Omwami Mwene 
Way before commercial chicken farming become fashionable in Kenya, a young lad just out of high school thought of keeping chicken as a way to raise capital for a agribusiness venture that he had visualized. He started off Kienyeji chicken. With no poultry farming business plan, minimal capital and nothing but zeal to improve the … Read more
Chavakali, the cheap thrills capital of Vihiga county is in line for a serious facelift with the ongoing construction of the Kisumu-Kakamega-Webuye-Kitale highway. That is, at least going by local legend, before being overshadowed by the Majengo interchange/overpass, whose construction is yet to begin. If urbanization is about u-turn lanes and gigantic several lane roundabouts … Read more
Mungu si Athmani they say. To others, the collapse of the yet to be commissioned Sigiri bridge in Budalangi constituency in Busia County only serves to cement Railphobia. The nearly completed bridge collapsed within hours of Nasa presidential candidate tour of Busia. The challenger to Uhuru Kenyatta spent the lion share of his time there … Read more
Bindu Bichenjanga by Amos Barasa is contemporary Bukusu pop music. Barasa is a young man, probably not yet thirty, who represents a breed of new age Kenyan musicians comfortable singing in vernacular. He’s the first among equals, of hopefully many to come, talented generation of Luhya entertainers. Budding maestros who similar to their contemporarraries in … Read more
The stimulating, emotional folk song “Kutalang’i” has an intro that harps on the familiar with the characteristic Bukusu folk music music staccato rhythm of Litungu and Chisasi in uncomfortable harmony. Kutalang`i is Lubukusu for the Lion King. Lions are symbols of strength and courage and have been celebrated throughout history for these traits. From the … Read more
This girl,said to be from a Primary School in Lugari, Kakamega County, smiles as she goes about Khumalao as wandase in Bungoma call this activity steeped in Mulembe tradition. Simiyu Wandibba in his 1985 book History and Culture In Western Kenya: The People of Bungoma District Through Time; reveals that the application of cow dung … Read more
This screenshot of a Facebook status update has been doing the rounds on social media. During this doctor’s strike, we have seen fake Facebook updates doing the rounds as propaganda wars raged on. So no telling its authenticity. Nonetheless, it is hard to ignore the pain and suffering that the satire balms: In another ill … Read more
Otiende estate in the larger Langata area of Nairobi City was named after Kenya’s pioneer Education minister Joseph Daniel Otiende. Aged 100 years, 1917 -2017, the freedom fighter and pioneer educationist exited the stage. We the people of Mulembe and the entire nation thank you for your service to the nation. To the people of … Read more
The pulpy banana-pineapple like flavored Jack fruit first strikes one as something fit for Cameron’s Avatar, almost dinosaur-like, yet with a promise of abundant vigor and life in embodiment of the tropics. At first sight, meeting the Jack Fruit aka Fenesi in Swahili, one has to take another look. And another. And another. It just … Read more
It can’t get more Kenyan than this! Discovery of significant deposits of a valuable mineral ought be a proud, serene moment for a country like Kenya with a nascent mining sector. Right? Well, not so for Kakamega Gold …. The gold deposits estimated at 1.31 million ounces are of the highest quality (ever) so far … Read more
