Just the other day I was going through some previous posts i’m told most bloggers have gone away on holiday and came across this gem When the charming author of this blog published it she may not have realised that she was opening a tiny window into her own reading preferences and by extension the [...]
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Spending some time in the field
There are times when we feel that all this is getting too much. It seems that Woolie can only take so much of the hectic city rat-race. At times like these Woolie likes nothing better to take a short break and go back to the source. Woolie is seen here bonding with family in the [...]
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I have always found December to be a bit of a funny month. With Jamhuri day arriving half-way into the month and then Christmas and the new year there is very little time for much else and it seems that most people’s social calendars are crammed with functions. I must admit that this is a [...]
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I just love November and I think it is a lucky month. I saw a report moments ago in the news about a passenger plane from New Jersey that had to make an emergency landing in Poland after its landing gear failed to deploy. The reports said that none of the 220 passengers and 11 [...]
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The picture was taken soon after that lunch with Wangari and the CEO
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Wow! July is upon us already and whilst I welcome a new month with the thrill and excitement that comes with knowing Chriso can’t be too far away, there is a sad weight upon my heart. You see I failed to put in my June posting. A post that I’m sure would have been a [...]
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So much has been written and said about the Samuel Wanjiru tragedy that the time has now come for the public to do the decent thing and allow the family to come to terms with their grief without the undue speculation, rumour and gossiping. It is just unfortunate that this case involved a celebrity and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Osama down, so where’s Kabuga?
This piece was written back in March 2010 but I place it here following the dramatic killing of Most wanted Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan in the first week of May 2011. The US Ambassador-at large for war crimes issues, Pierre-Richard Prosper, a few weeks ago said that Felicien Kabuga was still hiding in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Waiting Room
I had never heard of Paradise House before but I find the building quite easily from the directions that I have been given. My appointment with the bank manager is for 10:45. I am early and the polite young man at the desk points to a door marked ‘Waiting Room’ “Please wait in there sir. [...]
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affiliate program The author Mark Twain wrote: Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t. A few weeks ago I came across a bizzare incident that reinforced my belief in this idea. It all began when I was interrupted from my compulsory afternoon nap by [...]
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