Human Interest

Man who twice rejected God’s call to be a church teacher, priest consecrated as Bishop

Just like Jonah, Edwin Ogola attempted to ignore God’s call, but Mungu ni nani. In 2002, Edwin Ogola was appointed a church teacher at one...

Mama Ngina Children’s Home: Kisumu’s safe haven for the abandoned kids

It is the January 7, 2022 and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party leader Raila Odinga is celebrating his 77th birthday. Though in absentia, the...

I wish I could turn my heart into a home to host all the homeless in Kisumu

It is a Saturday morning. A young man is busy commanding glue-sniffing urchins. “You, keep away the glue and get to the pitch. The match...

Jubilee Market; Where Kisumu residents first interacted with money

In 1979, a young Jack Nyambega found his way into Kisumu’s then only posh market; Jubilee Market. This was the only market with a roof...

It took me six months to disclose to family, friends that I had lost my job, former radio queen opens up after venturing in...

On June 22, 2021, Mercy Auma Okuto passed by her place of work, to attend a zoom meeting. This was four days after burying her...

Meet this 32-year-old YALI graduate out to render Shakeel Shabbir jobless

On October 22, 2020, Betty Akinyi Otieno joined hundreds of Nyanza leaders who met President Uhuru Kenyatta at Yatch Club, in Kisumu. The President was...