Jipoxers
Jipox -(verb) Kiswahili Slang: to boldly assert one’s belonging/membership to a group of people or an event despite irrefutable evidence to the contrary. Jipoxer -(noun) Kiswahili Slang: one who jipoxes. Last year, my blog twin wrote a fantastic response to Angelina Jolie’s adoption of an Ethiopian baby. In the same blog piece she mentioned that [...]
Lynden David Hall
UK soul singer Lynden David Hall, passed away yesterday (February 14th 2006) and his death has struck me on so many levels. Firstly the cause of his death has brought to the fore an issue that Guess has discussed (more than once I think?)Black and Minority Ethnic Group donors. Prior to his death, Lynden David [...]
Hunt for Kenyan Surname. Any Ideas?
It has come to my attention that certain members of my family have taken to publishing exposes on Chez MJY. It has also come to my attention that certain persons, whom I had considered friends and/or family, have been encouraging this family member and fuelling her pseudo-investigative journalist streak. Just so you know, I read [...]
Holy Smoke
According to the BBC Kenya is to ban smoking in public places. They list the following places as areas that they plan to target, bars, churches and sport stadia Church?!? While I recognise that at present there maybe no written law that bans smoking in Church but surely it is just one of those things [...]
