By Gabriel Dinda The recent Writers Guild-Kenya Manuscript Polishing Workshop wasn’t just about conquering the cold Saturday morning. It was a testament to the power of a dedicated community, where […]
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A writer’s Tragedy By Phill Ibsen Every girl romanticizes poets and writers on their lips as though that alone would hand them title deeds. They end up pursuing one-night romantic
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The anatomy of losing books to “friends” By Gabriel Dinda If you have one hundred books in your home library, you have probably lost books of the same quantity to
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If you are not reading good literature, you are rotting By Gabriel Dinda To be honest, I can’t put this any better. If you are not reading good books, you
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Ukoloni Mamboleo Unadhalilisha Uhuru wa Waafrika Na Sitati Wasilwa Nchi za Kiafrika zilipojinyakulia uhuru, Waafrika wengi walihisi kwamba mifumo ya kijamii, kiuchumi na kisiasa yangewanufaisha. Pindi tu nchi hizi zilipopata
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The Year From Hell:II By Priscilla Kona My Son His booming voice is now a whimper. ”Is Covid 19 sexually transmitted ?” he whines , face mask in hand. My
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The Year From Hell By Priscilla Kona The Covid 19 pandemic could not have come at a worse time: amidst my retrenchment challenge of December 2019. However, a chance suggestion
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8 Easy and Practical ways of growing a family that reads By Joy Ruguru (This article is based on the Webinar given by Gabriel Dinda to Strathmore University Staff
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Legend of the sleeper By William Dekker I was not a backbencher in high school. I always sat at the front row in class, like the good law-abiding, assignment-completing and
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Vijana, Kuungana na Maarifa ni Asili ya Mageuzi Na Sitati Wasilwa Wiki chache zilizopita, mwanahabari tajika, Linus Kaikai, alizungumzia swala la vijana katika uongozi, hususan katika siasa za Kenya. Katika
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LOVE IN A TIME OF UNCERTAINTIES by Beryl Muga It had to be a Saturday. No mistakes. This meeting had been calculated well for months. I’m sitting across from him.
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THE LAST ANIMALS By Brian Joseph It is said that you never know the importance of something till you lose it. I wish I knew are indeed the most painful
By William Dekker It may sound cliché to say that within a few decades, a surge in the number of young people in the continent will make Africa’s labour force
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THE STORY THAT IS OFTEN NOT TOLD. By Brian Joseph Each day we come across women of all genders, ranging from zero to the very eldest members of our society.
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This lockdown is a good break from sadaka and tithe By William Dekker We may look sad about these stay-at-home measures imposed by the government, but deep down we are
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NO LONGER AT EASE By Priscilla Kona The moment is epochal, the gravity impossible to ignore. Epitaphs are blood cuddling; “hacked to death by Covid 19” . Is the
Of the myths ,Misconception and Politics of Covid-19 in Africa on social media platforms. By Emmanuel Otieno~ Imara Fellow Ever since the earth was purged with Corona Virus ,many people
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No One Can Save Me. (A Monologue by Phill Ibsen ) Charles must be laughing in his grave. Laughing at the world, he left behind. The world he desperately warned
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By Julie Mulongo It’s the 213th day since it hit my country, a country I fled to a few years ago in search of greener pastures. Just when everything started
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My wedding day as I dreamt of it By William Dekker On that material day I will arrive at the dais forty minutes later than the bride, as an advance
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Ambulance Driver By Julie Mulongo Today is my day off! ‘My kind’ rarely gets that, I can’t help but marvel at it. But I know it never lasts and honestly,I
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Deaths, destruction as The Nzoia River bursts. By Pricilla Kona If you lived in Bunyala South area , of Busia county, chances of drowning would be 1/365 in every
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Brutality Clothed as Power By Lydia Limbe Have you noticed how there’s a vicious battle of ideas lately? The existence of different ideology, beliefs and thoughts are not new, but
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By William Dekker About a decade and a half ago, Roy, Habakkuk, Bildad, Edwin, Sharon, and I (five geniuses and one clown) were only one step away from sitting our
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WHO CREATED THE CORONA VIRUS? By Pricilla Kona In December 2019, the tide suddenly turned. Winds of change blasting from the Wuhan province of China, started sweeping through states with
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Was Devolution only a leeway for looting of Public Resources? By Emmanuel Otieno Obwanga Imara Fellow ~Kisumu August 2010 remains the Hallmark in Kenya history when Kenyans adopted a new
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Fear; the silent weapon used to control you By Lydia Limbe When you stand in line to get into the supermarket and your temperature is being taken by the
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Relax and let loose; you don’t have to “accomplish” anything during this lockdown By William Dekker In the last two weeks, people in the northern Indian state of Punjab have
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THE GREATEST PROBLEM, IS INDEED THE SILENCE OF THE GOOD PEOPLE By Gabriel Dinda My wife, Verah, told me about a friend of hers who, relating to an excerpt from
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Prof. Ken Walibora: Death has taken the Humblest of them all By Gabriel Dinda On 4th March, 2017, Prof. Ken Walibora was a guest at Masinde Muliro University’s Youth Summit,
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BURIANI KEN WALIBORA Na HUSSEIN M KASSIM Kama ni machozi, basi yanitoka kapakapa Kama ni jitimai, sonono haliniishi Mawazo na fikra? Ni mkururo baada ya mwingine. Tanzia ya kifo
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Quaran-times By Miss Kavata Just curious,how did you just read that?The title of the post? QUARAN-TIMES This one is inspired by the interesting times we are finding ourselves in right now.The
