Nairobi, March 5 -- He rocks up for the meeting quietly and on time. One dark car, one light bodyguard, a driver. He is dark himself. When he emerges from his car - tall, starched in an immaculate sui... Read More
Nairobi, Feb. 19 -- Caroline Mutuku was the top girl in the country in 2006's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams. For a brief moment, she was everywhere - TV, newspapers, the works.... Read More
Nairobi, Feb. 12 -- My daughter turned 18. We took her to the rotating restaurant at Movenpick for dinner-part metaphor, part celebration. Eighteen is movement. Turning. Ascending. She wore a long sil... Read More
Nairobi, Feb. 5 -- The truth is, scores of us will get cancer. And scores of us won't. Some of us who get cancer will die. Others will survive. However, the ones who survive will eventually die too. S... Read More
Nairobi, Jan. 22 -- Maybe it's me, but there's a certain lethargy with which wait staff in some bars in Diani, Watamu, or Malindi regard you. Maybe they can tell you're an outsider-Nairobian at worst,... Read More
Nairobi, Jan. 22 -- It's the carpentry of bones that intrigued him at the start. How someone could arrive with a broken limb and, through pulling, setting, casting, be walking again months later-the b... Read More
Nairobi, Jan. 15 -- I like the secrecy of lakes and oceans. The first time I flew over the Atlantic-for hours-I stared down and wondered: why do we even exist when we'll all perish as a lifeform and l... Read More
Nairobi, Jan. 15 -- This pet business was an accident. In 2017, Taha Mohamedali and a friend got dogs. Getting dog food in Nairobi was a nightmare-shops with no stock, broken card machines, no deliver... Read More
Nairobi, Jan. 15 -- This pet business was an accident. In 2017, Taha Mohamedali and a friend got dogs. Getting dog food in Nairobi was a nightmare-shops with no stock, broken card machines, no deliver... Read More