Wonders of Wanda

                                                                image: smooth.com.au The last time I had seen her had been four years down the line; when I was still walking barefoot to Kesemulila Primary School. I could only remember her for having "bombasticated"(those who went to school in those years know what I'm talking about) a small success card to me. I had not been sure about it but I thought she felt something for me--men always do whenever a girl shows a good gesture to them. It was a small success card with a picture of a girl and a boy kissing in a very intimate embrace--I always wondered who in his right senses would expose boys and girls of twelve to fourteen to such pictures. I was glad my father was not around. They could have passed for pornographic material, which was not welcome in our house. ...

Crickets stridulated in all directions and frogs and toads from a nearby swamp croaked noisily, reminding Mkonaambi of the story his mother once told him. According to the story, frogs always want to know whether their friends are still alive or have been killed by stray passersby. The first frog always calls out to the second one, "John" and the respondent says "yes". The caller then asks John, " wamekukanyaga " and John always says "No". This calling, responding, asking and answering always goes on whole nights and sometimes days. That's his mother's story. On this night, he thought he had heard something close to what his mother had told him: the indefatigable calling and responding of John and his relative. From a distance, he could hear the barking of dogs. Some woofed, others ruffed while others arfed. Everything else was silent and still. Mkonaambi walked on determinedly. He was a man who always got whatever he wanted no matter ...

I looked at my fresh wound and felt sorry for myself. I sobbed and wailed at the same time. Tons and tons of tears rolled down my face uncontrollably. I could have done better. Surely, I could have. It now dawned on me that professional doctors could have shown some caution, care, and love. But being the believer I have always been, I had to be more sanguine in the powers of the Most High. "God will intervene," I thought as I coughed loud enough to scare demons out of a possessed man-I had seen a local pastor claim to scare out some stubborn ones out of an old woman in a nearby church the previous Sunday. The pain shall end. There was a lot of haze in the room as smoke covered all parts of the round-shaped hut and I could hardly make out one thing or the other. The obscurity in the house was so prominent. The only things I was sure of were those that made up my bedding. I lay on a bedding made of a combination of a few sisal-made sacks and dry banana leaves. The sacks look...

Nostalgia can make us or break us. Forget the part about breaking us for a minute and read this one that has made me what I am today. My right hand never leaves my cheek whenever I painfully remember my sweet past experiences. Today, I remembered those sweet childhood games and plays and wondered why these days the kids we sire do not possess such kind of creativity.  One wonders whether they even know what "mkebe" and "chapata" are. One also wonders whether they know what "kuruka uzi" means. Besides, when asked to play "kumuchurusia" and "kumutecha"(these were the games we played with balls made of polythene bags and some strings around them), will they even know where to start from? In those days, girls would go to the posho mill and play "kati" for four hours. Only the approach of dusk would remind them that it was time to go home. They would fold their skirts and tuck them in on one side. This was meant to make them f...

Letters Letters are among the oldest forms of communication ever documented. They always involve the sender and the recipient, with the former having a message to pass to the later. Modern-day letters are categorized into formal and informal letters depending on the type of message to be communicated and the relationship between the sender and the recipient.                                        Formal letters/Business letters These are letters that are used by individuals and organizations to pass official information. There are many types of formal letters. These include: ·          Application letters ·          Letters of apology ·          Letters of inquiry · ...

All years with an "8" at the end have been so good to me. You should not forget that in such a year, I uttered my first word and made my first step. It should also be remembered that in such a year, I watched my first world cup, the greatest world cup ever. I still remember vividly how one man by the name Roberto Baggio and a teammate by the name Christian Vieri attacked like ants. They were, however, meted with attacks in the same vigour from Ivan Zamorano and Marcelo Salas-I remember as if it were yesterday. who would dare forget those Roberto Carlos' "banana" free kicks? Some misfortunes though: Onyiso, our best goalkeeper then, kukula nyobo at the hands of Sunday Oliseh and co., and my "Samba Boys" losing out to a team made of seven Bukusus and a few white men and the Bomb Blast in Nairobi. I cannot leave Lukhome Primary School out of this. A ten-year-old boy bred in the dirty ghettos of Nairobi is travelling back home to his peop...

Many people have so many good plans that can make them rich within  a short period of time but often, financing them is the problem. Most banks and financial institutions do not give loans to anybody. For somebody to qualify for a loan from them, there are often some prerequisite requirements he/she must satisfy first. Some, if not all, of these institutions require that somebody seeks a job or shows evidence of owning a stable business first-money is given to that who already has it. Here are some three easy steps that can help individuals who do not satisfy these requirements get access to loans. The first thing one can do to get access to a loan is belonging to a chama . Almost all the banks in Kenya have developed special savings accounts for members of chamas . When ten members come together, for example, they pool their resources, hence, the amounts they save will be more than what one person is capable of saving. If everybody contributes ksh 1000 per month, it means the gr...