Home » Webuye Town

Webuye Town

poster shujaas of Chetambe

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

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 that by the series end we would have done justice to the remembrance of the shujaas of Chetambe war. To realize our goal, we will […]

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

poster with map of western kenya and names of towns in mulembe that would otherwise been named makutano

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?

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 former Western province and couldn’t find one. Our diversity in language and expressiveness, this parts of Kenya, means that we could never. And so we

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? Read More »

poster: kwa dina webuye

The Kwa Dina Overpass Plugs in much needed juice to a once vibrant neighborhood in Webuye town

This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series Luhya Myths On infidelity

Vibrant during the heydays of Pan Paper, Webuye almost sunk under the weight of economic depression. The collapse of Pan Paper destroyed families, killed dreams and lead to early deaths. But a corner of it defiantly kept kicking on. Its pulse raced largely thanks to the entrepreneurial zest of a woman: Dina Nasiku Kibunguchy. It

The Kwa Dina Overpass Plugs in much needed juice to a once vibrant neighborhood in Webuye town Read More »