Mountain Peak

 You might call it gossip. I can handle that. Even if I gossip the gospel you will still talk. People like to talk. They are always talking anyway. As a good person I am going to talk about a friend. Well, let me say gossip. A positive gossip. He is one of my best friends. His name is Byron. A native of Guatemala. He is easy and calm. I met him some four years ago. Vic had organized a trip to Sapelo Island. A small island East Coast of Georgia. The Island is accessible only by aircraft or by boat. It is only seven miles (11 Kms) from the mainland. We had to drive from Tennessee. It is almost eleven hours drive. We were getting late. You have to be at the port by 5 Pm lest you miss the only boat.  Vic was slow on the wheel. Well, let me admit that he is a keen driver. Well, after lunch in some restaurant near Atlanta, Georgia, I had to take the wheel. And I never wanted to miss the boat. Vic drives a Ford SUV. A Good very good car. It’s soft and easy. And it accelerates well. I...

 The Melodies of Rock of ages was flooding my thoughts that morning. This is a well scented song that mum loved to sing before she went to bed. It sounds so good and original in my Kikuyu dialect (Ihiga ria tene ma, ninguihitha hariwe)- Rock of ages cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee. I was a Form IV student and we were getting ready for Mock Exams. I could rarely concentrate on books this fateful morning because the melodies in my mind were far much fun that the Chemical puzzles on my chemistry book. Anyway, Mondays are always lazy days to many people. I like being among these people. It such an irony that today Mondays are mostly my off days. Anyway, to make the short story long, this Monday was unlike others. I was invaded my this sorrowful and eschatological song that made me miss my mum so much. Secondly, it was my turn to select a biblical verse and read it at the school assembly that morning. I am a Gospel fanatic. And I love the Gospel of John. But this morning instin...

SLAVERY IN AFRICA (LIBYA) TO EUROPE INTRODUCTION The European Union is working with Libyan coast guards to reduce the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea. But many of those intercepted end up in detention centers in Libya where some immigrants say they are used as slaves. WHY LIBYA IS USED AS THE ROUTE IN AFRICA Thousands who dream of a better life in Europe face horrors of modern slavery on way across the Sahara to Libya. Libya is mainly used as the route due to: 1) There is no stable government - The government collapsed and the country slid into chaos following the death of Muammar Gaddaffi in 2011. Two rival governments; an ISIS franchise and countless local militias competing for control of a vast sparsely populated territory awash in weapons, have allowed traffickers to flourish. Libya is near to European countries that those other northern countries in Africa WHYPEOPLE ARE MOVING FROM THEIR COUNTRIES Some people leave their countries for economic reasons. People ar...

REAGARNSTUS K. MULI DIDR-01-0083-2017                                                                 SLAVERY IN AFRICA    (LIBYA) Slavery in Libya has a long history and a lasting impact on the Libyan culture. It is closely connected with the wider context of slavery in North Africa and Arab slave trade. Therefore, the current activities in Libya may be considered not a new thing. Many of the victims in Libya are people or migrants moving to Europe for greener pastures preferably using Libya as a route. As it is now, it is hard to tell why Libya, urguably it is because with the three rival governments presiding over anarchy in Libya and the real power ly...

I am still in the state of shock. The cop is still in the car. The car is parked on my right. It is a she. She seems not to notice me. I am now sure that I am not her business. I don’t want to look at her directly. So I afford a side-look. The edges of my eyes are sometimes acute. I have a vision like that of an eagle particularly when it comes to some beauties. She walks out of her car. She is communicating on a radio. And at the same time she is texting on her IPhone. For a second I close my eyes and thank God for her beauty. I just don’t want to describe her blue eyes, I just won’t mention nothing about her black hair locked in her hat. She got a good weight. I am playing innocent here. I am avoiding mentioning the weight of some places. She got them. Not so big. Not so small. They are perfect and fit for her. In short she is an epitome of an ideal beauty, a replica of beauty per se. outside her beauty is a mere phenomenon, or even void. She is not mine. She belongs to God. He ...

Nobody will stop me from carrying the Bible, These were the words of former prime minister of Kenya, Raila Amolo Odinga, while in Kilifi County. He was in company of NASA leaders to inaugrate the people Assembly. During the event some of the coastal leaders demanded an explanation of the conspicuous missing of the WIPER leader in the NASA meetings. The self proclaimed Joshua came to the defense of Kalonzo Musyoka saying that he was still on board despite his absence being noticeable. Kalonzo's wife has not been feeling weel for a while now and the WIPER leader is said to be taking care of the ailling wife in Germany. However, there has been rumors that the WIPER leader has been bought by the jubilee administration to abandon NASA plans of swearing in Raila as the people's president. According to the rumors, Kalonzo is the reason of the 12th Dec swearing in postponement. The NASA startegists had opted to move on with the swearing ceremony even with the abscence of Kalonzo. They...