The Krest Files

BY MIKE MUTHAKA I hear school is reopening next week. And I can bet my marbles the lec is going to ask what we’ve been doing over the holiday. She’ll probably walk in with one of her long dresses, briefcase in hand, and a thermos flask on the other. It’ll

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Leonard

BY MIKE MUTHAKA The new addition to my nightstand is a hardback. It’s called The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw. It’s a collection of stories about the American men and women who fought in the war that brought down Hitler. I swear I can hear the American national anthem in

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That chic who sells chapos under the floodlights

BY SIMON KING: GUEST WRITER The light of day was slowly draining away giving way to the nightfall skies. Underneath them, a small town pulsated to life as pubs, githeri, chapati, mtura and other night time vendors opened for business. The rains had fallen all day and night and the

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Physics, and a little bit of Chemistry

BY MIKE MUTHAKA Her name was Salma. She wore lots of make-up, and she had a round face and big hips and fierce eyes that gave me a chill every time I looked at her. She was never in class on time, but a girlfriend would often book her a

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A Dusty 2018

BY MIKE MUTHAKA I want to try out celibacy this year. Wait, masturbation doesn’t count as celibacy, does it? I watched the sun come up on that first day of the year. I was in my boxers, in the back yard, barefoot and bare-chested. I was listening to

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