CREATIVE STUFF

A cart carrying  salty water that goes for Ksh15 for one "Mtungi" in Malili A commodity so fresh yet rare, Leaves unfulfilled promises, A longing that can be met, By just a drop.   Long trips must be made, Day in day out, For just a glimpse, Of a tap running.   You must spend to get it, You must line up to get it, You must be patient to get it, You must carry it to enjoy it.   Malili a town so dear, Next to a promising Konza City , Yet water remains so rare, Nine years of waiting for Vision 2030.   Water, Water, Water, Water, Our lips are running dry, From constant desire, For this precious commodity, To become available to every home.  

  1. Black Panther She was the firstborn and like all firstborns carried herself with grace and respect. When it was time for meals, she would not be seen rushing with the pack. She left the young ones to eat and have their share. She gave us seven awesome descendants and lost three saying they were God's finest and to him, they went. She was a proud mother and tended to her young with charisma and patience. She took her role so seriously that when it was time to move on, she would not do born was like the mother who stood at the school's gate on her child's first day in school wondering whether she should go for her screaming child. Black Panther was loved for she was a black beauty. The firstborn in the family with whom all the hope was placed on. She desired to have other descendants and settled on the odd No 13. However, she did not live to see her descendants as she became ill and in two days became the first casualty in the family. She gave a grand bow on a fine...

As black as charcoal, Charcoal that is like tar, Tar that is like the back of my hand, Am the black child of a black continent. As red as blood, Blood that is like pepper, Pepper that is like my life, Am the black child of a black continent. As blue as the sky, The sky that is like the ocean, The ocean that is like my heart, A black child of a black continent.

To be happy or not To be nostalgic or not To love or not To care or not Change must be embraced To be brave or not To be anxious or not To be concerned or not To be present or not Change must be embraced

  Once upon a time, there was a wonderful couple who longed for a child but had not been successful in getting one. After several trips to the hospital, the doctors discovered that Judith's womb had a problem, they advised her to undergo surgery to rectify the problem, and soon she became pregnant. She had cravings for ice-cream and would wake up at the wee hours of the night to eat it, one day she woke up and found that the ice-cream she had kept in the refrigerator was over. She sent her husband to ask for some from their neighbor; Mrs.Doubtfire since the nearest supermarket was several miles away. Upon hearing his request she gave him a scoop of her vanilla ice-cream and added a little sedative. She liked the ice-cream so much and the secret ingredient; the sedative helped to calm Judith’s nerves and soon she was fast asleep. When Judith gave birth, Mrs.Doubtfire loved the baby so much that she stole her from her parents and went into hiding. There was a police detective who beg...

It is extremely hard to imagine of a day when life does not matter. The day she heard about it, she closed her shop and headed home. She wanted nothing to do with him so she locked herself in her room. Grace, her mother was worried just for a while, she kept herself busy and left June to her thoughts. She thought about him all day. His love was forbidden yet she had been anxious to conquer. She felt like a fool who had wasted so much time and energy.         She heard footsteps and for a moment closed her eyes. She did not open them for a long while until she felt her cheeks soften from the drops. It had been months since her eyes watered and she felt hopeless. What a shame! A strong woman of great wit and charisma reduced to a caricature because of him. They came just then, they must have been three women, two had children straddled on their back. They claimed ownership and June looked at them in a state of daze. They began fighting amongst th...