By Gabriel Dinda A birthday is a special day for most people. Some people attach special importance to a birthday such that if one forgets their birthday, it is interpreted
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By Eugene Rop Books are golden treasures. Napping neatly on shelves. Storing the greatest of life lessons. Waiting for anyone, to embrace them and drink from their literal fountain. It’s therefore
By Emmanuel Opiyo Has thy reggae been stopped by human nature or is it thy natural science a story by God for God. In the heated atmosphere outside, away from
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By Juliet Mwangi My first time was almost like a dream… The feeling was surreal. Heartbeat racing, palms sweating, excitement oozing from every single pore, in my body no
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A Writers Guild-Kenya Documentation Project What is this? A project to get 100 people to share their intimate experiences with Writers Guild Kenya for the past 6 years in
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Compiled by Gabriel Dinda. Many say that in the 21st Century, illiteracy is not considered as the failure to read and write but the failure to take up the many
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By Gabriel Dinda I have met a number of people who tell me that when “they get time” they will write. I have also met so many other people who
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By Gabriel Dinda For the past few months and especially in the past one month, the world has been on standstill, almost singing to the same tune of Coronavirus in
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By Gabriel Dinda John has lived in a fairly safe neighborhood in Uthiru for three years. Owing to his social nature, he is almost familiar with everyone in his neighborhood.
What is that one thing that can’t be stolen from you? Read More »
By Gabriel Dinda Every day, we receive so many questions regarding publishing. I am therefore encouraged to write a brief guide to help you when you think of publishing a
A,B,C of Publishing your book. Read More »
By Gabriel Dinda When Lydia read her piece of the assignment Joan Thatiah, a renowned journalist and author, and our trainer, I was shocked. “What are you doing in this
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By Gabriel Dinda Every time I come across something good, I feel like sharing it with all my friends and encouraging them to take part in it. I have done
It’s okay to share memes, but what about opportunities? Read More »
By Gabriel Dinda At Writers Guild Kenya, we cherish the culture of Trial and Error. This involves encouraging our writers and team members to try ‘something new’ each day. So
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By Gabriel Dinda For the past 6 days, I have been in Zimbabwe, getting the best of Mugabe Quotes (from the source). It was so easy for me to introduce
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By Phill Ibsen, On the Saturday of February 15, 2020. As we sat in class contemplating, smiling and staring into each other’s faces while catching up on how the week
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By Gabriel Dinda In Writers Guild Kenya, we encourage our writers to provide practical solutions to society, alongside writing about them. We work to grow an active writer, one who
Griffins Ndhine; a model of true service to society. Read More »
After a successful outing in Nigeria last November, PenPen Africa Writers Residency is extending to Kenya. PenPen Africa is an African writers’ residency project featuring twelve select writers from across
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By Eunice Akinyi The call to run into a writing spree, or just an exhilarating excursion, usually spurs gaiety. Think of a child who hasn’t seen her father for over a
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By Gabriel Dinda If you were given a blank sheet of paper today and asked to write your life’s desire(s) on it,what would you write? Probably, you would ask for
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By Gabriel Dinda When Sahara Abdi and I joined residents of Rwadhia village in Kangema for Solomon Muya’s ‘homecoming’ in November 2018, I felt very emotional. The speakers narrated
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By Wr. Cheryl Kahingo On that eventful day, the sounds of the mourning drums tore into the dark silence of the night. The few who had managed to catch some
By Wr. Immaculate Ajiambo They are young and committed to bringing change unto their communities. They are driven by passion and humanity.To them fame is nothing compared to being contented
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By Beatric Wairimu. Consider this: death of human and animal species, vanishing forests, rising sea levels, and we are now witnessing the fastest rate of species extinction. Most of these
Too much Pollution, too Little Efforts. Read More »
By Dedan Onyango. Today I will try to shade some light on this fading aspect that makes us human, yet distant most of us; honesty. Before I take you far
To be Honest, I am not Honest! Read More »
By James Osolo That today we are talking about president-elect Donald J Trump is not just funny but also hardly believable. It is the reality though. How did the billionaire
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By James Osolo. The American election is over and Donald Trump is the president, yes I know you still can’t believe it. As a Hillary Clinton supporter neither can
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Are we really doing enough? This question has taken my fingers right to the keys of the keyboard as I contemplate if what am going to write will disturb your
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By Beatrice Wairimu The long awaited rains are here with us. Do you wonder why they are taking so long than they used to be a while back? Have you
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By Gabriel Dinda. Just few days ago, I was watching a televised Interview of two Kenyan politicians(from opposing sides of course) and I got really disturbed. The manner in
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By Elias Muhatia More About the Author The summit on governance and accountability held on Tuesday 18th of October 2016 at the State house saw every sector of leadership blame
Corruption? Sorry, my Hands are tied! Read More »
By Writers Guild Kenya, Writer. Violence and video games belong to two different genres of words; one is connected with pain and agony and another with fun and amusement. Two
Is playing violent video games connected with actual acts of violence? Read More »