deceive hustlers
You get your paycheck and decide to treat yourself to lunch in a big, expensive restaurant. You’ve never been in such a restaurant before, but you are looking forward to having a great eating experience.
By Wanja Kavengi 8 years ago
How posh hotels deceive hustlers
Encounter with elderly mzungu and resolve to undergo a boob job
He is bald with a little, damp blondish-whitish hair covering patches of his scalp. He has tiny, terrifying teeth, obviously stained by years of smoking.
By Wanja Kavengi 8 years ago
 Encounter with elderly mzungu and resolve to undergo a boob job
My woeful journey inside a sorry, dilapidated piece of rusty metal
I travelled home from a remote location by means of an old, creaking piece of rusty metal assembled together to make a vehicle that seemed to have been towed straight from a tragic car crash.
By Wanja Kavengi 8 years ago
My woeful journey inside a sorry, dilapidated piece of rusty metal
Wanja Kavengi: The story of how Aleki, my neighbour, unexpectedly got himself a wife
She did not conform to my wedding expectations by wearing the usual hideous dress made from that material that looks like contraband silk
By Wanja Kavengi 8 years ago
Wanja Kavengi: The story of how Aleki, my neighbour, unexpectedly got himself a wife
Wanja Kavengi: In these financially difficult times, borrowing is an art you must master
When you realise that there is severe scarcity and deficiency in your wallet, and your M-Pesa and bank account(s) have gathered dust, cobwebs, fungi, and strange animals, you make a resolve to go to that shop outside your plot to see if you can get a packet of unga and some paraffin for free.
By Wanja Kavengi 8 years ago
Wanja Kavengi: In these financially difficult times, borrowing is an art you must master
Elements within UDA and ODM have sabotaged 10-point agenda
Opinion
By Godfrey Osotsi
4 hrs ago
Private lawyers in Sh5bn funds case spark court showdown
National
By Kamau Muthoni
4 hrs ago
High Court halts Sh11b Riruta-Lenana-Ngong railway project
National
By Nancy Gitonga
4 hrs ago
St Mary's Hospital Mumias to reopen after months of closure over SHA debt
Western
By Mary Imenza and Benard Lusigi
4 hrs ago
Lack of textbooks, pathway changes delay learning in Grade 10
Education
By Lewis Nyaundi
4 hrs ago