Rewarding cheats is the road to ruin Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Sunday Nation | 4 Comments »
Legendary French football striker Thierry Henry handled the ball illegally last week, and set up his compatriot to score against the Republic of Ireland in a crunch qualifying game for next year’s World Cup. The referee did not notice. France went through as a result of this gross ...click here to read the full article.
Today’s Kenya: A Shakespearean tragedy? Sunday, October 18th, 2009 Sunday Nation | No Comments »
Justice Aaron Ringera, erstwhile head of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, quoted Shakespeare extensively during his tenure and elaborately during his prolonged departure. He is a lifelong devotee of the Great Bard, and with good reason: any lover of English must of necessity be a lover of the works of ...click here to read the full article.
What’s wrong with Kenyan restaurants? Sunday, October 11th, 2009 Sunday Nation | 4 Comments »
This week I want to stick a steak knife into the restaurant industry. Running a good eatery should be simplicity itself. Entry barriers are low, if you’re willing to start small; many a world-beating restaurant chain started life as a single food stall somewhere. Yet in Kenya we are ...click here to read the full article.
Ditch these bizarre superstitions Sunday, October 4th, 2009 Sunday Nation | 4 Comments »
I read a news report from India recently that left me thinking I had been flung back in time. Apparently farmers in Bihar, one of India’s most backward states, are forcing their unmarried daughters to plough their fields naked after sunset. This is in an attempt to “embarrass” the ...click here to read the full article.
Kenya’s most costly animal: the White Elephant Sunday, September 27th, 2009 Sunday Nation | 3 Comments »
On Nairobi’s Nyerere Avenue, you will find a most intriguing sign. It says “Children’s Traffic Park”. Inside, on this most prime of prime real estate, you will see a large, elaborate operation. It looks like a most commendable initiative: a simulated road model, complete with battery-operated cars ...click here to read the full article.
Why Kenyans are crazy about foreign football Sunday, September 13th, 2009 Sunday Nation | 6 Comments »
Last week my respected fellow columnist Professor Makau Mutua laid into Kenyans for following English rather than Kenyan football. The good professor was concerned about this new “colonisation” of the minds of Kenyans by its former ruler. Now, I have raged against inauthenticity and mindless mimicry myself many a ...click here to read the full article.
Give the young hope in Kenya Sunday, September 6th, 2009 Sunday Nation | 3 Comments »
Last week this column looked at the issue of nationality and patriotism as seen in world sports championships. I suggested we would lose many more of our athletes to richer countries, simply because we are not making this an attractive country for young people to be in. Do we ...click here to read the full article.