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Welcome Back, Mobius. Now Let’s Do It Properly
Ah, Mobius. A car brand that promised so much, yet came just short of delivering on true greatness and changing the conversation about...
Wallace Kantai
Mar 145 min read
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They Paved Paradise and Put Up a…YouTube Link?
You wait for a bus for ages, and then suddenly two come at the same time. I had successfully (and happily) avoided speaking about...
Wallace Kantai
Feb 2010 min read
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Frankenstein’s Triumph: The War Between Fifth Floor and Second Floor
Many moons ago, when I was younger and better-looking, I worked at Nation Senda. Every morning, after a lifetime of sufferation looking...
Wallace Kantai
Feb 187 min read
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Kenya est in domum suam
‘Kenya ni home’. A declaration. A frankly bemusing, if often faintly ridiculous, argument about authorship and ownership. 2024? 2021?...
Wallace Kantai
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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Olympian Thoughts: Slabbina
Way back in the wayback, there was a volleyball pitch between Tom Mboya House and Kibaki House. The pitch reverberated most afternoons...
Wallace Kantai
Aug 17, 20245 min read
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Olympian Thoughts: The Humbling of Noah Lyles
There has been an avalanche of schadenfreude aimed at Noah Lyles, after he failed to secure a gold medal in the 200 metres at the...
Wallace Kantai
Aug 10, 20243 min read
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Tupac the Cartoon Fish: How Gangsta Rap Learned to be Cuddly
Good morning boys and girls. I’m your substitute teacher. My name is Mr. Buckworth. The topic for today is what you would like to be when...
Wallace Kantai
Jul 26, 202412 min read
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Mark Zuckerberg Makes a Ka-UZI
Will Meta's 'Threads' be the micro-blogging answer to Twitter?
Wallace Kantai
Jul 6, 20233 min read
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Pep
Pep Guardiola. Probably one of the best football coaches we have ever seen.
Wallace Kantai
May 17, 20232 min read
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The Coming of the Dry Season: The Failed Rains, the Christ Child, and Renewed Hope in the Indian Ocean
The science behind El Niño, La Niña and the changing climate
Wallace Kantai
Mar 11, 20234 min read
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Nũũ Ũcio: Jagdeep, the 1 a.m. visitor, and Joseph Kamarũ
The ultimate Gĩkũyũ poet, singing the ultimate passive aggressive song.
Wallace Kantai
Feb 25, 20233 min read
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Master Craftsman. Umfundisi. Japuonj
The other day, I went in search of a service I needed. I was looking for someone who could produce high-quality photographic prints....
Wallace Kantai
Jan 23, 20233 min read
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The Sound of Silence. The Stench of Death
The most devastating drought in the recorded history of southern Kajiado
Wallace Kantai
Dec 7, 20226 min read
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Baby Boomers? Generation X? Millennials? Sorry, I have No Idea What You’re Talking About
Generational labels, especially Baby Boomer and Generation X, sound like useful shorthands, but they are irrelevant in a Kenyan context
Wallace Kantai
Aug 24, 20213 min read
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The Great Education Disaggregation
There is something very interesting happening in the education sector. It has been occasioned by the pandemic, yes, but it is happening...
Wallace Kantai
Aug 21, 20206 min read
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Our Financial Schizophrenia - Rescuing the Next Generation
Changing the narrative of how we relate with money
Wallace Kantai
Jul 24, 20204 min read
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The Dapper Machiavelli - Njonjo at 100
There is power. Charm. Ruthlessness. An exquisite sense of style. King-whisperer and kingmaker. Greed. Eloquence. Velvety smoothness...
Wallace Kantai
Jan 23, 20206 min read
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Stayin’ Alive (And Nothing to do with the Bee Gees)
I drove on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway the other day, going from hither and thither to yon and back. In a normal country with normal roads...
Wallace Kantai
Dec 17, 20198 min read
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Goodbye to a Legend (And a Tale of the Most Expensive Haircut I’ve Ever Had)
A few years ago, I was taking a walk down the street in New York. I had just come from breakfast at a diner (breakfast at the Waldorf...
Wallace Kantai
Dec 9, 20194 min read
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I Don’t Know Much, But This I Know
I received a phone call this morning. From a number I have not saved. ‘Hello. You told me to call you in three weeks.’ This was early in...
Wallace Kantai
Nov 20, 20194 min read
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