By Shem Onderi She is growing fast—Faster than the years would wish her to.Her body outpaces her age,Nothing about her remains the same—Not even the way she walks.The class teacher defines her by her looks,By how she speaks. The village boy admires her changing form.The school bus driver insists on dropping her last.The posho mill […]

By Nanganetvoices go on then — steal the coffers dry, build your marble statues to your swelling pride, fly first-class to conferences on poverty you’ve never felt, pocket your per diems and fat allowances, feed your bellies, line your nests — but leave our classrooms whole. we see you — lions in tailored suits, bellowing […]

By Chipanga Daniel “Not today,”My dancing master would always say,In his prime old age—Clinging to the hope of time yet to live. He rose with his walking stick,As if nature still bowed to his will,A smile carved on his wrinkled face,Recalling the golden days gone by. When the sun began to set,He’d step out to […]

By Obaigwa Alex Heaven has called you home today,Leaving so much I still wanted to say.But now it’s too late—your time has come,And words unsaid weigh down everyone. You taught me more than I can show,Revealed so much I didn’t know.But you forgot the final thing—To teach me how to let you go. There may […]

Text and pictures by Stanley Ongwae As Kenya prepares for the inaugural Grade Nine Competence-Based Education (CBE) national assessments set for October, learners are filled with excitement and confidence. At Kisii Campus Comprehensive School in Kisii County, students have stepped forward to celebrate CBE, praising the academic depth and skills they’ve acquired over the past […]

By KPC Reporter As the curtain fell on the second edition of the Pan African Media Councils Summit last week in Arusha, something spectacular happened a few kilometres away. It was all about friendship between Lee Njiru, a veteran journalist and long-serving aide to Kenya’s presidency and Tanzania’s retired General Mirisho Sarakikya, now in his […]

By Faith Nyabuto Sometimes, you must let things be—Accept that fate and destinyFlow beyond our reach,That change is life’s one certainty. You must come to know:Even voices once familiarCan fall silent,Conversations once comfortingCan curdle into dreamsYou’d rather not revisit. But still,There is hope for new beginnings. Let it go—Make room for rediscovery,New paths to wander,New […]

By Shem Onderi My mouth—You are my everything.You feed me:With food,With words,With everything in between. You taste it all,Chew it,Shape it for swallowing—Long before I think to digest. Your placement is no accident:Front and center,Where all humanity’s interest rests.What you speak comes to pass.Your voice carries command—Be it song, rebuke, or blessing. Through you, I […]

By KPC Reporter in New York A Kenyan, Kennedy Odede, was on Friday awarded the prestigious 2025 United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize at a ceremony in the General Assembly Hall of UN Headquarters in New York. Odede, the visionary founder of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) that has a huge presence in Kenya, becomes […]

By Chipanga Daniel “Not today,”My dancing master always said,In the twilight of his years—Still believing he had more time to live. He rose with his walking stick,Hoping to command nature’s pace,A smile creasing his wrinkled faceAs memories of better days flickered behind his eyes. When the sun dipped low,He’d step out to admire God’s brushwork,Knowing […]