Your teenage mother tries aborting you. Twice. You survive. Your grandmother tells her, "Stop trying to kill that baby, give her to me when she comes.”When you are born your grandmother names you after herself; Deborah. You survive. Your mother meets a man in the city and marries
Jackson Biko
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Writer :| I tell stories :| Written four (small) books: DRUNK; THURSDAYS, LET ME CALL YOU BACK & latest release: BIG LITTLE FIGHTS
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- Replying to @bikozulu- Deborah Auko Tendo, Head of Commercial, Fargo. Happy International Women’s Day to the ones who survived and the ones surviving. Read her interview HERE
- When I went to interview a Cabinet Secretary at NSSF building recently, I was shown to a VIP lift, where a boy in a plum suit waited. He stood so erect a flagpole would have felt insecure next to him.(1)
- James Karanja, retired, 76. It’s 1988 and a man from Nyayo House sits in my office with these really terrible books bearing my name and date spread on my desk. He’s wearing a good suit but even a good suit often can’t hide the evil of men.
- When I was a teenager I went to visit my grandmother who looked at me and shrieked, “Oh my God, you look like Mwaura” I asked, “Mwaura? Who is Mwaura?” Upon realising she had let the cat out of the bag she quickly said, “I don’t know, go ask your mother.”
- They wanted three names when I was registering for my KCPE. I had two; Lucy Wangeci. I said, “Use ‘Jesus’ as the third name - Lucy Wangeci Jesus.” They said, We can’t! I asked, “Why not?” They said, Because it’s Jesus! I said, “But he’s like our father.”
- Last time I saw George we went to a Ferre Gola concert in 2019 at The Alchemist. We’d been planning to meet for years after that, but time remained in the shadows- he fled to his beachside manor in the village, and life kept us apart. (1)
- Thanks for that wonderful chat.@bikozulu excellent questions from this great journalist. Asked me what makes me insecure, and what’s my greatest extravagance? Looking forward to reading it. Thank you for coming
- If he had a business card it would read: James Ndugu, VIP Lift Receptionist. Three months into the job after a promotion from office assistant, someone said he had 'potential.' He’s an understudy, the top man is on leave. (1)
- Coping with Widowhood: What Bob Collymore’s Death Has Taught Me - Business Daily
- Michael Babu, 37 My dad couldn't have missed my mom if he wanted to. She was light-skinned, towering and moving silently but managing to create ripples. My dad was the guy with a plan. He was taller than her, dark like a berry and fit. They met at work, Teleposta, Mombasa.













