By the Idler-in-Chief There are phrases here in Nyagenke that sound harmless until they are followed by catastrophe. Here, when a wife tells her husband, “Sit down, we need to talk,” the man immediately begins remembering all the goats he converted into beer before the year of Korondovirus arrived. Now Nyagenke has discovered another dangerous […]

By the Idler-in-Chief People whose mouths currently smell their mother’s milk may not appreciate that there was a time in Nyagenke when a family photograph was a serious affair. I am referring to those days when photographers were a rare species and attracted the admiration that is now given to people who fly here in […]

By the Idler-in-Chief You already know that Nyagenke Weekender’s “Korondo-19 Baby Boom” headline has confirmed what midwives and grandmothers have known since 2021. You don’t need a calculator to establish that Korondovirus did not reduce Nyagenke but multiplied it. When they said “stay at home,” Nyagenke obeyed fully and the results are here to confirm. […]

By the Idler-in-Chief I am here to tell you that in Nyagenke, we do not believe in Google Maps. You see, Google Maps has never harvested maize, attended a harambee, or negotiated right of way with a stubborn goat. So when a four-year-old boy, Mose Morara, ama ukipenda MM, or better still Double M instructed […]