I came to Bungoma roughly eight years ago, the intriguing bit being the fact that I only knew my friend from Campus, host and now business partner to date.
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.
My mother worked as a secretary in Siaya, the pay not all that and the proverbial ends would soon refuse to meet. Caught between a baby daddy who wouldn’t chip in and her meagre wages, her only option was to drop me off to her mother. Life in Kisiwa was hard, meals not assured, school fees almost impossible to raise.
I have never caught a break with the Taxi business. What fuels me is the massive gap in my environment and the boundless opportunities that can come with it. Do not be fooled, this is no low hanging fruit...
Sometimes back in 2004, “The facebook” was nothing but a campus fad. An online platform started by Mr. Zuckerberg to help profile fellow Harvard students and faculty. This later spread like wildfire
I struggled with how to even break the news to him. While at the hospital where I refused the nurses testing my pee, blood test only! Because I wanted to be 100% sure I was knocked up. I sent a picture of the test kit. His response baffled me, especially in hindsight.
Once upon a time I was the Town’s (Bungoma) high flying event organizer. What started as Whatsapp group hangouts was cultivated into a business model, Just that it wasn’t the best model there is. Sometimes back in 2013, having started my DVD shop ( popularly known as movie shop) I realized I had amassed quite the following 15 months in. I actually didn’t know this fact yet; Whatsapp groups were just catching on. What started as