Wam Literature

                            My condolences continue trickling in, to those who innocently lost their lives. My heart is with the survivors, who now are trying to pick on a new life. I know that life will never be the same again for them, although give it a new look, and you will realize that it will be the same. My anger is with the second and the fourth estate. I hold my anger with abated breath and now I am breathing fire.                      The legislature has the opposition which checks the Government. The opposition asks the hard questions to the government which is expected that, the government will answer. Now comes the question, Do we have an opposition? I did not like the solidarity that was shown in the recent crisis because it killed responsibility, usurped in us the audacity to ask questions and neutralized the opposition and media.                            It seems as though no one wants to know what happened. As the clock ticks ominously, and night and

                                            Professor Kofi Nyidevu Awoonor told a story. It was the story of his death. He talked about the ancient Arabian tale about death, where an old woman went to the market and saw Death. She ran home and found Death waiting her there. The day was Friday the 20 th September; Saturday the 21 st Death was waiting for him at the market (Westgate shopping Mall-Nairobi.) “I am not afraid of death,” he said, “When people reach may age, we prepare for death, and there is one poem here I wrote about death.” He read to us the poem in his usual jovial self making jokes here and there. He was fascinating and very educative.                                                                                It was my first time to meet him but I felt like I knew him long ago. He made us feel appreciated as he guided us in discussing, ‘The Responsibility of the African Writer (The African Predicament.)’ at the StoryMoja Hay Festival. He not only inspired

Kethi Kilonzo shocked many when she turned down a rather juicy offer to join the senate. The polls though were on her favour, the entry of her mother- stepmother -was too much to handle. Although the reason she gave is African, it is disturbing to think how irrelevant the people of Makueni really are to prevail upon one family to take upon leadership of the vast county while they tail along.  Ever since senator Mutula Kilonzo died, debate started over who would succeed him. All eyes were directed at Kethi, who shot to fame during the presidential trial at the Supreme Court. She represented AFRICOG in a manner never seen before, which of course rekindled hope of the success of the case against Uhuru’s presidency. Anyway, the hopes were dwindled when the Supreme Court was turned into a crime scene with heavy police presence and a yellow crime scene tape surrounding it. Away with crime scene tapes, question is, who killed the Makueni Senator and why? Is it justifiable to t

                                  In 1997, when I was in Primary school, our then Member of Parliament, Musalia Mudavadi, in a bid to win the parliamentary seat for Sabatia, donated 19 lockers to our school. The man in fact, and this was the first time I was seeing him, came to our school to hand out the desks. Remember the school had over 300 pupils. We waited in anticipation as the tortured bananas waved defiantly in the September sun. He came at one, we danced in excitement as we admired his security detail and his motor vehicle entourage which included the local D.O. he was in hurry and so we assembled so fast, Mr. D.O talked so fast and welcomed him.                                           And that is where Musalia Mudavadi, the son of Mudamba dropped the bombshell. He said, as a matter of fact, that any pupil, among the class eight candidates, who will get 550 out of the possible 700 will receive Kshs. 10,000. That’s when I knew the man was bluffing. I laughed because

Kenya claims to have made a step in the communication sector by enacting the following bills to bolster media freedom; the Revised Media Bill, Freedom of Information Bill, revised Kenya Information and Communication Bill and Independent Communications Commission Bill. These bills are a welcome to media practitioners as per se. Though there are reduced cases of journalists dying in the line of duty, much need to be done. The constant threats against journalist must be investigated and brought to book if the government needs to put good its promise of a free press. Uhuru Kenyatta is doing the best of his attempt to charm the fourth estate with tea after a press conference. His free and friendly approach should transcend just the tea parties to stamping authority against any threats that potentially drains the free flow of information. He should caress the four media bills with a touch of sincerity and passion. As a watchdog, Kenyatta should also understand that, the media will