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The ICC 6
Whenever I hear of William Ruto, Uhuru Kenyatta, Joshua Arap Sang, Francis Muthaura, Hussein Ali, Henry Kosgey, Hague, ICC, Ocampo etc I get the powerful urge to hand in a heartfelt yet relieved...
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Boycott Irresponsible Media
Working at that farm, lovingly and tenderly inserting my right arm deep into the hindquarters of a constipated pig is growing more and more desirable than having to listen to another breathless...
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Dear Uhuru
Dear Uhuru Kenyatta, You don’t know meWe’ve actually met once. Chances are you don’t remember. But it’s all good. I tried very hard to be incognito during that occasion. I wish you all the best on your...
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A Facebook Feature Suggestion
I think this would make Facebook a damn sight more useful. And interesting.
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The Cane Of Abel
Road rage I feel is a problem that many Kenyan drivers grapple with daily. The first step, of course, is admitting that one has a problem. Contrary to popular belief, I am not one of these. I have...
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The Trouble With School – I
I won’t mince words. I hold the educational system we have in a fine disdain. I think it is a short sighted, shallow façade. And I will explain why over this series of posts. “But you have been through...
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Strategy For Dummies
Suppose I was advising Raila Odinga, only without the ego and hat. Image from DevelopKenya.com The following statements would issue from my office in reaction to events March 1, 2012 I wish to...
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Hard Truths #1–This World Owes You Nothing
So the other day I made a comment about our IT industry. It did not go down well in certain quarters. And so I did the only rational thing – I decided to expound further. In great detail This series,...
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Hard Truths #2–Mobile : The New Frontier. Yaaawn
So the other day I made a comment about our IT industry. It did not go down well in certain quarters. And so I did the only rational thing – I decided to expound further. In great detail This series,...
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Why I Want To Be An MP
Two fraternities in this great land open their work sessions by making the sign of the cross and mumbling "Let us prey"; and for the exact same reason. One is of those gentlemen who make a living...
View ArticleThe Day My Father Died
“Can you come to the hospital?” Mother said over the phone. Suddenly, I became eerily aware of an intense silence. I was looking out the window and the sun seemed unusually bright. My heart thudded...
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A Boy’s Tribute To His Father
[After posting the Walt Whitman poem, some of you asked whether I would mind posting the tribute itself. I do not. It follows in its entirety] In this period of political uncertainty I must thank you...
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KRA, Safaricom & You
So, there I am, like a good boy, reading my morning paper. I come across this story in the Business Daily. And upon reading it come across this, that triggered the following reaction The section in...
View ArticleMining MPesa Data For Fun & For Profit
If you haven’t already, read KRA, Safaricom & You. Go on. I’ll Wait. That post has raised quite a bit of interest, and so, a follow up. First of all, there is nothing wrong with data mining. If you...
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WTF, NSSF?
Reading the papers these days is an exercise for those who are not faint of heart. Half of the time you react as follows: For instance, there is this story of NSSF. You will react as above if you...
View ArticleRemote Internship
My company, which develops software in the finance and investments sector is piloting a remote internship program. This basically means you, a student, will work with us remotely without having to...
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Paying Unemployed, Healthy Graduates
Let’s crunch some numbers. So there is this story in the Standard, captioned thus: “Jobless graduates to earn 15,000”. My reaction to yet another half baked policy from our Jubilated administration is,...
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Being Online Does Not Make Media Digital
Consider a newspaper. Publishing a newspaper has certain constraints Size. Most newspapers are A4. This places some limits on content Pages. Newspapers have a finite number of pages per issue, usually...
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50 Shades of William’s Grey
William Ruto, I feel sure, is a nice man, with robustly functional tear ducts. However the news that 50 MPs are going to accompany our gallant leader as he attends to personal but pressingly urgent...
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In God’s Name
Sometimes I feel sure that one day God will lose patience, forget that he promised to not get angry and destroy everything and come down to see his creations and tell us HOW DARE YOU do these VILE...
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