Josphat finished campus in 2011 at a reputable institution in the country's capital. Let us not mention any names they (Institutions) are sensitive nowadays
Once upon a time there lived a gentleman sic gentlefrog by the name Froggy( You know it's going to be fire when a story starts with Once upon a time huh?....) Now Froggy did not grow up Rich, neither did he grow up poor. His family owned or rather had to its name a sizable amount of the communal pool where all the frogs resided and did their thing from, you know, like crocking endlessly at cows that did not give a hoot haha.
Capital Fm without Chris Kirubi feels different, slaps some typa way. It took me a while but eventually during a recent Friday flight, one of the longest serving DJ segments on any show by DJ Adrian, I finally put a scratch….er I mean a finger to it (haha)
Naseeb Abdul Juma Issack popularly known as Diamond Platnumz once opined on his 2013 banger My Number 1 ... “ Kwanza Mapenzi safari, Ujana ni maji ya moto, walinenanga zamani” …. I was 24 then, and for some strange reason a hardcore Eastcoast Hiphop fan like myself was touched by that line from a genre I then considered wack.
Growing up and schooling in Butere - Sabatia was not all that fascinating, not with neighboring schools with names like Eshitsitswi, Enyenyesi, Eshinamwenyuli, Ebuchenya, Eshibanga and my very own Ebukolwe. I see folks joke on the interwebs how the name of the school was a contributing factor in performances, well not funny guys, folks in Emuyundi primary do not like that joke at all! Now in a bid to make the names a bit palatable, the prefix E would be dropped like a hot Potato.
As the legend goes, a father once sent the son to the wisest man in the land. The objective? To teach the young lad the meaning of life. Now the young fella who I am going to call Mark was pleasantly surprised that the wise man lived in a palatial residence and that he hosted on the regular rich merchants and dignitaries from across the land. The place was lit! A reference Mark would probably have used if he lived in our times. Food was in plenty, booze on the free flow and there were generally good vibes.
Coco is a 2017 Pixar animation that enlightened me on matters the afterlife and life in general. It gravitates around the exploits of 12-year-old Miguel, who, despite a heavy-handed ban on music by his grandma in the family, still has the insatiable thirst to play the guitar and sing. During a night to honor the memory of the dead (dias de muertos), Miguel finds himself in the technicolor world of the dead.
The year 2020 has not been easy on anyone, given the current state of affairs as I pen this, It is not going to get any easier. So buckle up and dig into your inner creative and survival instinct. Where survival and sheer will to get by are involved, your higher diploma, degree, masters and Phd have nothing to do with it.