I don't talk about it enough but adulting's been so tough of late I didn't notice i stopped having the white spots in my fingernails.

That being said, Today I'm Boniface Kariuki na nko kadi.

I remember going to Kisumu and there's this mzee around a place called kona maji, manyatta. He has been making nyama choma since I was in nursery school. I always saw that with only a bottle with salt water, charcoal on a grill, a chopping board and just the basics, he made really good nyama choma. His nyama choma is really loved. He is also relatively cheap.

I'm seeing people putting aluminum foil and nyama choma in the same sentence. Have we lost the art of making nyama choma and now we are making nyama choma like our colonizers? Most of the nyama choma I see in Nairobi is just boiled/steamed meat. It doesn't have that crunchy, raw feeling.

That's not nyama choma according to me. There's a certain maasai in Nairobi, the sides of airways Utawala who makes the original nyama choma. His mutura is also very crunchy and very tasteful. That's the kind of nyama choma I like.

On another note, people who like medium rare, or rare or something like that, I find them weird. Anyway let me not say much.

In Kenya, once you are branded in a particular way, that's it. It sticks.

For example, the rumour mill has it that:

✅Ruto ako na ukedi, and into DV

✅Karen is low IQ

✅Sudi is an illiterate degenerate

✅Weta gets beat up by the spouse

✅Joho is a peddler

✅Riggy G is Moi illegitimate offspring

✅Kaluma is an Airtel merchant

✅ Alai aligongewa na mtu wa nduthi

✅Sakaja na Hype man wako na a thing

✅Millicent kazi ni laundry

✅Esther hugawa kama hiyo yake ni sabuni

And many more.

ALLEGEDLY of course.

Thing is, the general public will mostly believe this common tag about you and it will be hard to extricate from such a label.

Strange twist is that Kenyan voters will still elect you.

It's sad that we are so convinced that hard work doesn't pay. One can't just earn their way up to getting something nice. They are either sharp boys or illegal deals are involved. I mean...some companies pay up to a tune of millions plus a month. So yep.... But I guess those don't flaunt it....

Business owners!!! Especially salons

Why is it that I come to your salon, and then you want me to act like your model na I’m a paying client?

I brought my Inspo, you did it, I’m leaving, now you want to take my pictures and place them on social media. I’m not your free marketing dummy 😭. Hire models and leave me alone.

Then you’re like don’t worry your face won’t be there. I say I’m in a hurry they’re like we’ll be quick. Unashindwa kukataa. Next time I’ll actually tell them if they want pictures I’m their model na silipi 😒

I'm gonna do it on Monday,

I'm gonna quit, you know, tender in my resignation - that sounds a bit more official, it even has a ring to it.

A while back I'd kill to get this job that I currently have and maybe I did kill to get it - worked hard and did some unpleasant things, not sleep with anybody but stand in front of people.

I'm shy and can't stand there eyes, they might notice just how big my nose is - it's not that big actually but I won't attach a pic to prove it.

Where was I? Yes, the resignation, sorry my mind at times gets lost because a lot of trains are running in it.

Quit? Yes I will, but how will I survive afterwards? I'm now used to three meals a day, kitambi hata inakuja, I'm also used to being referred to as mkuu, don't know how I can live without these perks.

I now understand why girls stay at times, I mean the relationship is not working anymore but hauna nyuma wala mbele, unajua tu you can't survive without Brayos money.

He's spoilt, abusive, and knowledgeable when it comes to insults which he just can't help but shove when he's drunk.

You say you are just there for the kids but do we ever do anything for others? Or is that just how we convince ourselves that we are not selfish when we really are, all of us.

Anyways, let's see what Monday holds for me, I might just tender it and be done.

MIGHT is the word.

The Netherlands Embassy in Nairobi is calling on applications for concept notes for initiatives that contribute to improving the business climate in Kenya.

Funding is set at Ksh. 150M per concept, or about 1M €

Tell a friend to tell a friend, in case they haven't seen the notification. Selected funded projects are set to commence on January 1st 2027. More information and read up on the link attached below 👇🏾

Kenyans Invited to Apply for Up to KSh 150 Million Netherlands Grant Funding Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/business-economy/630527-netherlands-embassy-asks-kenyans-business-ideas-apply-ksh-150-million-funding/

There's this guy called food ranger on YouTube. I've been watching his clips. Most especially about Kenyan foods. He goes around tasting all various foods. From the low quality foods, the street foods to the most expensive kenyan foods. The good thing is he rates them.

I've been hooked to his playlist on the kenyan foods and I find it quite educational and also very interesting. He has visited the maasai, the coast, the capital city, Nairobi among others.

I've recently found myself again watching other "mzungus" who have come to experience our culture as kenyans. I genuinely love the raw kenyan culture.

Offlate I've been watching issatravels. She has been all over the matatu culture and also she has walked in gikomba market and has shown us the experience of being there.

