Last night I slept with a sinking feeling in my stomach. See, I was flipping through stations and paying close attention to the three Meru Stations and I chanced upon an ugly scene – people, lots of people in a …
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Pure Murume: The Crying Grown Meru Man
Real men don’t cry, is what they say. And when it is a grown Meru man, crying is unthinkable! It is so unthinkable that when a Meru man started crying, it became entertainment, and when a Meru finds an opportunity, …
Njuri Ncheke is Formed, and Qualities of a Meru Leader
Last time, we learned how the first Meru leader (Mugwe) was chosen. A young man at his prime who nobody expected to become the leader of the community. This time round, we will look at the qualities the Meru Leader …
The Meru Story: How the Meru Settled in Meru
Last time, we saw how the Meru pulled an Israelite move on their Nguu Ntune captors and crossed the Red Sea. Where they were going, they didn’t know. But they had to move as fast as possible, as far …
Kensilver: The Meru Transport Icon
“Ita ugiiite risitie e Kensilver.”
For a long time, the only transportation I knew was available between Nairobi and Meru was Kensilver Express. In Maua, long before I came to the big city, I only knew of Kensilver and anyone …
The Meru Story: The Escape
We left the Meru story at a place where the Meru had been told to build a spear that reached the sky, and they were at a loss on what to do – after flying through the other tests with …
Shujaa: Field Marshal Musa Mwariama
See this Rasta with Jomo Kenyatta here? That’s Field Marshal Musa Mwariama. While Kenyatta was leading the war for independence in offices, Mwariama was leading the Mau Mau in Meru. He was part of the core Mau Mau leadership, with
The Meru Story: Mbwaa and the Nguu-Ntune
Over the next few posts, we will post a series of the story of the Ameru, and how they came to settle in the current Meru area, along with the initial leadership. Our grandparents and parents were meant to pass …
The Miraa Task Force Starts Its Sittings, BUT are they Serious?
Once upon a time, when miraa was banned in the UK and the tide for the people of Meru and the millions of Kenyans who depend on the crop were changing, President Kenyatta appointed a Miraa Task Force.
The Mandate …
Are you a Mukunga or a Murutu?
“Twaari gintu kimwe, kuuma Ntonyiri mwanka Thucii, tweeja kwathuranûa ni acunku.”
These are the lyrics of the Song “tûkûrieni Kimîîrû by the Maua Hop Hop group, Red C, and they are largely true, very true.
Once upon a time, when …
