Weekly series by specific writers
By JJ Mponye: Going over last night's events reminds me of one popular English saying, “Never count your chickens before they hatch”. We had not been intimate for quite a while. A month perhaps. And frankly I was as hungry for it as a starved pregnant lioness would be for game. My appetite was roused by some cute little models […]
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By JJ Mponye: I have been stuck in this crazy early morning traffic jam along Jinja road for over thirty minutes. It is the beginning of the school term and almost everyone is taking their kids to school. Oh how I hate this season! Why can't parents just take their kids to boarding school and save us this perpetual morning […]
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By JJ Mponye: I have had a rather busy day at work struggling on my own to attend to all the patients at the clinic. All that I am looking forward to is a nice warm bath, dinner to subdue this terrible hunger and a nice gentle massage to rub me into a peaceful slumber. But I have also learned […]
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By Kizzy Katawonga I was moved to write in response to the heartfelt and raw post “The Trouble with Men by Crosschild”. It seems the gender war has taken an odd turn where men are feeling more inadequate and women are becoming more fascist in their race to emancipation. The original article, “Common Sense: What have our women turned into?” […]
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By Aaron Aroriza: There's a soccer review of great goals on one of the screens in the café. One goal catches everyone's attention and for a moment everything in the café seems to freeze. A bare footed young boy called Nick Twinamatsiko scores a goal which everyone in the café, including me agrees is the greatest goal ever scored. And […]
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By Aaron Aroriza: Helga made a rather ambitious New Year resolution; she wants to own an Audi before the year ends. I was impressed until she told me she had set me a resolution too, then I got depressed -her resolution for me is to buy her the Audi. What?! And there are dire consequences if I fail in 'my […]
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By Kizzy Katawonga Yes, I mean you. You are a fraud, a charlatan, a poseur. You aren't who you really are. You are a cleverly disguised menagerie created by the standards, ideas and dreams of the people around you but behind it all, just a sham. You're probably a successful corporate drone, smart in your suit and tie with your […]
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