Once revered as field hockey powerhouse, Kisumu is slowly dwindling into just another city with no specific sports discipline to be proud of.

“By the grace of the owner of ostriches, I have completed my relocation plans, and will depart on Sunday,” said Baba Soni, to friends and relatives who met at his condor in Billerica, Mass.

Your life is God’s World Cup. More than 100 years before you came to be, He made sure the stadium of your life was finished on time. Your kick-off was long coming as all the days ordained for you were written in His book before one of them came to be.

I remember Mr. Maneno, my high school business studies teacher telling me that, the first Kshs. 1 million is the hardest to make, after which money will follow money and before you know it, the blessed will start calling you blessed.

“I think I have lost my mind! All the $200 I went to withdraw is missing from my wallet,” read an SMS from Jack Kimana, my friend from Limuru, now domiciled in Pembroke, Mass. I tried to figure out how he lost the amount, especially because, there are no casinos in Massachusetts.

There was a time Joshua made a deal with some tribe, which pretended to be from a distant land. He signed a contract with them, but did not consult the Lord beforehand.

“Your results are out, and I will be quick,” my doctor said, when I went to get the results one week after the ordeal in his office. I read his face to see if I was in for a death sentence.

Thank God for February. It is the month of the ground hog, super bowl and love. It is also the month of my annual physical exam.

I am good at keeping promises. Ahadi ni deni (a promise is a debt), or so my people say. I promised to debunk one more myth about the United States of America long held by wananchi, who think that America is the promised land, a paradise on earth.

“I have come to send you to Dorothy my daughter, who lives in the United States of America,” a kind old lady from a village several ridges apart said.

Mungiki is a Kikuyu word that literally translates into many. By definition, Mungiki means multitudes. The imagination of this politico-religious group plays the images of the poor

Ask me, or if you do not believe me, my Haitian neighbor, or you may prefer to ask my Nepalese workmate; I will tell you that America belongs to the American-Indians, everyone else is an immigrant. Period.