By the Idler-in-Chief You already know that Nyagenke is not a village that wastes a crisis. Here, we recycle everything — plastic bottles, political promises, and even national embarrassment. Last week, the entire village erupted when a wealthy Nyagenkean, while being arrested asked how “people living in tins” could arrest him. The statement spread across […]

By the Idler-in-Chief At the Nyagenke Group of DEB Primary Schools, academic creativity has reached a level only the angels can interpret. The other day, a pupil was asked to “write a poem in five lines.” The young scholar, driven by Nyagenke literalism, believed that he obeyed the instruction faithfully. He wrote POEM in big, […]

By Idler-in-Chief I sinned on Tuesday but let me confess before I get burnt. You see, I boarded a Manyanga. For the uninitiated, a Manyanga is not a fruit, though its name sounds edible. It is a musical torture chamber disguised as a matatu, designed to remind aging bones like mine that the world no […]

By the Idler-in-Chief Here in Nyagenke, we have several categories of citizens; the hardworking, the politicians and the idle, whose interests I largely serve. We also have the wigs. You see, wigs are not just head-covering decorations. They’ve fully assimilated into our life and unconfirmed reports show that some wigs own voter’s cards, and made […]