Tag: Westlands

Nairobi

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They stagger out of the International Arrivals like extras in the TV series The Walking Dead. They’re knackered, bleary-eyed, haggard and dejected. They nonchalantly drag their suitcases behind them like cavemen dragging home their dead dinner. Some have swollen …

“We sing, we dance, we steal things.”

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Let’s call him Patrick. Patrick works and lives in Minnesota. Green card and all that jazz. Last time he was in Kenya was 9 years ago. Patrick and I grew up in the same neighborhood- a couple of gates …

Kidum

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The call comes in one lunch hour when I’m chowing. It’s a friend of mine. The same one who recommended the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. A book I reviewed here and one which failed to expose …