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January 2020 Picks

To sound intelligent, quote someone. For example, just say “A famous French philosopher said that all French men are French.”

Posted by Mark M. Chetambe on Friday, 3 January 2020

Tired and hungry, I staggered into the supermarket to get some fruit. I wasn’t in a talking mood. I was in tired khaki trousers and an uninspiring maroon T-shirt. An excited young man who looked as if he had been celebrating the new year all night pointed at some apples and asked me, “Hii huwa wanapimaje?” I looked at him in a manner to suggest that young Kenyans should respect bald headed tired men. Kwani, which part of me looks like a supermarket attendant, an expert on fruit prices, or a large scale eater of fruits?

Posted by Mark M. Chetambe on Wednesday, 1 January 2020

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