In the streets of Nairobi and across the digital landscape of Kenyan Twitter (X) and TikTok, a peculiar phenomenon is unfolding. As the reservations and dates are confirmed, many relationships are getting unconfirmed. While February is the month of love, in Kenya, it has increasingly...
Friday afternoons have a way of slipping past quickly. School bags land in corners, diaries stay zipped, and everyone mentally checks out for the weekend. By Monday, the week is already a blur. Taking time to look through a child’s school diary or homework, and simply asking about what...
For years, I stared at the cramped ledge above my sink and saw nothing but a spot for a drying rack and a stray bottle of dish soap. I hated grocery trips, overpaying for nyanyas and vitunguus that I have never bothered to know the standard price of. One afternoon, while making instant...
In a landmark ruling that serves as a cautionary tale for the digital age, the High Court has stripped an estranged wife of her claim to her husband’s R2.3 million (approximately KShs 18.2 m) pension fund. The deciding factor was a series of Facebook posts and a secret child that...
Abel Mutua and his wife, Judy Nyawira, reflect on the values that have grounded their marriage, how change has shaped them, and why friendship remains the strongest adhesive in their union. After seventeen years together, filmmaker and storyteller Abel Mutua and producer Judy Nyawira have...
