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Greedy People Are Patient People, Sometimes.

5th June 2020 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

Are poor people powerless because they are poor or are they poor because they are powerless? Also, are most rich people powerful because of their riches, or are they rich

The Story of A Hopeless Girl Called Hope.

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1st June 2020 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

They say that ‘nothing can dim the light that shines from within.’ But when Oliver stared into Hope’s eyes, there was no light. Not even a glimmer of ambition. What

My Stories

18th May 2020 by Oliver Kagwe in My Stories

As far as Oliver is concerned, it is easier to spend the whole day counting the grains of rice in a 50kg bag than to approach a girl. He would

My Perspectives

16th May 2020 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

When he was dying that Friday night, I was having a cold Guinness as I grilled T-bone steaks because that’s what people do on Friday nights. Not that he preferred

I’m In A Relationship, But It’s Complicated.

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2nd May 2020 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

I get off on many things in life. Except math. Math is frustrating. Math is like trying to untangle tangled up earphone cables in a hurry – you only make

My Perspectives

17th March 2020 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

I won’t lie, I am frightened. I am frightened because Kenya now has 4 confirmed cases of COVID-19. I am more frightened because I do not know how many more

My Perspectives

23rd January 2020 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

Dear Client, Picture the good Lord – in brilliant white robes like burning magnesium – standing next to ravishing Golden Gates holding a paper that shines like the sun. That

My Perspectives

10th October 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

Does Uhuru Kenyatta fart in his blankets? Does he make it worse by sniffing around as if hoping that this time it’ll smell like citronella? I know he’s the president

Lifestyle

4th September 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Lifestyle

I had never spoken to her before in my life. But when I did, she couldn’t hear anything I was saying. Love can be as deaf as it is

Lifestyle

31st August 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Lifestyle

Maybe the devil isn’t a lier. Maybe we just put the blame on him to make ourselves feel better. Because blaming someone or something other than yourself is somewhat

Lifestyle

20th August 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Lifestyle

As I quickly write this blog, I am struggling to find what it is for. Like what it’s purpose is. But then my blog has been quite dormant and I

What Happens To You After Men Have Gone Back Their Wives?

My Perspectives

14th July 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

A village in the middle of nowhere celebrates the achievement of one of their daughters who just passed her national exams and has now been called to a renown university

One Does Not Break The Hand Of A Farmer.

My Perspectives

10th July 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

“Mūrīmi ndaunagūo gūoko.” Said a person who I have neither heard nor seen. I am not even sure if that is the correct way to write what they said, but

Society

3rd July 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Society

I tend to think that life is a kite suspended in air. One moment in this direction, the other moment in that direction. I don’t know how yours is. But

Advice

3rd July 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

Anyone who knows anything knows that once in a while, hitting that reset button is an important thing to do in life. Because I am among those people who know

Let Us Not Forget The 80s, 90s & Early 2000s.

My Perspectives

13th June 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

The air they breathed was contaminated with sadness and death. The environment was littered with desperation and confusion. And the sky? Well it was was pregnant with disease and it

Advice

11th June 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

It was a Glenlivet 15 that Joe (not his real name) liked to have when he felt the way he was feeling today. He had concluded that it was the

My Stories

23rd April 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in My Stories

Had he not looked in that direction, Oliver would never have know what the essence of life is. He was not sure whether he had seen a prettier girl in

Advice

17th April 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

He said my blog was down, that it bores him when he has to come here looking for beautiful new stories then he has to bear the disappointment of finding

Advice

10th April 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

On a little stool near the glass table lies a brown wallet. It was bought one random evening on a street in South B at 9PM in the night. Oliver

Advice

2nd April 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

A little SQ somewhere in South B is a cremation chamber. Global warming has decided to warm this tiny overpriced structure a little bit more than anywhere else. It is

Advice

28th March 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

As a content creator, I believe that video is the future of communication. You can already see it. Over the past few years, there has suddenly occurred a need by

Advice

26th March 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

“I want you to take this cheque to a man called Murathe. Specifically to him. Make sure that it his hands that touch this envelop next from your. You will

My Stories

11th March 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in My Stories

One day, a desperate woman hastened to go home to her children. Everything in her mind was a buzz: moving in random directions and random speeds at random times. She

