Lydia

How long have you been online?

Just under 10 years

Do you try to separate your online persona from your real one?

I tried very hard and failed.

Experience you’re looking forward to most?

Little fingers pulling my trouser leg and a little face looking up at me, certain that there’s nothing I can’t do

Do you think you could stop blogging if you wanted to?

The simple answer — oh yes. In a heartbeat.

Chebet

Do you have a girlfriend?

Yes <:-p

Will she mind a co-wife?

=))

Adrian

What do you do professionally?

ICT

Where did you go to school?

Strathmore then Nairobi Uni

Where do you see yourself in 20 years?

Sitting on a swing in my backyard with my son on my lap

Guess

What is the thing that disappoints you most about the human race?

For a gentle race humans can behave even worse than savage beasts. Still don’t understand how things like The Holocaust and Rwanda and Kosovo still happen

Of your various multiple personalities, which one is your most    favourite and why. Which is your least favourite?

=)) Well … that would explain a lot! Favourite – definitely the daring one that speaks his mind and always has a story somewhere or the other to tell. Least? Probably the quiet one.

I dare you to write something about sex (so out of your blog character) – and I will match you word for word :)

>:)

Prousette

Do you think being gay is a biological thing or it is a choice someone makes?

Dunno. Doesn’t matter — let people be free to do their thing.

Do you believe in God? Unconventionally or otherwise and why?

Certainly. A lot more unconventionally than my priest would like. Not a fan or rituals or set prayers – I prefer to have a friendly banter with the Big Man

What do men want? From your privileged position as a man generally,  and in particular.

Men want room to be men. Me? I want simplicity.

Do you have a curly kit?

=)) Certainly not!

Where did the people who suggested you did have the insinuation of its presence on your scalp?

I dunno … the quality of weed is dropping like a stone, au siyo Gichu?

Kenyan Musings

What is your earliest childhood memory?

First day at school

What is the one thing you cannot go a day without?

Strong tea (2 tea bags)

What is the one thing you think women do not understand about men, and they should?

Most of us have no time or inclination for hints, innuendos, subtleties, double guessing, etc

What is your favorite thing to do on a lazy Sunday morning?

What else? SLEEP!

Arab

Are you a professional of some sort

I suppose … yep

SpellCheque

Why do you keep your hair so long?

Because I happen to like it that way. Any given day it ranges from looking vaguely unkempt to total disaster like but I like it. Plus it’s therapeutic when the brain cells are not co-operating. Pulling on it seems to help

Teej

When was the 1st time you(were) kissed? Feel free to tell us about 2nd    base, 3rd base na kadhalika..;-)

Know I’d supposed to have a nostalgic look in my eye but alas! Sometime in high school

What kind of clothes do you feel most comfortable wearing?

1) Pyjama bottoms & t-shirt

2) Track suit bottoms & t-shirt

LK

What is your biggest gripe about Kenyans who live abroad? This could either be Kenyans abroad in general, or people that you know personally, or that you know through your blog, or that you’ve heard of

Well — those who think they know what’s going on in Nairobi better than me. WTF?

Jana

Why publish stuff on Kenya?

Why not?

Wambui

Which movie character would you like to be?
Without hesitation – DARTH VADER!

Would you rather take the RED pill or the BLUE?

The one that lets me fly

Would you rather OVERTHROW a dictatorship or LEAD one?

Overthrow. Then lead

Wanjiku Wangai

List 3 things that you fear

1) Being forgotten

2) Buried alive

3) Am no fan of insect, reptiles, etc

How many siblings do you have? How many sisters? How many brothers?

No sisters, 3 brothers self being the first

Fishtears (And a good many others!)

Are u one person or a group of highly organized techies?

Nope. Just plain old me

Shiro

What kind of car (if any) do you drive

I don’t have one car. I have a fleet of vehicles at my disposal, and out of the goodness of my heart allow other people to use them as well. You must have seen them — they have a yellow line down the middle and they seat 14

Do you have a best friend?

Yep. Precisely two

From where did you acquire your culinary skills?

