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Good Music doesn’t have an expiration date. – Unknown On 12th June 2021, a group of talented and seasoned musicians put together a Night of Wonder #CelebratingStevie. Music has always been a place of refuge and solace, for me, more so now in the middle of this raging pandemic. Not having attended a live […]
“Nobody Can Stop Reggae.” – Lucky Dube / Kenyan Proverb From time immemorial, reggae concerts in Kenya have unfortunately always received a bad rap. Images of rowdy youths forcing their way into stadiums demanding to enter without paying as well as stories of marauding gangs mugging fans would always fill the pages of newspapers […]
It’s been two years since Pope Francis came to Kenya. This was also the day I learnt an important lesson. On this day, 27th Nov 2015, I committed the ultimate fail any assignment photographer can commit. After 2 hectic days of covering the Papal’s state Visit – day 1 at State House and Day 2 […]
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” – Bob Marley Ask any jazzphine and they will tell you, the prospect of listening to good Jazz music, even if it is by an artist they do not know, is an exciting notion. One event has, for the last 5 […]
Nyangeth remembers hearing a loud explosion as she was at the market center in Pachenjok, a small village in South Sudan. Initially, it was one explosion and then they increased. Loud explosions that made the ground shake beneath her feet along with constant cracking sounds. This sound was new to her despite the fact that […]
“Being in the desert was brilliant and it was hard.” – Toni Collete Earlier this year I was sent on an assignment to North Horr. An oasis town located 196 Kilometres North West of Marsabit town. To get there I had to cross one of Kenya’s true desert, the Chalbi. Spanning 100,000sq kilometres, the […]
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” Benjamin Franklin It’s New Year’s eve, at about 2300hrs and I am on the road headed to a pre-designated spot to shoot fireworks displays that would light up the Nairobi sky as we […]
" Rugby is a hooligans game played by gentlemen." Winston Churchill After an extremely entertaining Friday night, Sunday afternoon found me pitch side at the Kabeberi Sevens. The tournament named after the Late George Mwangi Kabeberi, who was one of the founders of Mwamba RFC in 1977, is the second tourney in the Kenya […]
" Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate." — Jon Bon Jovi It was the 7th day of the sixth month in the year 2007 at an open air concert in Nairobi’s Arboretum Park. My friends and I were at the very back […]
"Don’t be afraid " – Mathew 28:10 In November 2015 the 266th successor of Saint Peter, Pope Francis, made his maiden visit to the motherland. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on 17th December 1936 and elected by 115 cardinals to lead the Catholic Church on 13th March 2013, the Bishop of Rome decided to visit […]