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Two Years in Seattle and My Cousin Who Grew Up in Matungulu, Machakos Already Talks Like a CNN Anchor

The other day, I sat across from my cousin Mutua at Java, Yaya Centre, and I watched this man order a "ca-fay latte." Ca-fay. With a twang imported directly from see-AAA-tl. Bruh. Two years since you left Buruburu and…

Oct 20, 2026

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My Wife Was a Pharmacist in Kenya. America Made Her Start Over.

The strong aroma of freshly brewed coffee filled our small kitchen in Irving as I sat across from my wife. Her eyes were fixed on a stack of papers that seemed to grow taller each week. "I swear, if I fail this TOEFL…

Oct 20, 2026

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Things My American-Born Kids Will Never Understand About My Childhood

Last Tuesday, at the dinner table in our house in Texas, my son Jimmy looked up from his plate of chicken alfredo and said something that made me put down my fork. "Daddy, why do you always say you walked to school? E…

Oct 19, 2026

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The Remittance Guilt: What Happens When You Can't Send Money Home This Month

It starts on a Tuesday. You are sitting in your car in the parking lot of your workplace in Dallas or Minneapolis or Baltimore, and you are doing math on your phone calculator. Rent is due on the first. The car insura…

Oct 19, 2026

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We Have No Country: Kenya is Failing and Needs Your Patriotic Support

In the last two weeks or so, I have transversed sub-Saharan Africa, specifically the East and Southern parts of the continent, talking to people, observing attitudes of the leaders and the led, from the most developed…

May 9, 2024

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Diaspora Dad: How to Build Your Teen's Resilience

Is your teenager becoming uncommunicative or struggling academically or socially? Are you worried about them but feel at a loss about what you can do? In this article, I share how my father's efforts helped me to buil…

May 10, 2023

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The Trials of a Kenyan in Diaspora

It is the dream of virtually every young Kenyan to immigrate to the West. The alluring images of neighbors, friends, cousins, and acquaintances on social media owning cars just months after immigrating, flaunting bra…

Oct 12, 2022

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How Uhuru Lost the Plot and Mt Kenya

The shellacking that Uhuru Kenyatta received at the polls in the 2022 elections signifies his loss of support in a region that saw him as muthamaki and mutongoria (leader) as he head heads into retirement. That Uhuru…

Aug 16, 2022

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What Should Kenyans in the Diaspora Expect after the August Elections?

As Kenyans eagerly await the results of the presidential elections by the IEBC, one question that lingers in the minds of many of us is what to expect from the new regime. While the candidates crisscrossed the country…

Aug 15, 2022

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I Resent What My Country Has Become

The August 9th elections may be beckoning to millions of voters but don't count me in. I will not be voting this time after participating in almost every election cycle since 1992. I really resent what my country has…

Apr 29, 2022

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White Settlers Mentality Still Exist Among Kenyans

The rationale for self-determination and decolonization of African countries in the late 1950s and mid-1970s was contoured and initiated in pursuit of cultural, psychological, and economic freedom for indigenous peopl…

Jan 23, 2022

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How Local Kenyan Banks Invade and Loot Diasporians' Accounts

Some Kenyans living and working abroad are happy to be associated with home financial institutions. They don’t close their bank accounts when they relocate. One reason for this is, they want to continue supporting the…

Oct 14, 2021

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William Ruto's Diaspora Campaign Team, Diaspora Hustler Movement, Unveiled

Deputy President William Ruto’s Presidential bid for 2022 got a boost when his supporters in the United States unveiled a leadership team that will lead his diaspora campaign. The leaders will report to Ruto’s campaig…

Aug 3, 2021

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The Process of Legally Changing Your Name in Kenya

The need to change the name may arise out of diverse reasons, including anomalies in identification documents like the ID card or the Passport. To legally change your name in Kenya, a deed poll needs to be registered…

Jun 23, 2021

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How to Move from Renting to Owning Your Own Home in 3 years

As Username Investments, we launched a project dubbed Ngong Blossom in 2017. The land was selling at a cash offer of Ksh 349,000 for an eighth acre plot. Majority of the people who invested were renting within Nairobi…

May 27, 2021

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In Support of Widower Obadiah Kinara of Dallas, Texas: Fighting over Corpses Must Stop

Because I have been 'cancelled' from all Kenyan groups for supporting this gentleman; someone's son, a father, a nurse and a grieving widower...I will say it here. Mwakilishi, this conversation needs to happen. After…

Mar 8, 2021

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Is Devolution in Kenya Working Or Not?

Devolution in Kenya appears to be a disaster frying in it's fat, after only seven short years, otherwise, for example, the high profile Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) would not currently be ongoing and in full swin…

Dec 27, 2020

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Hearing News from the Source: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

In this time of stay at home mandates and uncertainty, how have you been keeping up your spirits? The other day, I discovered a YouTube based show based in Kenya called Reke Ciume na Ene, which translated from Kikuyu…

May 27, 2020

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Wakenya Wenzangu. Let Us Take the Coronavirus Pandemic Seriously

Wakenya wenzangu, like you, I am watching with grave concern as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the world. I am particularly worried that our people in Kenya do not recognize the gravity of this pandemic. As the gove…

Apr 10, 2020

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Stay Home, Stay Safe, and Refocus On Your Horizon

Covid-19 pandemic has brought the whole world into a situation that was unprecedented and has never been experienced by anyone during our lifetime. Experts say that the cycle could take about more than another 8 weeks…

Mar 30, 2020