Mama

Jean

Your 5 favourite posts?

They’re all my children. My favourite are under the header ‘Best Of M’. The ones I like most
Me & My Ass
Liar Liar
Get Real:Global Politics 101
The Name’s Al. Al Koholic
Live Aid? Please!
Cabinet Tales ! through IV

Are there any post that you have written but not posted? How many

Yep. 16

Do you intend to post them?

No

Outside the meet-up in Dec, have you ever met any other bloggers?

Yep.

Do you write your posts over a period of time or do you just sit down and bang them out in a sitting?

I bang them out in a sitting

Ever send anything you’ve written to Kwani?

Yep. 4 pieces on different occasions.

Were any published?

Not that I’m aware

O

Would you like sons or daughters?

From my considerable knowledge of the male of the species — SONS! Otherwise I’d never get a good nights’ sleep. When you have sons you can answer the question “Dad, can we go to coast for a month” with “Get out! And make it two months!!”

Ciku

Worst experience of your life?

Writing and reading two eulogies within years of each other of your closest friends

Rip

Greatest literary influence

P.G Wodehouse, Alistair McLean, Jerome K Jerome, Charles Dickens, Richmal Crompton and a bit of Bill Shakespeare

Keguro

Boots or Oxfords?

Sandals!

Favorite Ice cream flavor?

Vanilla with chips of chocolate

Favorite Color?

Jury’s still out on whether it’s blue or black

What three people, from kbw or Kenya in general, would you like to see run for office?

Maina Kiai, Bankelele & Kenyan Pundit

Acolyte

Would you like your blog to go mainstream i.e. be affiliated with a media body in Kenya like Nation or Baraza Ltd (the standard and KTN folk)

It’d be nice but they’d sooner or later try and influence what I say — and that is a no-no!

What kind of blogs bore you the most

I woke up in the morning. I combed my hair.  I brushed my teeth. Then I ran to school/work.

Do you think that democracy has failed us Kenyans and it is better for us to have a more autocratic system like what Russia is moving too and have our ministries and legislations dealt with by technocrats instead?

Well –democracy has failed not because of the institution per se, but because of the electorate. We elect assified fossils into power and pay the price for 5 years. Once we learn that we get the leadership we deserve things ought to improve

Ntwiga

Paper or plastic?

Bags? Paper. But for forks and spoons I think plastic would be wiser

Favorite Ice cream color? Not and never,  flavor.

White

Favorite Color?

See above

What three people, from kbw or Kenya in general, would you NOT like to see run for office?

Francis Atwoli & Lucy Kibaki (Crazy as full moon dogs) and NARC’s only activist (get a hobby!)

Nakeel

Night or day which one do you prefer to stay in?

Night

Given an opportunity to do something for Africa what would it be.

Put all these incompetent leaders in a rocket and send it to Pluto

When was your last day in Primary school and which color was your uniform

Can’t remember the day but the shorts were grey and the shirt beige

PJ

Why don’ you want to answer questions about your age and tribe

Because I don’t want to be pigeon holed into some stereotypical box. Our generation claims to be above tribalism but from what I have observed — not quite yet.

You’re not one to go with the flow, are you?

Well … :D Not really, no.

L

2 Things you absolutely love

Chocolate
Ice cream

2 Things you absolutely hate

Tribalism
Knowitalls

Ron

What do you think of Kibaki as a leader?

Not much! Indecisive, non committal, no vision, no passion, no drive … Strikes me as a man who has always wanted to be president but now that he’s there feels that that’s that.

What do you think will send a loud message about tackling corruption?

Seeing big men hoisted by the backs of their ample trousers into green lorries and then headed for Kamiti for a long spell. Stealing public money should become a capital offence.

You don’t think much of the current MPs, do you

That’s an easy one. No

Olive

Have you ever, or are you currently having something going with someone on KBW?

:D

AOB
– Everyone who wanted to know my tribe (and you are many) mshindwe nyote!
– Questions are still open. I’ll update the post with any new ones that I decide to answer