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  When I think about you, I think about us. I think about the past we have had, the present we are at, and the glorious future we have always wished for. Photo/Felix Kinyua archives. To Stephen M Somebody it Po Box, somewhere Kenya. 8/23/2021. Dear Bro Stevo, I would have loved to start the letter like the old days by asking if you are fine or doing well and that entire school work format you obviously know about. But that would be irony and I don’t want to mock you bro, I know you are not fine and not doing well too. Yes, a lot of other people know too bro and more will know after you read this letter. Despite of all they are saying about you bro, I know you will. I know you don’t have a smartphone at the moment but I also know you still have ways of accessing information on trending topics and social media gossip. Or how did you come to know about baby Leon when last time we saw each other was 6 months ago? Kaka, over the weekend I met with a former comrade and after some rounds ...

Eliud Kipchoge, record breaking marathoner who made history by becoming the first Human to run a Marathon in under 2hrs. Photo//Getty images  One of my favorite novels happens to be 'The Borrowers', by Mary Norton. The four-inch-tall family of "borrowers" who live among humans and co-op their possessions. When a crooked lawyer takes over the Lender family's house, he's got to reckon with the borrowers therein, who launch a campaign to oust the invader and restore the home to its rightful tenants. This is what most Kenyans have had to endure in 2019. The year was so economically harsh that it literary turned a lot of people especially young people into 'Borrowers'. There are a handful of reasons as to why I feel the year 2019 made us borrowers. From the national level, the top leadership has been borrowing loans after loans, I hope our country does not get auctioned soon. At the grassroots level, the effects were visibly seen. High cost of livin...

Photography is one of the new jobs popular with the modern young Kenyan male adults. Photo/Getty Images Almost a month ago, I was attending to a Saturday lecture at my school. We were learning about how public policies are formed and implemented.   Soon, the discussion shifted to security policies at the campus, many people said they were not subjected to a security check at the gate on their way in while a few of us who wore jeans, t-shirts, sneakers and maybe donning some cap on a hot Saturday were subjected to a thorough check. At one point the professor joked that with my look I could not have escaped the check. On my long journey home, I felt disturbed by the remarks. As a young male person I felt as if the whole class had stripped me of my dress my choice rights. Surely, what has my dressing as to do with it? To me, I saw it as a stereotype. When you stereotype somebody, you misjudge that person and it denies you the opportunity to know them for who they reall...

Reporters take pictures of Police officers as they get ready to disperse a crowd in a Demo. Picture/Getty Images. Sometimes back, I had a discussion with a friend on the Kenyan Media. It was more of an argument because I felt it was not justifiable to refer to the Local Media as ‘Githeri Media’. Having gone through media school, I cannot literary sit and watch as people tarnish my profession. I did not take it lightly and still do not take it lightly with people castigating the local media day in day out. If what I was taught in college is true, the Media is a reflection of the society, it mirrors the society in which it operates. I have always said if you find any fault in the Media then basically don’t blame the media, blame it on the society, because media does not operate in a vacuum. As a professional I have watched in silence as people slowly take this prestigious career to the grave. But not anymore. Listen here folks, Journalists deserve their respect too....