PART 1E: The Human Cost- Chetambe War Casualties, Fate Of Freedom Fighters Wakoli Khwa Mukisu and Chetambe Ifile

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In this final installment of part one of our three part series honoring the memory of the shujaas of Chetambe, we attempt to enumerate the most complete rota of Chetambe … Read more

PART 1A: Remembering Chetambe War – The First Battle Of Lumboka

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In this part of the series, I remember the first battle of Lumboka. A battle whose significance has been lost to confusion. Read on to meet the forgotten heroes of … Read more

PART 1D: Shujaa Chetambe Ifile, The Fort And The Legend Of Bukusu Freedom Fighter Who Bullets Couldn’t Stop – Remembering Chetambe War

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In this penultimate installment of part 1 of our series honoring the mashujaa of the Bukusu resistance, we honor the heroes of Chetambe War of 1895. We started off this … Read more

PART 1C: Shujaas Of Lumboka War -Honoring Shujaa Lyambila, Shujaa Maina and His Sons, and The 400 Bukusu Freedom Fighters Who Shed Their Blood – REMEMBERING CHETAMBE WAR

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Our account today in the this third installment of part one of our three part series honoring the memory of the heroes of Chetambe war focuses on the heroes, shujaas … Read more

Learn Lunyole Online: The Mulembe Nation List Of 30+ Common Lunyole Words, Their Translation And Meaning

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How about we learn some Lunyole words. Lunyole/ Nyole/ Olunyole/ Nyore/ Olunyore is spoken by the Anyole of Vihiga County. But before we enjoy the roll of this beautiful language … Read more

Remembering The Gallant Shujaas Of Chetambe War: A Mulembe Nation Three Part Series On A Fight For Emancipation Criminally Forgotten

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The aim of this article is to teleport the reader back to a struggle for emancipation in colonial Kenya that, in our view, has been criminally forgotten. Our objective is … Read more

Blind Date: Meet The Hilarious and Shocking Luhya Version Of Tinder That Makes Come We Stay Marriages Seem So Romantic

graphic of mobile phones with interlocking universal male and female symbols depicting online dating, the descendant of the phenomenon we've called the Luhya version of Tinder

If you thought that blind dates are a modern phenomenon, the following story on a hilarious Luhya version of Tinder will re-frame your perceptions. This story isn’t about arranged customary … Read more

This is Mulamwah: Comedian who conquered your timeline speaks his story, art, dreams and legacy

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Alongside the talented likes of Choffuri and the late John Gift, Mulamwah is first among equals in a pioneering generation of entertainers practicing a form of comedy that observers have … Read more

Which Vibrant Town(s) In Mulembe Would Otherwise Have Been Named Makutano, But Because We Are A People Of Many Words, They Are Known As Anything But?

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Do you know of a town in Mulembe, vibrant and growing, that sits at the confluence of major roads and is plainly called Makutano? We scoured the landscape of the … Read more