Advice

21st February 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

To be honest, there’s little pride in doing a dirty job. Ask anyone who does a dirty menial job they’ll tell you. If there was a possibility for them to

Advice

2nd February 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

JP’s only prayer is that the government loosens its grip on his neck. He can barely breathe. He has not ever experienced what breathing without someone’s hand chocking his neck

Advice

24th January 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

Our fathers have ruined their daughters, who shall we marry? They are screwing them left, right and centre – even top and bottom – abomination! They are driving them around

Advice

13th January 2019 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

When they approached the tomb with the intention of anointing Christ’s body, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were bloody shocked to find the huge tomb stone rolled away. Just

My Perspectives

12th October 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

We agreed in my previous post that the 1st time people organised themselves so that they had a leader, they formed a government. From the African plains to Europe’s highlands, the dry East

Advice

2nd October 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

To understand the government is to understand what ails it. It is to allow ourselves to be able to treat this sickness and make it functional again. A good government

Advice

29th September 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

Very old men say “..the youth are the future of this country.” Sometimes even the youth say and believe that they are the future of this nation, Kenya. That statement

Advice

21st September 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

I saw a post by a friend of mine that had me thinking more than I should have. The post went like: …Growing up means realising a lot of your friends

Advice

11th September 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

Late this evening, my friend (Stalone) and I decided not to take a boda boda from Statehouse Road to Tao, and instead, we walked. We had managed to convince ourselves

Advice

7th September 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

To be in a position of leadership is to be in between a rock and a hard place. It is making choices, be they good or bad, and accepting to

My Stories

3rd September 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in My Stories

Mike Sonko is living the dreams of some of us. I mean it. See what you sit down and imagine you will own when you grow up, well, Sonko already

My Stories

8th August 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in My Stories

The queue is long. From where I stand, it meanders round and round and terminates where the next person to enter the bus stands. I hate when I find these

My Perspectives

29th July 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

If you are among those people who say that money is not equal to happiness, please move on to my other posts because I am just about to seriously offend

Advice

24th July 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

18th July 2018 was like no ordinary day in my life. It was different in all its aspects. Just last week, I finally joined the 20s band wagon after what

Advice

17th July 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

Curiosity killed the cat. Wrong. Curiosity taught the cat a lesson. Right. When everyone was talking about the World Cup, guess what I was talking about…. thee World Cup. Let

My Stories

6th June 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in My Stories

Nothings turns a modern day girl ON more than some slimy mrenda mixed with bitter managu eaten with brown ugali. She will fall head over heels with you if you

Advice

28th May 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

What’s the difference between; Susan who completes high school and joins Nairobi University and graduates with a bachelors degree in ABC, and Oliver who finishes high school and goes straight

Advice

15th May 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

Politics is not my thing, but I know at least one thing – Kenyan politicians are, well, shitbags! Forgive me for insulting someones mother, father or spouse, but I refrained

My Perspectives

14th May 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

Have you heard of smart cities? Do you know what they are? Or how they work? Or what makes them smart? If you have, ever imagined our Kenyan cities transforming

Advice

3rd May 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

Mommy, Daddy, I do not know whether I write this for you, or for the reader who is a parent or an aspiring parent. I write it anyway. … I

Advice

2nd May 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

This is one of those weird blogs that you will ever come across. Trust me. And for anyone who I might offend here, please let your eyes read no more

Advice

24th April 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

Dark pregnant clouds hung lowly as the once calm breezes turn into frenzied winds. I watch as carelessly littered papers swirl in the twisting dust devils, high and higher up

My Perspectives

20th April 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

In my last post , I talked about the 17 sustainable development goals set by world leaders in the summit of 2015. I went further to state what in my view are

My Perspectives

18th April 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in My Perspectives

What if the world had no poverty, zero hunger, clean water and sanitation, improved access to good health care, good quality education for every child and we’d solved the climate

Advice

16th April 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

On 11th and 12th of April, 2018, twitter was flooded with people expressing their disgust over how teenagers take and post on social media. Tweeting under the hashtag #ifikiewazazi, Kenyans

Advice

12th April 2018 by Oliver Kagwe in Advice

I can write, but I can’t write. I can type, but I cannot write. I am unable to construct a correct English sentence. Listen, I struggle to organize my thoughts and flow

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