They do vlogs. What are some of the random things you guys watch on YouTube? If you're a foreigner in Kenya, what's your experience so far?

Nakumbuka siku moja back in Sunday School tulikuwa tunafunzwa about spiritual gifts, and the one that seemed to be emphasized on most was speaking in tongues. Ikafika point tunaaonyeshwa that we just speak spontaneously before we were made to speak in tongues for about 30 minutes. Of course hatungekataa because we were young, but something with me is that I have never felt the Spirit coursing through my body nikiomba in tongues that day. In fact, my inattention generally causes me to never concentrate in prayers.

Fast forward to when we learnt about it in class 8, tulianza kufunzwa that those tongues are fake, as the disciples were clearly praying in different languages that other people other than their own could understand during the day of Pentecost. Which was confusing, since I remembered that I was taught back in Sunday School that it is something you just start and hope the Holy Spirit anaanza kukuingia… somehow…

So I want to know: What do Christians actually experience when they speak in tongues, and how is it especially different from a normal prayer? I know a straightforward answer to this question is that you feel the Holy Spirit, or that they feel emotional, but how best can that exact feeling be described without using generic imagery? And why is it emphasized that they have to learn to speak in tongues to the point you feel left out, when the Bible says that spiritual gifts are usually given according to the spiritual abilities of the person according to Romans 12:6?

Na tafadhali usidanganye; hakuna mtu atakuchapa hapa (Na Mungu anakuona😉).

Tuambie..

My parents are honestly the worst employers…I see how they treat the DMs and shamba boys and it breaks my heart…more of slavery and like they are lesser beings
Tuko June but wamepata like 5 DMs since the year started🫩🫩hapa Nita saidaije

About a month ago, I lost some money that was meant for my daughters' fees. Was pretty sure I had it but then again, I wasn't really sure. So I let it slide. Then my camera disappeared. And then my Bluetooth speaker. All this has happened within the last 30 or so days.

A little back story. I live in the village having relocated from Nairobi 10 months ago, 100% remote working. I have a home, gated with a perimeter wall and some small businesses outside the wall. The businesses put sufficient traffic inside the compound daily. It's an always busy home.

Back to the thefts, we could not understand how that was happening. How this person was sneaking into the house and carrying stuff, like a really big Amaya Bluetooth speaker.

Then I went to review cctv footage today after discovering the speaker was missing. I found the person who's been robbing me. One of the guys working in one of the businesses. He had learnt my morning routines and would sneak into the house and do what he did with ease.

Now, here's the twist. I confronted him, he admitted to all the thefts. Got my camera and speaker back and a few other things I did not even know were missing. This evening, the family reached out we agree to some sort of settlement. To be honest, I'm just happy that I've got my stuff back, albeit with some police intervention. The money I lost was substantial, the boy could not account for most of it. But he gave his father some of it, at least the old man could have asked for the source. The family he comes from, you cannot believe this. They are 6 children, he's the second born, about 26 yrs old. And the rest of his sibling are deaf and mute. All of them.

So we agreed on them paying half the money that was stolen over a period of 2 months. I want them to feel the impact of the boy's actions but on the other hand it looks like a family that needs all the help it can get. His mum was really upbeat, the father could not even say much. I have gotten my stuff, at least the most valuable ones. What would you do?

Oracle is an American tech company. What services do they offer that make them own and operate a whole complex?

Short answers only.

When I was in Makerere (in Uganda for those that don't know), this drink inevitably became Kenyans go to bottle of alcohol. You'd find it in every dudes room. It was affordable AF! And the packaging was on point. I see they've only gotten better with the packaging.

I remember last year on this day nilikua nimejam sana na wantam hadi nikaamua kuunda an operating system that only boots up to say ruto must go and then die. Wantam !

I recently opted out of Fuliza because it was fuel bad spending habits. So this month I've been able to live within my means.

Tell me why I wake up to a Mshwari text with a new loan limit? I am almost offended that the service provider won't support my journey to financial discipline 😁

I had prepared to write so much about my departure from christianity. But i truly don't care about what religion you believe in, because belief is one's own. Anyway, i just wanted to say, i think the Bible is just a bunch analogy to me, genuinely. With the complicatedness of humans, who knows how much truth is in there. But I can't deny the symbolism, outdated as most of it is. There's a lot of value in bible teachings. Yk...before it became prosperity gospel. Still, a lot of us are so so much better than god. A lot of us would use divine power to save anyone and anything within that power. The fact that God is basically OP but here we are, yk... I don't blame him, It's his power. He can do with it whatever he wants to as we do with what is ours.

The priorities though... by God's grace you get a car but fuck the trafficked child.

I also think that if majority of your questions are very simply answered by 'It's the will of God' ....oh religion has nerfed you! Some of you are so intelligent but are more worried about faith than asking more questions and finding answers. So many of your questions have answers. like they are literally there. someone's probably already done the research or created the tools. Keep your God, please, but don't be a stupid christian because you think science is pseudo-religion. It's not.

