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Fireworks in cigarette 2

By Kenneth Jura

After Ole Lempa was quickly taken to the dispensary, Henry’s mum and other medical staff waited to attend to him. Meanwhile at the scene the amount of blood on the red soil depicted the degree of his injuries. A crowd had gathered near his humble aboard, they talked in hushed tones as if he had died while others supported their heads with the palms.

Shortly thereafter Emale’s…

Mr. Fix it – James R. Quest

When I first joined LightBox almost three years ago that was by then housed at Pawa254. We had a project which happened to be one of my first, to shoot a music video.  Sheria by Sarabi and Juliani.

At around 7am we arrived on location in Makongeni estate for the shoot. It had rained the previous night but despite the rain both cast and crew were determined to make sure that the shoot went on…

By Kenneth Jura

Henry, the second born child known to be cheeky yet his smooth oval shaped face would never depict this character. He had two other sister Tess and Tracy. Henry’s sisters were bigger than Henry and each time his play mates would tell him that instead of eating, his sisters would do so on his behalf. He had the tiniest frame in the estate, the youngest, shortest, cheekiest yet he…

By Kenneth Jura | Kenya

Les Wanyika’s song “ Safari ya Samburu” cannot fully exemplify how spectacular Samburu county is. This song a Zilizopendwa, it was a classic, explains how Les Wanyika’s journey to Maralal was. Maralal is Samburu County’s headquarters.

Samburu is scenic, spectacular with all the “S” superlatives and adjectives…

Haujali – Sarabi

By Kenneth Jura Ever thought twice the moment you throw away a plastic bottle out of a moving car thinking nobody saw you/ You were definitely not seen but one person saw you, Mother nature. As aprt of COP21 talk to be held in Paris LightBox Africa , Sarabi band and teardrops with the support of Goethe Institut Nairobi, Alliance Francaise de Nairobi, the French Embassy and the regional office…

Are Kenyans gullible on GES Summit goodies?

By Grace Atuhaire and Kenneth Jura

So Obama has been in town not for an official visit to the Republic of Kenya but to officiate the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and all the media’s attention was on the expectations of his step grandmother to her grandson’s visit to the country and Kenyans on Twitter taking on CNN about the dictionary words with #SomeonetellCNN but where are the Kenyan young…

Why women repeat things & “Why guys STOP TALKING to girls out of nowhere”

Frank (not someone’s name) enough!

How to carjack.

By Kenneth Jura | Kenya

George locked his metal cabinet, switched off his office lights walked past the secretary’s office where he easily loosened his tie. Inside the office a clock on the wall made sure its tick tock sound was heard, it was some minutes past 10pm.He made his way past the small corridor leading to the elevators lobby. As he waited, Mutua their security guard bid him goodbye

“Bos…

Alliance  Française ’s auditorium played host to the third session of the CinemAlliance screenings on the theme The Future of Kenyan Films which focused on student films that was held on the 13th April 2015. The first film ‘Morning Glory’ by Patrick Kioko focused on a couple and twists surrounding their relationship made the film remarkable. Afterwards, silent film “Shoes” which was more of a…

The murky waters of film production, RIRIKANA

By Kenneth Jura

It was a chilly Sunday morning ready to head out to shoot a short film. We converged at Kencom waiting for the location scout to lead the cast and crew to the shooting location. This is not the Archer’s Post kind of shoot where you are far from the target like in the military but rather very close to the subject but without a firearm. You are only armed with a camera, everything…

By Kenneth Jura | Kenya

I am not sure whether you will read my article after all it will appear on a meat wrapper or on a platform that your government acknowledges, a blog, however it will not halt my quest to commend you for the good work you have done since you were elected in 2013. We are almost into the third year of your able leadership. When you recently travelled to The Hague you left us…

Television on modern family

By Kenneth Jura | Kenya

A friend recently told me she is expectant, I immediately passed her my congratulatory message. After a moment of silence I asked her whether I could also do the same to the man in the picture, I mean the process is still on-going but at least the raw materials were well chosen, she laughed so hard to tears sliding on her oval face.

Several months ago the church went head…

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Quite subtle but the message is very pungent

Originally posted on Beautiful Life with Cancer:

For the first time, she raised her eyes to look at him.  She only saw his back leaving.  She didn’t even know his name.  But she had seen him before, in the market, with his wife and young children.  Alone, raising herself, and redressing.

No emotion?  I don’t know.  She could not place the…