There is nothing as bad as rushing to settle down, just because you feel time is not on your side. Lakini tena getting a sensible, loving person out here is not as easy as it seems. Vitu nimejionea hii maisha yangu zimenishangaza mno. Mapenzi imekua kama betting, odds seem right, chances of winning are at …
Author: Ortis
SUICIDE PART II
The police vehicles outside my house had raised suspicion, a small crowd of neighbours had gathered right outside my gate. I hate attention, but the circumstances under which I was in couldn’t go unnoticed. Being a spouse to the deceased, you are always the first suspect. I was requested to go to the police station …
SUICIDE NOTE PART I
I found her hanging freely, dangling mid-air. I stared at her lifeless body for a whil, breathed in, then out in a sigh of relief. I felt that cold chill run down my spine, but one thing I knew for sure was I wasn’t going to mourn her death. She had taken away all the …
THE DATE PART 5
I stared at the broken glasses on the floor nikashangaa ilifika aje nikakatia dem amechizi. I came to the conclusion that just as wealth is silent, so is beauty. These ladies who think they have it all and can get away with anything because their beauty is their saving grace are the most insecure lot, …
KANO PLAINS
As a young boy growing up on the Kano plains of Kisumu County in Western Kenya, I took care of my family’s herd of goats — it was a favorite pastime. My older brothers and cousins would wake up before sunrise to plough the fields, and every member of the family, young and old alike, …