Places

You have heard of Mwonyo, right?  It sounds like some very exotic name; well it is not Mwonyo is what fancy people call sparkling water and learned fellows refer to as carbonated water or alkaline water and drunk people …

News, Places

The Kenya National Library Service was established in 1965. The Meru Branch of the KNLS was established in 1985. There are four branches in Meru so far. The country has a total of 62 public libraries; the youngest library will …

Places

We keep bragging that Meru is one of the most beautiful places in Kenya. We may be biased because, well, it is home… but we have reasons to believe that we are actually correct. Everyone who comes to Meru falls …

Places, The People

Kafein Bistro

Have you ever wondered what Meru people in Nairobi do? We caught up with Duncan Munene, the owner of Kafein Bistro who refused to give us a photo of himself. We were curious to know how he got to where …

Places, The People

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“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 …

Places

The initial plan was to just have lunch at Alba Hotel . So we took a cab from Meru town to Alba Hotel. She sits like a queen among commoners. Located just after Meru CBD and before Makutano in a …

Places, The People


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Gakoromone Market. When you hear about the market what do you think about? Gikomba? Toy? Ngara? Gakoromone is the Gikomba,Toy and Ngara market of Meru town. I have always been intrigued by Gakoromone. Mostly because a lot of comedians use …