Many girls in Muhuru Bay in Migori County do not go past Primary School. In this fishing community on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, preference is given to boys’ education because educating a girl who will most likely get married and leave the family is considered a waste of money. Wiser Girls’ School …
Moments from the State Funeral held in honour of Kenya’s third president.
There are people with great mouths who say much and do little, and there are greats like Mwai Kibaki who said little and did much. That is how I choose to remember Kenya’s third president.
Earlier this year, a fellow photographer from Onetouch alerted me that he’d seen my image on Land Rover Africa’s Facebook Page. The following is a breakdown of what happened between that day in April and my out of court settlement with Land Rover in September.
We made history today by voting in the first elections under a new constitution, and going against the international media’s prophesies of fighting each other. To show the naysayers that Kenya has moved on from 2007’s chaos, I joined Mutua and Efi at seven polling stations in Nairobi and saw thousands of Kenyans choosing peace.
Our night light is looking lovely tonight, isn’t it? Lovely enough to be shot.
September 2007 was the first time I took photos of Nairobi by night. I hooked up with Fadzter, Makumi, Francuso and Ken, got a 2-day shooting permit for Kshs10,000/- from DFS, informed the cops at Central Police and over a Friday and Saturday night, walked around Nairobi CBD taking photos. We had so much fun …