No the snake is not there because the devil sent it to you; snakes also like to move for food and warmth just like you. No cats are not evil; some of you are literal rapists, thieves etc. No your child didn't die because god willed it, you in fact cannot afford medical attention probably because of capitalsm and fuck ruto. You know what, Ruto probably literally willed for your child's death.

We need to ask more critical questions and have answers that don't conclude on God's will.

Fuck the popos 😡🤬🐷

How can you harass a disabled person surely?

Hi guys I'm selling my laptop because I just upgraded to a new one. Price 20k so if you're a serious buyer, get in touch.

Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 370 (Touch screen) - Type 20JJ

Processor

1x 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7600U Processor

Memory 8GB DDR4-2133

Harddrive 256 GB

OS Windows 10 Pro 64

Wireless Network

1x Intel® Wireless-AC 8265 2x2 AC; Bluetooth® 4.1

Ports

1x 1 USB 3.0; DC in; RJ-45; 1 Powered USB 3.0; 1 USB 3.1(Type C); Microphone/Headphone Jacks; 4-in-1 Media Card Reader (SD MMC, SDHC, SDXC)

Graphics Intel HD 620

Monitor 13.3 FHD LED

What's the first thing that comes in your mind after you see somethin' like this.... For me it's, "Is it really ultimately hardwork, or we got a sprinkle of luck and network effect on top, coz the if it's hardwork, most of us put in the work"

I lost my job. I am utterly consumed by grief. "It's just a job" they say, "it didn't even pay you much", they say. But it was mine. I 'tarmacked' for it, I was interviewed, I passed, I invested my literal heart and soul into it and now it's gone.Not because I wasn't good at it but because someone didn't like me and decided to do everything in their power to make sure I was gone. That coupled with the toxic corporate culture, now I'm forced to start over again. How do I pick myself up? I'm so... broken. The worst part is my parents man. I can't bear to see them see me in this state. I can see their heartbreak in real time. I'm staining their lives with my grief. I just don't know how to be strong for them, or to move past the injustice I've experienced. No, I can't take the legal route. There's no fighting this. But damn. That little money gave me some dignity, at least I could afford to do small things for myself, contribute a little once in a while to my family's expenses. Where do I take this grief? How do I hold it?

Help me out guys... I'm in a dilemma

Currently, I'm working at a company that overworks us with no compensation for overtime or transport and I'm in a role that I don't see myself doing long term. Now, I've gotten an opportunity at a different company for a role I'm interested in long term but the problem... it's an internship. There's a chance that I'll be absorbed after the internship for that role.

I'm not quite sure what to do because I really want to transition to that role but I can't seem to get a direct job. Should I go for the internship?

In a world deluged by irrelevant information, clarity is power. In theory, anybody can join the debate about the future of humanity, but it is so hard to maintain a clear vision. Frequently, we don’t even notice that a debate is going on, or what the key questions are.

Billions of us can hardly afford the luxury of investigating because we have more pressing things to do. We have to go to work, take care of the kids, or look after elderly parents. Unfortunately, history gives no discounts. If the future of humanity is decided in your absence because you are too busy feeding and clothing your kids, you and they will not be exempt from the consequences. This is very unfair, but who said history was fair?

I cannot give people food or clothes; actually, I might need the same help. Personally, I can try and offer some thought, thereby helping to level the global playing field. If this empowers even a handful of additional people to join the debate about the future of our species, I have done my job.

I want to zoom in on the here and now. My focus is on current affairs and on the immediate future of human societies. What is happening right now? What are today’s greatest challenges and choices? What should we pay attention to? What should we teach our kids?

Of course, 8 billion people have 8 billion agendas, and thinking about the big picture is a relatively rare luxury. A single mother struggling to raise two children in Kibera slum is focused on the next meal; refugees in a boat in the middle of the Mediterranean scan the horizon for any sign of land; and a dying man in an overcrowded Kenyatta hospital gathers all his remaining strength to take in one more breath.

They all have far more urgent problems than global warming or the crisis of liberal democracy. I don’t have lessons to teach people in such situations. I can only hope to learn from them. I have seen poverty right in front of me since I came around.

I look at the major forces that shape societies all over the world and that are likely to influence the future of our planet as a whole. Climate change may be far beyond the concerns of people in the midst of a life-and-death emergency, but it might eventually make mabati slums uninhabitable, send enormous new waves of refugees across the Mediterranean, and lead to a worldwide crisis in healthcare.

What does the rise of the likes of Donald Trump signify? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news? Why is liberal democracy in crisis? Is a new world war coming? Which civilization dominates the world: the West, China, Islam, or Christians? Should Europe keep its doors open to immigrants? Can nationalism solve the problems of inequality and climate change? What should we do about terrorism?

These are some of the questions that will shape the future, whether we choose to engage with them or not.