Wam Literature

Down in the caves of Narok was born a child who was to be named Munyankei. He grew up to be a civil servant and a whistleblower and later the most hated person Kenya ever conceived. Munyankei was one horrible person in this country. The son of the soil that stinks to the chagrin of those trying to clean him. He was rescued from the annals of poverty and after a few strings had been pulled this nincompoop landed a job in the Central Bank of Kenya. As a clerk Munyankei rubbed shoulders with the high and mighty. He knew the secrets of the government and knew the nooks and cranny of the filth within the country. When he couldn’t take it in any more, he let out a loud fart that could make the country stink in the wake of a grand corruption that was slowly making the women of Mathioya reeling with itchy fingers because of jiggers, a problem we could easily solve.   Munyankei saved Kenya at the hour of her need, or perhaps he thought so. By saving our poor country, this poor man ...

Saturday the 16 th saw me seated among kenya’s most pronounced voices of protest. Those people who have nothing to do but raise their voice whenever our sons in politics do something that does not reward them in a way. The guys who have been known to move from one court to the other for matters mundane as causing havoc where the vultures should be feasting in peace. I mean I was attending a Poets and Writers forum (POWO) at…… I don’t need to tell you where?   The theme was basically arts and protest and who else could feature if not, Okiya Omtatah Okoiti, Boniface Mwangi, Maddo, Roomthinker and Muki Garang. The debate was passionate and electric at times very emotional. What amazed me was the passion that was showing in the panelists as they slowly expressed their harrowing experiences with the law.   The image of Omtatah wiping a tear when he recounted the shooting of innocents during the 2008 elections will forever remain in my mind. Omtatah known for his eloquen...

It is solemnly cold in Nairobi, Kenya’s business hub and administrative city. Our Members of parliament would have had quite a chance to discuss well in the embracing cold but instead what did they do? Went to the coast where heat is imminent for a retreat! Outrageous indeed! My belief is that when the temperatures are sizzling cold that is the time to think. The cold has the affinity to make the body numb and the mind proactive, I believe. But what is this nutcase about going in Mombasa for a retreat?   The warm climate of Mombasa will instead offer a suitable environment for dozing off. Many of those attending the retreat have had a chance to belch out what they are eating in a peaceful slumber as they dream on the future of Kenyan heckling. Others in attendance are business people religious leaders and some civil society leaders. I don’t have issues with them because; the religious leaders are known to pass through tormenting temperatures converting wolves into ...

       The entry of Ben Mulwa into Kenyan politics has not only raised eyebrows to few but also rekindled the question of, just how ready is Kenya for new players?   Can Kenya brace up for new leadership? Are we ready to embrace one unknown character into the political game? Can the media give attention to this young man with passion to serve Kenya?       I knew Ben through the social network, Facebook to be precise; He struck me as that young energetic Kenyan who was more than willing to go an extra mile for Kenya. His posts mostly inundate that passionate patriotic undying lover of this country. At first I was apprehensive of him because of his more than radical view of things. He struck me as an overnight dreamer, you know, that kind of guy who after four or seven years of university, comes out with energy and zeal possessing that aura of a Mr. Know It All.   Those people who are bookish about everything, in othe...

       The other day, President Mwai Kibaki launched the national tree planting season. What amazed me was that, the launch was swerved away as you would swerve those bitter Flagyl drugs into your mouth and quickly drain them with water. The Musalia excitement filled the air and engulfed everyone’s mind.        That raises the question, just what is important to Kenyans? What ticks, or flows in the veins of Kenyans? Politics! The clouds have been generous with rains. The entire country is contemplating on what to do next. The rains have been barricading the roads, denting the economy and causing wanton destruction. The experience has not opened our eyes to the fact that we need more trees. We would rather cry foul of the inefficiency of Kenya power in supplying power, frequent blackouts, high power bills, traffic jams et al. The root to all these problems is, the barrenness of the land. The ground has lost weight and...